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Aiieienl Tiles (2'*^ S. v. 190. 245.)— If Uneda 

 had access to the Transactions of the Lancashire and 

 Cheshire Historic Society, he would find in vol. vii. 

 p. 1 83. an interesting account of John Sadler, the 

 first who applied the art of printing to the orna- 

 mentation of pottery, in an article on the potteries 

 of Liverpool by Joseph Mayer, Esq. Suffice it 

 here to say that he was a printer in Liverpool, 

 and gained his first idea of printing on pottery 

 from seeing some children stick waste prints he 

 had given them upon pieces of broken earthen- 

 ware which they had brought as playthings froni 

 the potteries. In a document quoted by Mr. 

 Mayer in the above named paper, John Sadler 

 states that on July 27, 1756, he did within the 

 space of six hours print upwards of 1200 earthen- 

 ware tiles of different patterns, which he believes 

 were more in number, better and neater than 

 100 skilful pot-painters could have painted with a 

 pencil in the usual manner, in the same space of 

 time. He also states that he had been above seven 

 years in bringing his invention to perfection. 



P.P. 



Coh, Cohba, Alcove (2"'» S. v. 258.) — Gesenius 

 (Heh. Lexic. voc. nap) says, that the Arabic coh- 

 hah means tent, tabernacle; also vault, whence 

 the Spanish alcova, German alcoven. He derives 

 it from a root, caFb, to hollow out, arch, or vault. 

 Hebrew 3?P, to make hollow. Compare cavus and 

 cup, and perhaps cove, J. Eastwood. 



Charm against the Bite of a Mad Dog (2°^ S. v. 

 191.247.) — 



" Contra canis rabidi moraam, pani inscribitur : ' Irioni 

 khirioni essera khudor fere,' inde voratur. Vel hoc scflp- 

 tum in papiro aut pane, hoinini sive cani in os inseritur : 

 * O rex gloria Jesu Christe, veni cum pace in nomine 

 Patris + max, in nomine Filii + max, in nomine Spiritus 

 Sancti + prax, Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar + prax + max 

 + Deus gmax + ." Non infimse sortis nobilem cognovi, 

 simili curationis ratione celebrem, qui pomae particulse in- 

 scribit : ' Hax pax max Deus adimax,' atque edendam 

 illam venenato h, cane rabido porrigit. Voces autem cor- 

 rupta) sunt ex ignoratione linguiB Latinae et literarum 

 ubi foTlb is nobilis in schedula Germanic§, comperit ad 

 ejusmodi curationem has valere voces, ' hoc + po + mo + 

 Deus adjuvet + , cum crucibus interstinctas, uti fere in 

 similibus superstitionum mysteriis fit, cruces ex affinitate, 

 X literam esse ratus, hax, pax, max, Deus adimax, legit 

 et in pomo exaravit." — Wierus, de Prcestigiis Dcemonum, 

 1. V. c. 8. 531., fol., Basileae, 1583. 



FlTZHOPKINS. 



Garrick Club. 



Marry (P' S. viii. 9. ; 2°'» S. ii. 70.)— This word, 

 used as an expletive asseveration, &c., is un- 

 doubtedly derived from the practice of swearing 

 by the Virgin Mary. I have met with the use of 

 it as an asseveration in its original form — " Yea, 

 Mary, you say truth," &c. Vide Dr. Martin's 

 examination of John Careles in Foxe's Martyrs, 

 vol. ii. p. 1742, folio ed., 1597. P. H. F. 



Stroud. 



The Twenty-second of February (2°'' S. v. 233.) 

 — The dates of the " Curious Coincidences " are 

 all wrong. It was on the 20th, and not the 22nd 

 of February, 1851, that Lord John Russell was 

 defeated on Locke King's motion ; the resignation 

 followed on the next day (the 21st). It was on 

 the 21 St, and not the 22 nd of February, 1852, 

 that " Lord John Russell's administration was 

 finally broken up." It was on the 22nd of Feb- 

 ruary, 1855, that Lord Palmerston announced the 

 secession of Mr. Gladstone and his friends, but 

 the ministry was merely reorganised, and cer- 

 tainly not " broken up " in consequence of that 

 secession. And, finally, it was on the 19th of 

 February, 1858, that Lord Palmerston was placed 

 in a minority on Mr. GiBson's amendment, and on 

 the 20th, in consequence of that adverse vote, the 

 ministry resigned. These " curious coincidences " 

 which provincial penny-a-liners are very fond of 

 discovering for the edification of their readers, 

 will seldom bear very minute questioning; and the 

 little cross-examination that is necessary ought 

 to be undertaken before correspondents transfer 

 them to the • pages of a work of reference like 

 "N. &Q." J. T. E. 



English Husbandmen in the Fifteenth Centui-y 

 (2°'* S. v. 235.) — Very reliable information " on 

 the social state of the English Husbandman in the 

 fifteenth century," will be found in Books v. and vi. 

 of the Pictorial History of England, which is also 

 one of the most modern works of any note that 

 treats on the subject; and has the additional 

 merit of being particular in quoting its authori- 

 ties. 



For the prices of corn and other commodities, 

 and the stipends, salaries, wages, &c. in England, 

 Bishop Fleetwood's Chronicon Preciosum, 8vo., 

 1745, should be consulted. W. H. W. T. 



Somerset House. 



''Pointer Dogs" (2°'^ S. v. 234.) — Netting par- 

 tridges with the spaniel trained to set at the birds, 

 and allow the net to be drawn up to or over him, 

 succeeded to hawking, and about one hundred 

 and fifty years since was superseded by the fowl- 

 ing-piece, and the art of shooting flying. Then 

 was introduced the pointer, one of whose merits 

 was that, standing upright, the crouching position 

 being no longer required, he was more easily 

 seen by the sportsman. An ancestor of mine who 

 died in 1745 had partridge-nets in his possession, 

 according to the inventory of his household goods ; 

 and I remember an old gentleman, born about 

 1740, telling me that he had when a young man 

 a pointer brought from Spain, but it was so slow 

 and heavy he soon got rid of it. 



In Daniell's Rural Sports will be found much 

 information on this subject, and among other 

 things a curious bargain, showing the high price 

 paid for teaching a spaniel to set. The smaller 



