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The Christian Sodality: or, Catholic Hive of 

 Bees (P* S. xii. 469.) — The late Mr. John Gage- 

 Rokewode, in his History of Hcngrave, p. 235., 

 remarks of John, youngest son ot" John Gage, 

 Esq., of Haling, in Croydon, that he was in priest's 

 orders, and said to be the author of the above- 

 named book. Will J. A., of Norwich, oblige me 

 by saying whether the preface gives any indica- 

 tion of John Gage having been the author ? 



G. Steinman Steinman. 



Brewer's Will (2°^ S. ii. 249.) — In answer to 

 HuMiLis, I beg to inform him, that there was a 

 large barrel of ale stood in the High Street of 

 Hoddesdon, Herts ; with an iron pot chained to 

 a post, for any passer-by to drink. It was the 

 bequest of a brewer in the town of Hoddesdon, 

 named Christian Catherow. Some time after his 

 decease, it was a cask of good ale, then it got to 

 table beer, and, at last, done away with altogether, 

 now about fifteen years ; from what cause I cannot 

 say. Wm. Spooneb. 



Stamford Hill. 



The direction to keep a cask of ale on the 

 public road for the free use of all travellers is 

 still attended to at Rickmersworth. The cask is 

 placed every morning at the foot of the hill lead- 

 ing out of that town, on the road to Watford. 



John G. Morten. 



Hour-glass in the Pulpit, and Hugh Peters (2""^ 

 S. i. 204.) — Your correspondent T. H. P. is mis- 

 taken in his suggestion, that this picture is a "new 

 antiquity," and dates with the reprint of the Tales, 

 Sj-c, 1807. The original print, of which this is a 

 correct copy, is to be found prefixed to the Life 

 of Hugh Peters, by Dr. Young, 1663. 



• Henry T. Rilet. 



Can Fish he tamed ? (2"'* S. ii. 173. 235. 297.)— 

 That fish can be rendered sufficiently tame to 

 come when called, and to follow their owner 

 round the pond's edge in expectation of food, is 

 so well known as scarcely to deserve a Note : but 

 as it seems to interest some of your correspon- 

 dents, I may state from personal observation, that 

 sticklebacks and minnows, in a vivarium, will 

 come when I tap on the glass, and rise to take a 

 worm out of my fingers. Eden Warwick. 



Birmingham. 



William Dunlap (2"'^ S. ii. 129.) — - The date of 

 Mr. Dunlap's death was September 28, 1839. An 

 account of his life, with some extracts from his 

 writings, may be found in Duyckinck's Cyclopcedia 

 of American Literature, vol. i. Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



O' Kelly, ^ the Irish Bard (2"'^ S. ii. 239.)— Add 

 to the notices of this worthy, that in Lockhart's 

 Life of Scott (p. 562. cap. Ixiii., People's edit.) 



P, J. F. Gantillon. 



Christian Names (2"^ S. i. 29.) — The letters 

 between the first names and the surnames are the 

 initials of the middle names, thus: George W. 

 Jones means George Washington Jones ; David * 

 P. Brown means David Paul Brown, or David 

 Peacock Brown. Is this abbreviation unknown 

 in England Jind peculiar to the United States ? 



J. H. Chateaxt. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



" Like Madame HasseVs Feast"" (2"'' S. i. 313.) 



— This proverb is changed only in name in Ire- 

 land. In Dublin I have heard it repeated when 

 there was but a spare dinner, and was informed 

 that it originated at the table of a Mrs. Casely, 

 who kept a boarding-house in Mountjoy Square. 

 In helping the last morsel from the joint, or 

 spoonful from her spare dish, she was accustomed 

 to say, "Well, I declare; just enough and none 

 to spare," as a sort of gentle hint to a half-filled 

 stomach not to crave for more. George Lloyd. 



Beats of the Drum (2"'^ S. i. 94.) — One version 

 of the retreat here mentioned is — 



" Beat up a larum, and go to hed Tom." 



Henry T. Riley. 

 " Standing in another's Shoes " (2"'' S. ii. 187.) 



— Reputed conversation of the Queen (Anne 

 Boleyn) Avith Norris, vide Froude's Histoi'y of 

 England, vol. ii. 467. : 



" ' Marr3',' the Queen said, ' I bade him do so, for I 

 asked him why he went not through with his marriage ; 

 and he made answer that he would tarry a time. Then 1 

 said, you look for dead merits shoes, for if aught come to the 

 king but good, you would look to have me. And he said 

 if he should have any such thought, he would his head 

 were off. And then she said she could undo him if she 

 would. And therewith they fell out." 



E. H. A. 



Symbols of Saints (2"i S. ii. 288.) — The female 

 figure described by Y. B. N. J. represents St. Ca- 

 therine of Sienna, Virgin, of the Order of St. Do- 

 minic, who died in 1380. The letters J. N. R. 

 are intended for the writing over the cross, Jesus 

 Nazarenus Rex Judceorum, the last letter J. being 

 probably concealed by the flowers. There is a 

 painting by Murillo of St. Rose of Lima, some- 

 what resembling this, as the saint is crowned with 

 thorns, but she holds a rose, on which is the figure 

 of our Blessed Saviour. A useful work for con- 

 sultation on these subjects is the Emblems of 

 Saints, by which they are distinguished in Works of 

 Art, published by Burns and Lambert. F. C. H. 



Fagot, in the Sense of Food (2"'' S. i. 147.) — 

 These balls of savoury meat (not ofFal) are to be 

 seen in all the shops for the sale of comestibles in 

 Brussels. The envelope, as your correspondent 

 says, is caul fat; but, unfortunately, I am not 

 acquainted with the name by which they are 

 known. Henry T. Rilet. 



