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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"J S. X. Dec. 1. '60. 



were also In llie habit of recognising the above 

 payment. It has been conjectured tliat the fol- 

 lowing rhyme may contain an allusion to this 

 practice, as used in a Yorkshire game : — 

 " A nick and a nock, 

 A hen and a cock, 

 And a penny for my master." 

 At Pinner, a hamlet of Harrow-on-the-IIill, it 

 appears from ancient documents that moneys col- 

 lected at this sport formed an auxiliary fund for 

 poor-rates * ! — 



" 1622. Received for cocks at Slirove-tide 12s. Od. 

 1628. lleceived for cocks in Towne - 19 10." 



F. PmiiLOTT. 



Nicholas Carlisle (Charities, London, 1829), 

 quoting Hep. V. p. 73.), says : — 



" A gratuitj-, called a Cock-Penny, is now presented at 

 Shrovetide to the masters of several of the Northern 

 Schools, partlj- in lieu of their providing Cocks for that 

 disgraceful practice (cock-fighting), and partly from the 

 improved rents of the School estates. At the time that 

 Cock-Pennies used to be paid to the Master of Cros- 

 thwaite, there was a cock-fight close to the school, when 

 a great scene of confusion took place, attended with in- 

 jury to the premises. The cock-fight, and the payment 

 of the Cock-Penny, were both abolished when the rent of 

 the school hmd increased, so as to afford a sufficient re- 

 muneration to the Master without such payment." 



Brockett (Gloss. N. C. Words) says: — 



" Cock-Peimi/, a perquisite of the schoolmaster at 

 Shrovetide. This used to be the season for throwing at 

 cocks, when a yearly cock-fight was a part of the annual 

 routine of several of our northern free schools. The play- 

 ground of the scholars was the place of diversion ; and 

 however incompatible with the severity of the scholastic 

 character, the master occasionally presided over the 

 sport. The amiable and learned Roger Ascham, himself, 

 loved a main of cocks, and even projected a treatise on 

 cock-fighting." 



R. S. Chabnock. 



This term is most probably derived from the old 

 custom of throwing at cocks at Shrovetide. Ori- 

 ginally the gift of these pence by the scholars would 

 be for the purpose of purchasing a cock, or cocks, 

 to throw at. Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. 



Derby. 



Portrait (2"'' S. x. 228. 398.) — Thanking D. 

 H. J. for his suggestion, I beg to inform him that 

 the features are very much like those of Gold- 

 smith. If any other reader of " N. & Q." could 

 say whether Goldsmith was ever known to wear a 

 fur cap, it would place the matter beyond a doubt. 

 The scarlet roquelaire, it is well known, was one of 

 his favourite articles of dress. E. I*. 



Captain Rich (2"^ S. x. 306. 393.) — In the 

 fourth (or rather the second part of the third) 

 volume ofWotton's English Ba?-onetage, p. 594., 

 Elizabeth, one of the two daughters and coheirs of 

 Sir Charles Rich, the first baronet, is stated to 



See Brand's Pop. Ant, 



have been married to " Peter Cevill, Esq., a 

 French Gentleman." This connexion will account 

 for their son being named Rich Cevill. Sir 

 Charles inherited Mulbarton in Norfolk from his 

 father, who was the third son of Lord Rich, and 

 on his death in 1675, it descended to liis daughter 

 Elizabeth and her husband Peter Cevill. D. S. 



Asteroids (2"'' S. x. 269. 397.) — With refer- 

 ence to the Query of your correspondent as to a 

 complete list of the Asteroid?, I would suggest 

 that he should purchase Hannay's Almanac for 

 1861 (if published) instead of that for 18G0, as 

 suggested byI\lR. Philltps (ante, p. 397.). 



I may add that I shall be most happy to com- 

 plete the list for Querist should he not meet with 

 a full enumeration. The number of Asteroids, so 

 far as I am aware, now reaches sixty-two. 



George Knott. 



Woodcroft, Cuckfield. 



Arsenal (2"* S. iii. 348. 437.; Iv. 156.) — 

 The derivation of this word may be as suggested 

 by Mr. C, but It was in use by the Genoese long 

 ere the Turkish hordes reached the sea ; and the 

 fact of their being an inland race leads to the 

 belief that they adopted this word along with 

 many sea terms from the Genoese, owing to the 

 improbability of their having equivalents of their 

 own. The place where the " Tershana" of Con- 

 stantinople now stands was originally the " Diir- 

 sena " of the Genoese, adjoining which they had 

 the place for caulking (Calafat)the smaller vessels; 

 this Is now the " Kalafat " of the Tuiks, and like 

 the " Tershana" Is still entirely devoted to its ori- 

 ginal purpose. That the Turks had no sea terms 

 of their own can, I think, be proved by the fact 

 of their adoption of the Genoese terms, as In the 

 case of " Tersliana," " Kalafat" (caulklng-yard), 

 "Kalafatgee" (caulker), "Kalafatgeebashi" (lead- 

 ing caulker) ; " Galeon," from tlie Italian " Ga- 

 leone," and those who manned such vessels were 

 termed " Galeongee," the common appellation of 

 the Turkish man-of-war's-men to tiiis day. A 

 thousand other instances might be cited in support 

 of this view of tiie case. W. B. C. 



Paraphernalia (2-^ S. x. 287.) — This word 

 is applied to the ornamental and superfluous arti- 

 cles of a lady's wardrobe; and seems to hold the 

 same relationship to her necessary clothing that 

 paraphe does to a signature. Tlie paraphe or 

 flourish was the prerogative of r.ank. and we limit 

 the word paraphernalia also; we apply it to rib- 

 bons, lace, &c., never to a clonk or overshoes. It 

 Is also applied to plumes, housings, &c., at funerals 

 — a superfluous flourish of finery in any case. 

 What Is the root of the word ? F. C. B. 



Ancient Stained Glass from Cologne (2"* 

 S. X. 266.) — If, as Is pos.sible, this Query refers 

 to stained glass representing the incidents of the 



