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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°a S. V. 125., May 22. '58. 



GENERAL HAVELOCK. 



(2"^ S. V. 334.) 



On looking over some of the MS. papers of 

 Alfred Johnstone Hollingsworth, I came across 

 the following passage in a small note-book. I 

 send it you because it will probably furnish an 

 answer to Mr. Charnock's Query respecting the 

 derivation of the name of our great general. The 

 author having given the origin of several English 

 names continues : — 



" I knew at school a lad named Havelock — a seldom 

 name in England. It may have come from modern Eng- 

 lish. Why not? It is the great fault of all antiquaries 

 to look to byegone times for everything. Were our 

 learned philologists asked for the derivation of Humbug, 

 they would instinctively turn to their Latin, Greek, and 

 Icelandic But there are names here (in Den- 

 mark) which remind me of my old schoolfellows. If 

 of Danish origin, its derivation might be — 1st. From 

 Have, a garden, and Lokke, an enclosed piece of meadow 

 for feeding cattle or deer ; 2nd. From Hav, sea, and Lig, 

 a leek. But the most likely derivation is — 3rd. From 

 the verb Have, to have, and Lykke, luck, fortune. The 

 last syllable ke is in provincial Danish frequently mute. 

 The Jutland peasant saj-s, ' A' veed ik ' for ' Jeg veed ikhe ' 

 (I know not). By a similar contraction, Danish Lykke 

 has become English luck. Thus Have-lykke would have 

 been pronounced Have-Iyk, the y being sounded as French 

 u, which, being so difficult to Englishmen, would soon 

 have become English u. Hence we should have Have- 

 luck, which corrupted has become Havelock and Has- 

 luck. Of the latter name there are not a few in England. 

 So much for my schoolfellow Tom Havelock's name. It 

 might thus have come from an old Danish surname 

 which in heroic times graced some invincible Viking. 

 Harold Have-lykke (Harold the Lucky) would not have 

 been stranger than Harold Tveeskjaeg (Harold the Fork- 

 bearded), or Valdimar Atterdag (Valdimar Another-day). 

 A curious book might be written on derivations of Eng- 

 lish names. Some day I think I shall try it." 



This philological poet little knew when penning 

 these remarks in his note-book, that he was scrib- 

 bling down' the derivation of a name which in a 

 few years was to become so famous — a name to 

 be immortalised, though not by a Viking, yet by a 

 warrior whose deeds of daring might well entitle 

 him to be called The Invincible or The Lucky. 

 Somewhat farfetched as this latter derivation may 

 appear, it would doubtless be preferred to that 

 suggested by Mr. Charnock. Had the great 

 general known that his name hetdkened Have Luck, 

 Have Fortune, might it not have strengthened, 

 if not his confidence of success, at least that of his 

 men, for soldiers and sailors see much in a name, 

 being generally superstitious ? 



George Sexton, M.D. 



THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST PSALM. 



(2"'> S. V. 376.) 



The answer to the question, " Why was not this 

 Psalm received as genuine ? " is, that it never 



formed a part of the Jewish canon ; it does not 

 exist in Hebrew, and there is no trace of it in the 

 historical authorities, nor in the New Testament. 

 On the contrary, it appears that after the canon 

 of the Old Testament was closed, this Psalm was 

 found attached with other additamenta to the 

 Greek version ; probably the locality of the im- 

 posture was Alexandria, and the time about that 

 of Antiochus Epiphanes. (Ei'ichhom, Apok. Schrift. 

 9.)* It never formed part of the authorised 

 Latin "Vulgate. The Council of Trent (April 8, 

 1546) were careful to declare as canonical only 

 one hundred and fifty psalms. 



The answer to the question, " Why was not this 

 Psalm, at any rate, printed with the Apocrypha ? " 

 is, that it did not form one of the books or frag- 

 ments comprehended in the sixth article of our 

 church, as suitable for moral, although not for 

 dogmatic use. There are various books excluded 

 by our church, as well as by Luther, from the 

 printed Apocrypha, which are nevertheless apo- 

 cryf)hal additamenta to the Old Testament ; such 

 as the Third Book of Maccabees, the Book of 

 Enoch, the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the 

 Assumption of Moses, the Ascension of the Prophet 

 Isaiah, &c. Consult Fabricius, Pseudepigraphvs 

 Veteris Testamenti. T. J. Buckton. 



All that Calmet says on this subject is, — 



" The number of canonical Psalms has alwaj'S been 

 fixed at one hundred and fifty ; for the one hundred and 

 fifty-first (in the Greek) has never been received as 

 canonical." 



Some time ago a friend of mine sent me a 

 translation of this Psalm, which I shall be happy 

 to forward to you, if you desire it. J. Clarke. 



kildare landowners. 

 (2"« S. v. 316.) 



E. D. inquires for the names of families pos- 

 sessing property in Kildare. The county histories 

 of Ireland (except D' Alton's, Co. Dublin) are 

 worthless. 1 send him what I know from having 

 resided in the county. 



Present Proprietors. — Duke of Leinster ; Mar- 

 quis of Drogheda ; Marquis of Downshire ; Earl 

 Fitzwilliam ; Earl of Carysfort ; Earl of Aid- 

 borough ; Earl of Leitrim ; Viscount Harberton ; 

 Lord Downes ; Lord Cloncurry ; Baron de Ro- 

 beck ; Sir Gerard Aylmer, Bt. ; Sir Wm. Hort, 

 Bt. ; Sir Capel Molyneux, Bt. ; John Latouche ; 

 R. Borrowes ; Mrs. Mansfield; (j. P. Lattin Mans- 

 field ; Henry. 



The families of — De Burgh; Digby ; Bryan; 



* The addition or supplement to Job, found in the Sep- 

 tuagint, belongs to the same time, but its locality was 

 probably Palestine. 



