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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 204. 



TLe earlier a reply comes llie more acceptable 

 will it be. 



51. Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 



^^ TerrcE jiliusr — When was the last " Terra3 

 filius" spoken at Oxford; and what was the origin 

 of the name ? W. Fbasbk. 



Tor-Mohun. 



Daughter pronounced Dafter. — In the Verney 

 Papers lately yn-inted by the Camden Society is a 

 letter from a Mistress Wiseman, in which she spells 

 daughter "daftere." It Is evident that she pro- 

 nounced the -aiigh as we do in laughter. Is this 

 pronunciation known to prevail anywhere at the 

 present day ? C. W. G. 



Administration of the Holy Communion. — ^Which 

 side, north or south, is the more correct for the 

 priest to commence administering the Holy Sacra- 

 ment of the Lord's Supper ? Give the authority 

 or reasons in support of your opinion. I cannot 

 find any allusion in Hook's CMwch Dictionary, or 

 in Wheatly's Common Prayer ; and I have seen 

 some clergymen begin one end, some the other, 



Clericus (A.). 



Love Charm from a FoaVs Forehead. — I have 

 searched some time, but in vain, in order to find 

 out what the lump or love charm, taken out of a 

 foal's forehead, was called. Virgil mentions it in 

 ^neid, lib. iv. 515., where Dido is preparing her 

 funeral pile, &c. : 



*' Quseritur et nascentis equi de fronte revulsus, 

 Et matri prcereptus, amor." 



Tacitus also makes mention of it continually. I 

 have no doubt but that through your interesting 

 and learned columns I shall obtain an answer. It 

 ■jvas not philtrum. H. P. 



A Scrape. — What is the origin of the ex- 

 pression " Getting into a scrape ? " Y. B. N". J. 



" Plus occidit Gula," ^c. — Can any of your 

 correspondents direct me where the following 

 passage Is to be found ? — 



" Plus occidit gula, quam gladius." 



T. 



Anecdote of Napoleon. — I remember to have 

 heard of a young lady, one of the detenus In France 

 after the Peace of Amiens, having obtained her 

 liberation through a very affecting copy of verses 

 of her composition, which, by some means, came 

 under the notice of Napoleon. The Emperor was 

 60 struck with the strain of this lament, that he 

 forwarded passports, with an order for the Imme- 

 diate liberation of the fair writer. Can any of 



your correspondents verify this anecdote, and sup- 

 ply a copy of the verses ? Balliolensis.. 



Canonisation in the Greek Church. — Does the 

 Greek Church ever now canonise, or add the- 

 names of the saints to the Calendar ? 



If so, by whom is the ceremony performed ? 



Antony CiiOSE^ 



Woodhouse Eaves. 



Binomctrical Verses. — Who made the follow- 

 ing verse ? — 



" Quando nigrescit nox, rem latro patrat atrox." 



It Is either hexameter or pentameter, according to- 

 the scansion ? C. Mansfiel,!) Ingleby. 



Birmingham. 



Dictionary of English Phrases. — Is there in 

 English any good dictionary of phrases similar ta 

 the excellent Frasologia Italiana of P. Daniele ? 



G. K. 



Lines on Woman. — W. Y. will be glad to know 

 if any of the correspondents of " N. & Q." can tell 

 where the following lines are to be found ? — 

 " Not she with traitrous kiss her master stung, 

 Not she denied him with unfaithful tongue ; 

 She, when apostles fled, could danger brave. 

 Last at his cross, and earliest at his grave." 



Collections for Poor Slaves. — I have met witb 

 the following memorandum in a parish register, 

 and have seen notices of similar entries in others : 



" 1680. Collected for the redemption of poor slaves 

 in Turkey, the sum of 2s. 8d." 



Can you refer me to the king's letter authorising^ 

 such collections to be made ? W. S. 



Northiam. 



[Some information upon this point will be found in 

 « N. & Q.," Vol. i., p. 441. ; Vol. ii., p 12.] 



TTie Earl of Oxford and the Creation of Peers, 

 — Where will be found the answer made by the 

 Earl of Oxford when impeached in the reign of 

 Queen Anne for creating in one day twelve peers ? 



S.N". 



" Like one who wakes," ^c. — Can any of your 

 readers supply the authorship and connexion of 

 the following lines ? — 



" Like one who wakes from pleasant sleep. 

 Unto the cares of morning." 



C.W.F. 



Bells at Berwick-upon-Tweed. — Can any one 

 favour me with a parallel or similar case, in 

 respect to bells, to what I recently met with at 

 Berwick-upon-Tweed ? The parish church, which 

 is the only one in the town, and a mean structure 

 of Cromwell's time, Is without either tower or 



