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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 137. 



ago, when on a tour through Derbyshire, and, 

 if I remember rightly, they are about two and a 

 half feet high, one foot and a half in diameter, with 

 a hollow place on the top like a dish, in which we 

 were told the money of the "plague village" 

 people was placed for the food, &c. that was 

 brought to this boundary line by the people of 

 the neighbourhood. The cavity in the stone was 

 of course full of water. J. G-. C_ 



Ramasshed (Vol. iii., p. 347.). — The Fr. ramas 

 (as also ramon) is " boughs formed into a besom 

 or broom," Fr. rameau, from the Lat. ramus. To 

 ramass or ramash is " to put or sweep together, 

 as with a broom." Thus, Hackluyt, in his Pre- 

 face to the Reader, speaks of volumes " most un- 

 truly and unprofitablie ramassed or hurled to." 

 To ramassh is also " to use a ramas or a construc- 

 tion of ramasses" (in the case of Syr K. Guy Id- 

 ford) as a vehicle for conveyance. The sleds first 

 used for carrying travellers safely down steep 

 hills were probably composed of bough-hurdles, 

 afterwards transformed into barrows and other 

 more convenient carriages. Q.- 



Yankee Doodle (Vol. iv., pp. 344. 392.). — The 

 citizens of the United States do not recognise this, 

 but " Hail, Columbia," as their national air. 



W. T. M. 

 Hong Kong. 



" Chords that vibrate" ^c. (Vol. v., p. 539.). — 

 " Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure. 

 Thrill the deepest notes of woe." 

 " On Sensibility. To Mrs. Dunlop, of Dunlop." 

 Burns's Poems, ed. 180O, vol. iv. p. 404. 



Edw. Hawkins. 



Derivation of Martinique (Vol. v., pp. 11. 165.). 

 — Mr. Philip S. King's statement, that Marti- 

 nique was discovered on St. Martin's day, is at 

 variance with the account given by the liistorlan 

 of that island, who says that it was discovered on 

 the 15th June, 1502, during Columbus's fourth 

 voyage. The derivation of Martinique from Mar- 

 tin suggests itself so obviously, that, if the disco- 

 very had been made on the day (November 11) 

 consecrated to that saint, it is not likely that the 

 local historian would have gone out of his way to 

 fix upon a Caribbean expression, Martinina, as the 

 origin of the name. Henry H. Breen. 



St. Lucia. 



Anthony Babington (Vol. v., p. 344.). — W. 

 Kempe, the author of the Dutiful Invective, must 

 not be confounded (as is frequently the case) with 

 William Kempe the celebrated actor, and the 

 reputed author of Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder. 

 The first-named Kempe was probably a school- 

 master at Plymouth. See the Eev. A. Dyce's 

 Introduction to his reprint of the iV7ne Daies 

 Wonder (Camden Society, No. 11.). 



The Censure of a Loyall Subject, which your 

 correspondent (following Herbert) attributes to 

 Kempe, Is well known to have been the produc- 

 tion of George Whetstone, whose Initials are at 

 the end of the Dedication. A copy may be seeu 

 In the Library of Lambeth Palace. 



The execution of the " fourteen most wicked 

 ti'altors" (Ballard, Babbington, Tichbourne, &c.) 

 formed the subject of many ballads and tracts, a 

 few of which I am enabled to enumerate : 



1. " A Proper New Ballad to the Tune of' Weep, 

 VVeep,' by Thomas Deloney, begiiming : 



" Rejoice in hart, good people all, 

 Sing praise to God on hye, 

 Which hath preserved us by his power, 

 From traitors tyranny." 



Reprinted in Mr. Collier's Old Ballads (Percy So- 

 ciety, No. 1.). 



2. " A Ballad of Rejoycinge for the Revealinge of 

 the Quenes Enemyes. Licensed to Edward Aide, 

 August 24, 1586-7." 



3. " A JoyfuU Songe made by a Citizen of London 

 in the Behalfe of all her Majesties Subjects, touching 

 the Joye for the taking of the Traitors. Licensed to 

 R. Jones, August 27, 1586-7." 



4. " A Short Discourse, expressing the Substance of 

 all the late intended Treasons against the Queenes 

 Majestie and Estates of this Realme by Sundrie Tray- 

 tors, &c. Printed by G. Robinson for Edward White." 



This tract contains an Interesting ballad by 

 T. Nelson, whom Mr. Collier calls " the ballad- 

 writing bookseller." See Extracts from the Sta- 

 tioners' Registers, vol. I i. p. 214. A copy Is pre- 

 served In the library of Lambeth Palace. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Seventh Son (Vol. HI., pp. 148. 149.; Vol. v., 

 p. 412.). — Through the Information of a friend I 

 am able to add a curious "modern Instance" to 

 my communication printed in the Number of 

 "N. & Q." for May 1. In Saltash Street, Ply- 

 mouth, ray friend copied, on the 10th Dec. 1851, 

 the following inscription on a board, indicating 

 the profession and claims of the inhabitant : — 

 "A. SHEPHERD, 



THE THIRD SEVENTH DAUGHTER, 



DOCTRESS." 



H. G. T. 



Weston-super-Mare. 



" Venit ad Euphrutem" (Vol. v., p. 512.).— The 

 epigram referred to by your correspondent H. M. 

 runs thus : 



" Venit ad Euphratem ; rapidis perterritus undis, 

 Ut cito transivit, corripuit medium." 



S.Q. 



Sneezing (Vol. v., pp. 364. 500.). — I have often 

 seen, but where I cannot now recollect, that the 

 custom of saying "God bless you ! " when any one 



