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served then at weddings of this class that on 

 returning from the place where the clergyman 

 has performed the marriage ceremony, the bride 

 and bridegroom, on reaching the doorway of the 

 house in which the customary dinner and dance 

 is to take place, are assailed by one or more of 

 the company discharging over their heads a napkin 

 full of broken bread and cheese, for which among 

 the assembled crowd there is an immediate scram- 

 ble to gain possession of a piece. 



In what had these two customs their origin ? 

 The answer I have invariably received from those 

 engaged in them has been " it's all for luck." 

 This is scarcely satisfactory to me. Perhaps 

 some reader of " N. & Q." informed on this 

 superstition will furnish the desired enlighten- 

 ment. J. N. 



Bartholomew- Cokes. — In reading the Preface 

 to Crowne's comedy of City Politiques, ed. 1688, 

 I found the conjunctive word " Bartholomew- 

 Cokes," which I do not remember to have met 

 with elsewhere. It appears, from the context, to 

 mean " a simpleton, or person easily overcome 

 with flattery." Perhaps some of your kind 

 readers may know something of its etymology. 



K. B. P. 



Side Saddles. Stoyr (i. pt. i. p. 243., ed. Strype, 

 1720) tells us these were first invented by Anne 

 of Bohemia, Queen to Richard II,, and the mar- 

 ginal note says : " Women first riding on side 

 saddles that were wont to ride astride ; " but on 

 a seal of Joan Countess of Flanders (given by 

 Oliver Vredius, page 29.), and by him dated 1211, 

 that lady is represented on a horse riding side- 

 ways. Her dress covers the saddle so much that 

 it cannot be made out. Can any readers of " N. 

 & Q." give more information on the subject? 

 Stow is generally a very good authority, but he 

 certainly seems to be in error here. A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Falston House, Wilts. — Where is Falston House, 

 in Wiltshire, mentioned by Ludlow in his Me- 

 moirs as garrisoned by the Parliamentary party in 

 the Civil War ? Was there a house in Wiltshire 

 called Holston House ? or would this be the same 

 as Falston ? W. C. 



Hampshire Arms. — What is the origin of the 

 red rose of Lancaster and wreath being the arms 

 of Hampshire? Was it conferred because the 

 train-bands of that county accompanied Henry V. 

 to Agincourt ? C. H. H. 



Edward Underhill the " Hot Gospeller.'^ — In 

 the year 1563, according to a document preserved 

 in Heralds' College, Edward Undei-hill was resi- 

 dent at Hunningham in Warwickshire, and had 

 had eleven children, of whom Guilford, the eldest, 

 the godson of Lady Jane Grey, had died young. 



Particulars are desired respecting the descendants 

 I of the above-named Edward Underhill, who died 

 j some time in the reign of Elizabeth. P. Q. 



Albion Magazine. — A magazine under this title 

 was commenced at Liverpool in the beginning of 

 the year 1829 or 1830. If any reader of "N. & 

 Q." is in possession of the First Number, the loan 

 of it for a few days would be considered a favour 

 by Magal. 



Dallaway's " Constantinople" 4to., 1797. — To a 

 copy I have is annexed an advertisement by the 

 author of his intention to publish a History of 

 the Sultans. I never met with such a work by 

 Mr. Dallaway ; but is it known whether he left 

 any work in manuscript, or any collections for 

 such a History ? J. R. 



Vandniss. — Who was a Commissary-General 

 Vandniss, who fought on the side of the parlia- 

 ment in our great Civil War ? Could he be the 

 same as Vandrusk, often mentioned by Clarendon 

 and other writers ? W. C. 



Polytheism. — The writer of the second leading 

 article in The Times of August 24, says that — 



".A German philosopher has committed himself to the 

 idea that polytheism will be revived." 



I am aware that in newspaper writing one can- 

 not always hope for the exact accuracy that is 

 required in the less hurried branches of author- 

 ship; and I also know that in Germany, England, 

 and elsewhere it has been the fashion to nickname 

 a certain class of thinkers Buddists. Neither of 

 these facts, however, explain the newspaper state- 

 ment. Will some one give us the name of the 

 polytheistic philosopher ? K. P. D. E. 



Sir Peter Gleane. — He was of Clare Hall, 

 Cambridge, B.A. 1582-3 ; Sherifi" of Norwich, 

 1610; Mayor, 1615; knighted at Greenwich 13 

 June, 1624 ; M.P. for Norwich, 1628. In 1633 

 he gave to the church of S. Peter Mancroft in 

 that city a noble standing cup and cover, oa 

 which was represented the story of Abigail bring- 

 ing presents to King David. By his wife Maud 

 he had a daughter, Mary, married to William 

 Betters, gent. Arms : Erm. on a chief S. three 

 lions rampant A. Crest : On a crown a dog pas- 

 sant. Further particulars respecting him are de- 

 sired by C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Corrected Printers^ Proofs. — Among the curi- 

 osities of literature with which our great libraries 

 abound, can your readers refer me to any examples 

 of corrected printers' proofs of celebrated works ? 

 Probably some such exist in the British Museum, 

 but at present I am not able to call them to mind. 



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