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NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



[No. 292. 



Nov. 10, 1738. Printing Observations, &c., 8vo., 4J 



shts. 

 Dec. 4, 1738. Second edit, ditto, 4^ shts. 

 August If 1742. Printing Hymns, 8vo., 6^ shts. 



The Hon. Archibald Campbell, Esq., Dr. 

 March 8, 173^. Printing a Letter to the Bishop of 

 Cant, concerning Lay Baptism, 8vo., 

 4^ shts. 



Mr. TJmfrevflle, of Manningtree, in Essex. 

 March. 21, 173J. Remarks on Craftsman's Queries, 2J 

 shts. 



Mr. Samuel Johnson, called Lord Flame, Dr. 



May 11, 1738. Printing a Vision of Heaven, 4^ shtsi, 

 8vo. 

 [Johnson was called Lord Flame because he person- 

 ated that character on the stage in his own Hurlo- 

 thrumbo.] 



Dr. Peter Shaw and Self, Drs. 

 March 3, 173|. Printing the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo., 

 3i shts. 



Mr. William Hatchett, Dr. 

 Jan. 11, 1739. Printing a Chinese Tale, 4to., 3^ shts. 

 Jan. 28, 17|o. Printing the Chinese Orphan, 8vo., 5 

 shts. 



Dr. Kennedy, Dr. 



June- 4, 1739. Printing Physick is a'Jest, &c., IJ sht. 

 and leaf. 



July 27, 1739. Printing Observations on Mrs. Ste- 

 phens's Receipt, 8vo., 2 shts. 



March 22, 1739. Printing Do^vnright Dunstable, a Poem, 

 4 shts. 



Jan. 6, 174J. Printing Natural Sagacity," the Prin^ 



cipal Secret in Physick, 3 shts. 



July 9, 1745. Printing a Gothic Oration, 8vo., 3 ahts. 



Mr. John Bird, Dr. 

 Jan, 28, 17|o.. 400 Letters to Lord Sydney Beauelerc, 

 8vo., 2 shts. 



Mr. Andrie, resident of Prussia, Dr. 



April 11, 1741. A Faithful Account of the Indisputable 

 Rights of the House of Prussia to 

 several Lordships in Silesia, 8vo., 

 with Notes, 6^ shts. 



May 1, 1741. A farther Account, &c., 2J shts. 



Uvedale Price, Esq., Dr. 



Oct. 21, 1741, Printing Las Vidas Pictores Espanoles, 



8vo., 14 shts. 

 Feb. 12, 174J. The Trial of Gloriana Amt, 2 shts. 

 May 31, 1746, Printing Arvades, Iglessias y Con- 



ventos, &c., 8vo., 12 shts. 

 Jan. 7, 1746. Flogger Flogged, 1^ aht. 



Mr. Pilgrim, Dr. 



AjHril 22, 1742, A Letter to the Archbishop of Canter- 

 burj'-, 2 shts. 



Thomas Cannon, Esq., Dr. 



Nov. 20, 1744. Printing Apollo, a Poem, 5 shts. in fol. 



Mr. Weales, Dr. 



Nov. 19, 1746, Printing the Christian Scheme fairly 

 stated, Ac, 8vo., 4 shts." 



I infer from the foUowinnr, that in December, 

 1735, Mrs. Haywood, the "Eliza " of The Dun- 

 ciad, had a benefit at the theatre : 



" Mrs. Elrza Haywood, Dr. 



Dec. 2, 1735. 200 red box tickets, 400 black, pit and 

 gallery, and 600 bills." 



As Curll's edition of Pope's Letters were 

 avowedly delivered to him by the secret agents 

 without title-pages, It might at first be supposed 

 that the following order was to enable him to com- 

 plete his copies^; but the date appears to be too 

 early bj many months. 



" Mr. Edmund Curil, Dr. 



Sept. 16, 1734. Printing 200 8vo. titles." 



Again Woodfall was employed by him' ; 



" Mr. Edmund Curll, Dr. 



May 24, 1735. Printing 4 shts. ef Letters to Mr, 

 Wycheriey, &c., demy English 8vo., 

 No. 1000." 



May we not infer, from the following in " Gen- 

 tlemen's work and others not booksellers," that 

 Mrs. Moore was the proprietor of Daffy's Elixir ? 

 Query, Was she any relation to Worm -powder 

 Moore ? 



" Mrs. Bridget Moore, Dr. 



June 16, 1736. 1000 ^ sht. Daffy's Elixir, paper. 

 June 26, 1736. 1000 broadsides, paper and print, Bos- 

 tock." 



P, T. P. 



FOLK LORE. 



Marriage Custom in Scotland. — In Scotland it 

 is customary for the mother, or nearest female 

 relative of the bridegroom, to attend at his house 

 to receive the newly-married pair : she is expected 

 to meet them at the door with a " currant bun " 

 in her hands, which she breaJks over the head of 

 the bride before entering the house. It is con- 

 sidered very unlucky should the " currant bun " 

 by mistake be broken over the head of any person 

 but that of the bride. I was told by an old lady 

 that many years ago she had officiated as brides- 

 maid to a friend who resided in Edinburgh, where 

 the marriage ceremony was performed ; immedi- 

 ately after the knot was tied the young couple, 

 accompanied by the bridesmaid, started in a car- 

 riage for a sea-port town some distance off, where 

 the bridegroom was engaged in business. Now it 

 so happened that the young man's mother had 

 never seen the bride, and so soon as she saw the 

 carriage stop she left the house with the bun in 

 her hand, and broke it over the head of a young' 

 lady who had just got out of the carriage, kissing 

 her at the same time, and welcoming her as her 

 daughter. Most unfortunately, the bridesmaid 

 was seated on the side of the carriage nearest ta 



