2'><i S. V. 117., Matj. 27. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



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of <iny animals residing collectively. Other mem- 

 bers of the same order as the Alchemilla have 

 been used as vermifuges, and Pliny (^Nat. Hist. 

 translated by Dr. Philemon Holland, 1601), re- 

 marks that " Lion's Paw, commonly called Leon- 

 topodion (Dr. Holland styles it Our Ladle's 

 Mantle), hath a root which bindeth the bellie, and 

 yet notwithstanding purgeth choller," — qualities 

 that belong to most of the anthelmintic remedies 

 of the present day. 



BiTcuANAN Washbotjrn, M.D. 



This plant has always been in great repute among 

 the Germans. Withering says that, in the province 

 of Smolandia in Gothland, a tincture of the leaves 

 is given in spasmodic and convulsive diseases. 

 The Germans call it Sinau, in old herbals Synnaw; 

 also by names signifying LiorCs foot, Lion's paw, 

 and, as with us, Our Lady's mantle. In a very 

 early German manual of pharmacy, printed in 

 1589, the Lady's mantle is extolled as warm and 

 stimulant; the juice drunk at night, good for the 

 falling sickness, and sure to cure if the patient be 

 also bled in the left hand, between the forefinger 

 and thumb. A decoction of this plant with >S'am- 

 cle is good for complaints of the stomach or breast. 

 But it is especially recommended powdered, and 

 with a little cochineal, for bowel complaints ; and 

 to complete its virtues, " vertreibt das wiirend 

 gebliit ein Leib, treibts auss durch den harn und 

 stiilgang." No wonder that it should be deemed 

 efficacious for the bowel hive of children, which 

 might require the aid of astringent and stimulant 

 remedies. F. C. H. 



Hoiv do Oysters make their Shells (2"'' S. iii. 158. 

 198. 239.) — R, W. says the question as to "how 

 oysters make their shells" has not been answered. 

 I do not know the quo modo, but I have lately 

 seen some oyster shells sent home from China, 

 which have on the inside of each fiat shell three or 

 four perfect raised figures of a small size of their 

 fat deity, or Jos, being little casts thereof of metal, 

 inserted between the shells of the living oyster, 

 which are again replaced in the water, and after 

 about a year are perfectly cased with the same 

 material as the shell, and attached thereto. The 

 shell is phosphate of lime. W. Collyns. 



Haldon House. 



A Note on Edington, Somerset (2"'' S. iii. 264.) 

 — I refer to this Note for the purpose of suggest- 

 ing that every correspondent of " N. & Q." should 

 be careful not to form too hasty conclusions. M. 

 A. Ball states that Alfred sought admittance into 

 Guthrum's camp as a harper, in the parish of 

 Ashcot, 31 miles from Edington : " hence Piper's 

 Inn" — thereby leaving persons who are ignorant 

 of the facts to suppose that " Piper's Inn" derived 

 its name from King Alfred's visit to Guthrum's 

 camp. Now the real origin of the name is from 



the circumstance that the old inn was built and 

 kept (about 100 years ago) by a man named 

 Hugh Piper. Had M. A. Ball, first made in- 

 quiries on the subject, the mistake could not have 

 occurred. Ina, 



Wells, Somerset. 



Qriotations Wanted (2"* S. v. 214.") — 



" Let others hail the rising sun, 

 I bow to that whose course [not race] is run." 



These lines will be found in Garrick's " Ode on 

 the Death of Henry Pelham," Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, who died in 1754. (Dodsley's Col- 

 lective Poems, vol. iv, p. 212.) J. H. M. 



" More things are wrought by praj'er 

 Than this world dreams of." 



Tennyson's 3fo7-t cf Arthur. 



A. AV. D. 



" As for some dear familiar strain, 

 Untired we ask, and ask again. 

 Ever, in its melodious store, 

 Finding a spell unheard before." 



Keble's Christian Year, " Morning Hymn." 



Edw. J. Sage. 



" And homeless, near a thousand homes, I stood, 

 And, near a thousand tables, pined and wanted food." 



AVordsworth's beautiful poem, " Guilt and Sor- 

 row," p. 20. of Moxon's collected edition, 1854, 

 stanza xli. 



It is interesting to compare this whole stanza 

 (xli.) with the lines in these : — 



" Bridge of Sighs. 



" Alas ! for the rarity 

 Of Christian charity 

 Under the sun ! 

 Oh ! it was pitiful,'^ 

 Near a whole city full 

 Home she had none." 



Dublin. 



J. P. Yarrum. 



" Kiss, kiss thou hast won me, bright, beautiful sin ! " 

 This is obviously from Motherwell's poem of 

 " The Demon Lady " (Motherwell's Poetical 

 Works, third edition^ p. 44). I shall quote the 

 stanza in which the passage occurs : — • 



" Now, mountain and meadow. 



Frith, forest, and river. 

 Are mingling with shadows — 



Are lost to me ever. , 



The sunlight is fading. 



Small birds seek their nest; 

 While happy hearts, tloAver-like, 



Sink sinless to rest. 

 But I? — 'tis no matter ; 



Aj-, kiss chcfek and chin ; 

 Kiss — kiss — thou hast won me, 



Bright, beautiful Sin ! " 



K. S. F. 



