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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 246. 



of their own, they could then have quartered their 

 mother's with them, but in any case the crest and 

 motto would have been lost to them : for as a lady 

 has no right to either, she cannot convey to her 

 children what she never possessed herself. 



The " dead set " young, ignorant wives of the 

 present day are making at the husband's crest is 

 really amusing. A lady has as much right to the 

 crest as to the beard or the breeches, and there- 

 fore the sooner it is banished from her note-paper, 

 envelopes, and pencilcase top, the better. 



Another correspondent asks if a peer's younger 

 son may use the supporters? Even the eldest 

 son must not do that till he gets his own head into 

 the coronet by the death of his father. P. P. 



Bishops vacating their Sees (Vol. ix., p. 450.). — 

 The ex-bishop of Bombay has recently become the 

 "parish priest" of Bath. Anok. 



^'' Aches" (Vol. ix., p. 351.). — S. S. asks if 

 there is any rhyme earlier than that of Butler, 

 showing the old fashion of pronouncing ache. In 

 Spenser's Shepherds Calendar., I find he makes 

 ache rhyme with match. M — A L. 



^^ Hogmanay " (Vol. ix., p. 495.). — Among the 

 many conjectures which have been offered on this 

 subject, the following extract may be considered 

 not unworthy of notice from a paper in The Bee 

 (vol. xvi. p. 17., July 10, 1793), edited by James 

 Anderson, LL.I)., F.R.S., Edinburgh : 



" Translations from Snorro' s ' History of Scandinavia.' 

 — King Hako was a good Christian before he came to 

 Norway (he had been baptized in England during his 

 residence at the Court of Athelstane), but as all the 

 inhabitants of Norway, particularly the nobility, were 

 heathens, and much addicted to the worship of their 

 false gods ; and as Hako stood much in need of the 

 assistance of the nobility, as well as of the favour of 

 the people, he thought it most advisable to exercise his 

 own religion in private. He observed the Sundays, 

 and fasted on Fridays, and was not unmindful of the 

 other holidays of the Church. He made a law for 

 fixing the heathen feast of Yole on the same day the 

 Christians kept Christmass. Hogg-night preceded, and 

 was usually observed on the shortest day in the year. 

 The feast of Yole continued for three days thereafter." 



The editor remarks on the above in a foot-note : 



" The reader will here observe the genuine deriva- 

 tion of the word Yole, and also of the name generally 

 given to the night preceding that festival, Hogg-monay. 

 The first appears to have been the ancient heathen 

 name of their greatest holiday, and the word hogg, to 

 kill or make slaughter." 



He farther remarks : 



" The feast of Christmass, or Yule, is held for three 

 days together in Aberdeenshire at this day." (1793.) 



At the present time, in the west of Scotland, 

 hogmanay is observed on the last day of the year 



among the people, merely in a friendly calling 

 upon one another at their houses, and also in pre- 

 parations for the jovial celebration of New Year's 

 Day. Nearly half a century ago it was customary 

 on hogmanay., for bands of boys and girls to 

 assemble at the doors of houses, and sing the 

 following : 



" Hogmanay 

 Drol-ol-ay 



Unless I get some bread and cheese, 



I'll wait at your door all day." 



who were generally dismissed with some small 

 present in money, a piece of currant-iun, or the 

 eatables they demanded. G. N. 



The meaning of the word hogmanay, as applied 

 in Scotland to the last day of the year, is, " Hug 

 me now, for you will not have me long ; " or rather, 

 " Make much of me, for I shall soon be gone." 



S.R. 



General Whiielocke (Vol. ix., pp. 201. 455.).— 



[In reply to the many inquiries and researches of 

 correspondents relative to the place of sepulture of 

 John Whitelocke, Esq. (^ci-devant lieut. -general), we 

 are enabled to state that it was at Bristol. We have 

 the subjoined communication transmitted to us from 

 a friend who has received it from a gentleman who 

 lately visited the cathedral. We have no doubt it 

 will be found correctly stated, though the writer had 

 not any writing apparatus at hand to copy it, and 

 solely trusted to his memory.] 



I went to Bristol yesterday, and on my return 

 from Clifton went into the cathedral, where I was 

 shown (as I anticipated) the grave of General 

 Whitelocke. He lies in the centre of the west 

 aisle. A small unpretending slab of white marble, 

 about eighteen inches square, placed diamond- 

 wise, marks the spot, and upon it are these words : 

 " JoHH Whitelocke, Esq., 

 Of Clifton. 

 Died the 23rd day of October, 1833, 

 Greatly regretted." 



These, I believe, are the exact words. Service 

 was being performed at the time, and not having 

 a piece of paper with me, I was obliged to trust 

 my memory till I got home, when I immediately 

 committed them to writing. 2. (1) 



*^ Putting a spoke in his wheel" (Vol. Ix., p. 

 601.). — I think your correspondent Me. Hazel 

 has hit the true and obvious meaning of the above 

 phrase : if you would clinch it at this point with 

 an authority, here is an early application of it as 

 an obstruction. 



In A Memorial of God's last Twenty-nine Years' 

 Wonders in England for its Preservation and De- 

 liverance from Popery and Slavery, 1689, the 

 author, speaking of the zeal exerted by the par- 

 liament of James H. against arbitrary government, 



