Nov. 20. 1852.]; 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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is a large fleur-de-lis, on the sinister chief a half moon, 

 dexter chief (the sun) obliterated; on his left side a 

 sword, his left hand holding the scabbard, and his right 



in the act of drawing it. PI. LXVII. fig. 6 



John Digby died about 1296." — See Nichols' History 

 of Leicestershire, vol. iii. pt. i. pp. 471, 472. 



I have seen this effigy, and it is very finely 

 sculptured. Thos. L. Walker. 



Leicester. 



Under a semicircular arched recess in the south 

 wall of the south aisle of the nave of Melton 

 Mowbray Church, in this county, is an effigy of a 

 knight in complete armour, beautifully executed, 

 in the cross-legged attitude. There is no inscrip- 

 tion coeval with the sculpture, but on the back 

 of the recess is the following memorandum in 

 characters of circa 1650: 



" This is the Lord 



Hamvn Belers 



Brother to the 



Lord Mowbray." 



And affixed to the back of the recess is an iron 

 bracket holding a pointed helmet which has been 

 richly gilt. Thomas L. Walker. 



Leicester. 



Exterior Stoups. — There Is one of these at the 

 door of the library of Winchester College, for- 

 merly a chapel. W. H. G. 



There is an exterior stoup at Oakham Church 

 of the fifteenth century: it is of hexagonal form, 

 and is in good preservation. J. G. Knight. 



Oakham. 



There are exterior stoups at Coggeshall and 

 Thetford Churches. The former is on the south 

 side, and east of the priest's door. The latter has 

 been discovered during the present restorations ; 

 it is on the north side. Alfred. 



''Sheets," a Kentish Word (Vol. vl., p. 338.).— 



" Shot, or kinde of hogge, sic diet, quod brevi instar 

 germinis (^uod Angl is idem sonat, crescit ; proprid enim 

 Shots porcos dicimus qui itnicum agiint annum ; qui sunt 

 ut lingua veniacula dicimus, well shot up, vel fat a 

 G. Cochon, I. H. Cochino, d Koi, Kot, voce imitatitia 

 grumientis." — Minshew. 



Egbert J. Allen. 



Springs and Wells (Vol. vl., p. 28.). — There Is 

 one of the " by-way " wells, about Avhich Mr. 

 Kawlinson Inquires, near the little hamlet of 

 Sawr, which is situated about six miles from 

 Llandilo Fawr In Carmarthenshire. It Is much 

 resorted to for the cure of sore eyes. 



So also is the spring known as " Holy Well," or 

 Cefyn Bryn (a mountain which runs down the 

 peninsula of Gower), This last Is still supposed 

 to be under the especial patronage of the Virgin 



Mary, and a crooked pin Is the offering of every 

 visitor to its sacred precincts. It is believed, that 

 if this pin be dropped in with fervent faith, all the 

 many pins which have ever been thrown into it 

 may be seen rising from the bottom to greet the 

 new one. Argue the impossibility of the thing, 

 and you are told that it is true it never happens 

 now, such earnestness of faith being, " alas ! " 

 extinct. Seleucus. 



Longevity (Vol.vi., pp.62. 231.). — In the church- 

 yard of Cheve Prior, Worcestershire, there is a 

 record of a venerable worthy who died at the 

 patriarchal age of 309 ! It Is probably meant for 

 39, but the village chlseller thought fit to put the 

 30 first, and 9 afterwards. I copy this from the 

 Worcester Chronicle for September 4. 



R. C. Warde. 



Kidderminster. 



It appears by the register of the parish church, 

 MInshead, near Nantwich, that In the year 1648 

 was burled there one Thomas Daunne, of Leigh- 

 ton, aged 154, or, as the register expresses it, seven 

 score and fourteen. A, 



In the grave-yard at the east end of Battle 

 Church, Sussex, is an upright stone — 



" To the memory of Isaac Ingall, who died April 2, 

 1798, aged 120 years." 



John Miland. 



Dodo Queries (Vol. vi., pp. 35. 159.). — The 

 derivation of this name from the Portuguese 

 "Doudo" will not hold water at all, as the word 

 has a directly opposite meaning to the idea we 

 form of the Dodo as a stupid, foolish bird. Doudo 

 means rather mad than foolish, and is commonly 

 applied to noisy, rattling, crackbralned persons^ 

 To Indicate lumpish, idiotic characters, a different 

 term is used. J. S. Warden. 



Was Elizabeth fair or dark ? (Vol. v., p. 201 .). — 

 Her hair was of a reddish tinge, which I believe 

 is invariably accompanied by a fair complexion. 

 She may have discoloured her skin afterwards by 

 the use of cosmetics. If Elizabeth's beauty was 

 too much flattered in her own time, it has been 

 too much depreciated since : her good looks are 

 mentioned by writers who were not very favour- 

 able to her, and at a time when there was na 

 motive for flattery. J. S. Warden. 



:^tSccnanc0uS. 



notes on books, etc. 



An important contribution to the ethnology of these 

 islands is announced for publication by Mr, J. B. Davis 

 of Shelton, Staffordshire, and Dr. Thurnam of Devizes, 

 who propose, if a sufficient number of subscribers can 

 be obtained to prevent pecuniary loss, to issue in a 



