July 7. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



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own notes I find it entered that Dibdin was the 

 author. But it is strongly in my mind that it is 

 older than either Dibdin or Collins. I knew 

 Swinney and Farrell, who long kept a bookselling 

 and printing establishment in High Street, Bir- 

 mingham. But I am tolerably sure that I had 

 learnt this song by heart before the date of Scrip- 

 scrapologia. 1 have completed it to the present 

 time by altering the last verse, and adding one 

 verse more, in this way : 



" Queen Ann was victorious by land and by sea, 

 And Georgy tlie First did with glory sway ; 

 Under Georgy the Second much war we had, 

 And Georgy the Third reign'd long and died mad. 



" Georgy the Fourth was expensive and vain, 

 And Billy the Fourth was a sailor plain ; 

 The sceptre is now in Victoria's hand, 

 And long may she live to rule over our land ! 



And may her Son's Sons to the end of the Chapter, 

 Be all of them Kings in their turns." 



F. C. H. 



The Bed Hand (Vol. xi., p. 447.). — Having 

 read the remarks of your correspondent A. C. M. 

 upon the red hand, I have forwarded the following, 

 thinking he would be interested. 



The red hand among the Jews was the crest of 

 the priesthood, adopted from the custom of spread- 

 ing out the hands during the cei'emony of blessing 

 the people. (Numbers, vi. 23.) 



The double triangle is said to represent the 

 shield of David, and, decorated with handsome 

 flowers, forms even at this day one of the principal 

 ornaments of the tabernacle at the Feast of Ta- 

 bernacles. Philo-Jud^us. 



Edmonton. 



Blue Mould on Coins (Vol. xi., p. 445.). — This 

 is easily removed by the application of muriatic 

 acid. The easiest way I have found to be to dip 

 the coin into a small quantity of this acid, and 

 leave it in, a longer or shorter time, according to 

 the extent of the blue mould ; but never longer 

 than a few seconds, for fear of injuring the coin. 

 Then take the coin out and drop it into water, 

 and on rubbing it dry with a bit of rag or leather, 

 the blue mould will disappear. A small brush 

 may also be used if the mould is hard crusted on 

 the coin ; a camel-hair pencil will do, with the hair 

 cut short. F. C. H. 



This is called by antiquaries and coin col- 

 lectors, patina ; and it is proto-carbonate of copper 

 chemically speaking. Anon, can, if he pleases, 

 remove this " veil of ancient life " by putting the 

 coin or fibula into dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric 

 acid. If he acts in this manner he is no longer 

 an antiquary, but only a "dealer in metal and 

 marine stores," as he not only destroys the genuine 

 appearance of the article so Vandalised, but will 

 not be able to decypher the inscription or design. 

 Do not play with acids, Anon. ; they will burn 

 No. 297.] 



your fingers, and destroy your ancient coins of the 

 realm. A. Gkoat. 



Athenaeum Club. 



Hour-glass in Pulpits (Vol. xi., p. 473.). — To 

 the quotation given by J. A. H. from Dr. South's 

 49th Sermon, I beg to add two others from the 

 works of the same eminent divine ; the former of 

 which will be found in his 5th, and the latter in 

 his 28th Sermon : 



" Teaching is not a flow of words, nor the draining of 

 an hour-glass, but an effectual procuring; that a man 

 comes to know something which he knew not before, or 

 to know it better." 



" The opposition he makes, our Saviour here emphati- 

 cally describes by the winds blowing, the rain descending, 

 and the floods coming: which is not an insignificant 

 rhetorication of the same thing by several expressions 

 (like some pulpit bombast, made only to measure an hour- 

 glass), but an exact description of those three methods by 

 which this assault of the devil prevails and becomes 

 victorious." 



N. L. T. 



Quotations wanted (Vol. xi., p. 302.). — The 

 quotation given by W. K,. M. is fronj Dryden's 

 Hind and Panther. The correct reading is as 

 follows : 



" By education most have been misled ; 

 So they believe, because they so were bred : 

 The priest continues what the nurse began, 

 And thus the child imposes on the man." 



Hbnky H. Bbben. 



St. Lucia. 



^ Jute (Vol.xi., p. 426.). — This article is exten- 

 sively used for paper-making. It is imported 

 from India as a raw material, and manufactured 

 into bagging and rope. It is known as gunny 

 bagging, and is used for saltpetre bags, and to 

 cover indigo chests, bales of silk, and other goods 

 from India. H. T. 



Almanacs o/ 1849 and 1855 (Vol. xi., p. 323.). — 

 This coincidence will occur again before " a very 

 long time;" for 1860 has the same almanac with 

 1849 and 1855. M. 



" The Tin Trumpet" (Vol.xi., p. 384.). — This 

 work was written for the most part by Horace 

 and James Smith, authors of Rejected Addresses. 



F.S. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



It was wisely done by the Council of the Camden 

 Society, when they determined upon the issue of occa- 

 sional volumes of miscellaneous articles. The first and 

 second volumes of The Camden Miscellany were well re- 

 ceived, not only by the Members of the Society, but by 

 historical students generally. A third volume has just 

 been issued ; and looking to the varied nature of its con- 



