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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2ni S. No 115., Mau. 13. 'iS, 



change of religious service is recorded, but as- 

 signed to the end of the month : — " The xxx. day 

 of Aprell began tlie postyll mas at Powles at the 

 V. of the cloke in the mornyng evere day." May 

 I inquire of those acquainted with ancient rituals 

 whether this mass was so named after the apostle 

 to whom the cathedral church was dedicated? and 

 what were its peculiar characteristics ? Is the 

 term "Apostle Mass" one that has been employed 

 in other churches ? J. Gr. N. 



Borongh-EnglisJi. — Among the notices which 

 have appeared at various times from correspond- 

 ents on the custom of Borough-English, none 

 throws any light upon its actual origin. This in- 

 quiry, which I am anxious to make, is not merely 

 for the satisfaction of a certain curiosity, but also 

 for the information of Monsieur Henri Martin, 

 the learned author of the Histoire de France. 



Blackstone and other law books that I have 

 consulted are very unsatisfactory ; and the ques- 

 tion which I wish to have answered, and which it 

 would be very interesting to settle if it be pos- 

 sible, is, if the name of Borough-English indicates 

 that the custom comes from the Angles, and conse- 

 quently whether certain Germanic tribes have had 

 the same custom as the Britons ; or if the custom 

 is, among the Anglo-Saxons, a remnant of the 

 Celtic legislation, like the Gavelkind which is 

 still in force in Kent ? Louts.a. Julia Norman. 



Quotations Wanted. — 



" Let others hail the rising sun, 

 I bow to that whose race is run." 



D. B. F. 



" More good is wrought by prayer 

 Than this world deems of.'" 



W. S. H. 



" That lilie some old familiar strain, 

 Untir'd we ask and ask again, 



Finding a charm unknown before." 



A. S. 



" Go where the water glideth gentle ever, 



Glideth by the meadows that the greenest be ; 

 Go by our own beloved river, 

 And think of me I " 



I. M. A. 

 Kennaquhair. 



" Homeless, amidst a thonsand homes, she stood 

 And, near a thousand tables, pined for food." 



Shahtoe. 



"Thou hast woo'd me; thou hast won me, bright beau- 

 tiful Sin." 



Query. 



Sacred Vessels of the Jews. — Do the Jewish 



rabbis of the present day preserve traditionally 



any knowledge of the forms of their sacred vessels 



and ornaments ? or are they as much matter of 

 conjecture to them as they are to Christians ? 



M. G. 



The Hair standing on End. — Is it true that this 

 result is possible from mental emotion ? I believe 

 that actual instances are on record, but I cannot 

 lay my hand upon any. What is the earliest 

 known reference to it ? The following is from the 

 S. Scriptures : " The talk of him that sweareth 

 much maketh the hair stand upright." — Eccle- 

 siasticus, xxvii. 14. H. P. 



Peg Bidl. — Who was the author of this con- 

 tinuation of Swift's and Arbuthnot's John Bidl ? 

 My edition is the second (London, 1761). Sir 

 Walter Scott must have known him, and he must 

 have been alive when the Antiquary was first pub- 

 lished, as he makes Mr. Oldbuck ask (vol. i. 

 chap. 6.) — 



" Didst thou ever read the History of Sister Margaret, 

 which flowed from a head that, now old and somedele grey, 

 has more sense and political intelligence than you find 

 now'-a-days in a whole sj-nod? " 



Is there any key to the characters, particularly 

 the Nurse, and Hubble-Bubble ? A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Sir John Le Quesne : Thomas Astle, Esq. — Can 

 any of your correspondents inform me of the 

 lineage of Sir John Le Quesne, Knt., who was 

 alderman of London circa 1738, and who married 

 a Miss Knight of Hampshire, a lady of large pro- 

 perty ? And if he left any issue, where he is 

 buried, and any farther particulars ? 



Also, if Thos. Astle, Esq., son-in-law of the 

 Rev. Philip Morant of Colchester, left issue? and 

 if so, who is his present representative ? T. B. P. 



The God Cocidius. — Where can I find any re- 

 liable account of this deity, who is frequently 

 mentioned in inscriptions ? He is called " Deus 

 Cocidius," " Sanctus Cocidius," " Deo Marti Coci- 

 dio," and " Deo Stono Cocidio " in various places. 

 The Stoni were a tribe inhabiting a place near the 

 Lake of Como, now called Stonico. A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Bacon, Milton, and Barrow. — 



" Since Bacon taught something better, and Milton and 

 Barrow wrote in its depreciation, the school logic rapidly 

 sank, and no one who has read Dr. Reid's analysis of 

 Aristotle's Logic, and Dr. T. Brown's Exposition of Syllo- 

 gistic Reasoning, will study the tomes of the Stagyrite, 

 except as an example of arrogance in a master and sub- 

 serviency in his followers." — P. 32. 



The above is from a Letter on New Universi' 

 tze*, London, 1829. The author objects to waste 

 of time in learning Greek and Latin, when all the 

 good works in both languages are translated, and 

 thinks " practical science " the only important 

 thing to be taught. His opinions are of small 



