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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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latter kind has also been lately made known 

 through our journals), and this careerin;; through 

 the air of the harvest of the hay-field, as has just 

 occurred in Denbighshire, or as seventy-seven 

 years ago the same sort of thing took place at 

 Waterford. J. D. D. 



KEW OAMES AT ST. STEPHEN 8 CHAPEL. 



The following poem I copied early in the pre- 

 sent century from a collection of similar articles 

 in the common-place book of a friend. Whether 

 it has ever appeared in print I am unable to say, 

 or even to hazard a guess ; but it seems to de- 

 serve a mausoleum in the pages of " N. & Q." 



" Netv Games at St. Stqihen's Chapel. 



" While honest John Bull, 



With sorrow brimful, 

 Lamented his trusty friend Pitt ; 



Some sharpers, we're told, 



In cheating grown old, 

 Thus tried all the talents and wit. 



" Let's invite him to play, 



John never says nay. 

 So they ask'd him what game he approved ; 



John talk'd of All Fours, 



Or Beat knave out of doors. 

 The games of his youth which he loved. 



" Lord H — w — k spoke first ; 



' In those games I'm not vers'd. 

 But they surely are old-fashion'd things ; 



The best game, entre nous, 



Is the good game of Loo, 

 Where Knaves get the better of Kings.' 



" Sam Wh — tb— d rose next. 



By all court cards perplext. 

 Since at his trade they reckon no score ; 



For at Cribbage, 'tis known, 



That with court cards alone 

 You can't make fifteen two, fifteen four. 



"Then Sh — r — d— n rose, 



Saying, he should propose. 

 Though at all times he play'd upon tick, 



The good old game of Whist, 



For if Honours he miss'd, 

 He was sure to succeed by the Trick. 



" Now with blustering voice 

 T — rn— y roars out, ' My bo3'8! 



I approve none of all your selections ; 

 What I'll recommend 

 To myself and my friend. 



Is to play well the game of Connections.' 



" By his master respected, 



But by both sides neglected, 

 Telle est la fortune de la guerre. 



Once the minister's ombre, 



Now deserted and sombre, 

 The good S — dm — h prefers Solitaire. 



" Next, with perquisites stored. 



Spoke T — mpl— 's good lord. 

 All whose wants are supplied by the nation, 



' From our memory blot 



Pique, Repique, and Capot, 

 And let's practise, my friends, Speculaliom' 



" Lord G — nv — ^1 — stood by, 

 With considerate eye. 



Which forbore e'en his hopes to express. 

 But W — ndh — m, less mute, 

 Own'd each game in each suit 



He had play'd without any success. 



" ' Try again. Sir, your skill,' 



Says B — rd — t, ' at Quadrille, 

 There seem none but your friends to ask leave ; 



As for calling a King, 



I shall do no such thing. 

 But shall soon play alone, 1 believe.' 



" Braced with keen Yorkshire air. 

 Young Lord M — It — n stood there. 



Who, improved in all talents of late. 

 Said he fear'd not success 

 At a bold game of Chess, 



And should soon give the King a check-mate. 



" ' Hush I ' says Gr — nv — 11— ; * young man, 

 I'll whisper my plan ; 



While professing great zeal for the throne. 

 We may leave in the lurch 

 Both the King and the Churcli, 



By encouraging slily Fope Joan.' 



" In one hand a new dance. 

 In the other Finance, 



To throw on each object new light. 

 Young P — tt)' appear'd. 

 And begg'd he might be heard 



In settling the game of the night. 



" ' Casino,' he cries, 

 ' Sure of all games supplies 



Amusement unblended with strife ; 

 For that black, gray, or fair. 

 With their fellows should pair 



Must to all form the pleasures of life. 



" Without farther debate, 

 Down to Cass then they sate ; 



But how strange is the game I record ; 

 The Knaves are pair'd off. 

 Of all Court cards the scoflf. 



And in triumph the King clears the board. 



" John, rubbing his eyes. 



At length with surprise 

 Discover'd the tricks of the crew ; 



And gaining in sense 



What he first lost in pence. 

 From these wolves in sheep's clothing withdrew." 



Two only of the several parties above men- 

 tioned are at the present time in existence. 



N. L. T. 



Mlnav iiatts. 



Derivation of " Notes and Queries." — Sanskrit 

 Jnd (yt-yv-wa-Kio), gn-osco, nosco, notum (or jnd, 

 jndtam, gndtam, gnotam, gnotum, notum), nota, 

 note, Notes. En, eiiti, anti, ant, and ; or thus, 

 6tTo, eiida. ainta, anta, ant, and : or from Sans, da, 

 thus, da, do, ad do, adds, andde, ande, and. Heb. 

 N"1p, to cry out, call out (perhaps formed by 

 onomat.) ; thus, kara, quara, quaro, qimro, queers, 

 quere, query, Queries. Nunnesius derives qucero 

 from xnp^"'^ careo, "quod qui re aliqua careat, 

 earn quserit." But see Junius, Skinner (Etym-), 



