Jan. 25. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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42 Uiid sprachen ; 1st dieser nitlit Jesus, Joseph's 

 sohn, dess vater und niiiUer wir kennen ? Wie spricht 

 er denn : Icli bin vom.himmel gekonimen? 



43 Jl'sus antwortete, und sprach zu ilineii : Murret 

 nlcht uiiter einaiider. 



44 Es kann nlemand zu mir kommen, es sey denn, 

 das ilin ziche der Vater, der mich gesandt hat ; und Ich 

 werde ilin auferwecken am jungsten tage. 



45 Es stehet gesehriebcn in den propheten : Sie 

 werden alle von Gott gelebret seyn. Wer es mm 

 hiiret vom Vater, und lernet es, der kommt zu mir. 



46 Nicht das jemand den Vater habe gesehen ohne 

 der vom Vater ist, der hat den Vater gesehen. 



Tyndak, 1526. 

 The iewes murmured att itt, be cause he sayde : I 

 am thatt breed which is come doune from heven. And 

 they sayde: Is nott this Jesus the Sonne of Joseph, 

 whose father, and mother we knowe? How ys yt then 

 thatt he savcth, I came doune from heven? Jesus 

 answered and sayde vnto them ; Murmur not betwene 

 youre selves. No man can come to me except my 

 father wliich hath sent me, drawe liym. And y will 

 rayse hym vp at the last daye. Hit is written in the 

 prophetes : And they shall all be taught of God. 

 Every man which hath lierde, and lerned of the father, 

 commeth unto me, not that eny man hath sene the 

 father, save he which is off God. The same hath sene 

 the father. 



_ Authorized Version. 



41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he 

 said, I am tlie bread which came down from heaven 



42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of 

 Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it 

 then that he saith, I came down from heaven? 



43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, 

 Murmur not among yourselves. 



44 No man can come to me, except the Father which 

 hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at 

 the last day. 



45 It is written in the prophet":, And they shall be 

 all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath 

 heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 



46 Not tliat any man hath seen the Father, save he 

 which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 



Echo. 



ANSWER TO COWLET. 



On the fly-leaf of a copy of Cowley's Works 

 (London, IGC8), I find the following lines : — 



AN ANSWER TO DRINKING (pAGE 32.). 



" TTie thirsty earth, when one would think 

 Her dusty throat required more drmk. 

 Wets but her lijis, and parts the showers 

 Among her thousand plants and flowers: 

 Tliose take their small and stuited si?c, 

 Not drunkard-like, to fall, hut rise. 

 The sober sea observes her tide 

 Even by the drunken sailor's side; 

 'I'he roaring rivers pressing high 

 Seek to get in her company ; 



She, rising, seems to take the cup, 

 But other rivers drink all up. 

 The sun, and who dare him disgrace 

 AVith drink, that keeps his steady pace, 

 Baits at the sea, and keeps good hours. 

 The luoon and stars, and mighty powers, 

 Drink not, hut spill that on the floor 

 The sun drew up the day before, 

 And charitable dews bestow 

 On herbs that die for thirst below. 

 Then drink no more, then let that die 

 That would the drunkard kill, for why 

 Shall all things live by rule but I, 

 Thou man of morals, tell me why ? " 



On the title-page, in the same hand-writing as 

 the " Answer," is the name of the Kev. Archibald 

 Foyer, with the date 1700. Y. 



FOLK LORE OF LANCASHIRE. No. 1. 



Lancashire, like all other counties, has its own 

 peculiar superstitions, manners, and customs, wliich 

 find no parallels in those of other localities. It 

 has also, no doubt, many local observances, current 

 opinions, old proverbs, and vulgar ditties, which 

 are held and known in common with the inha- 

 bitants of a greater extent of count}-, and differ 

 merely in minor particulars ; — the necessary result 

 of imperfect oral transmission. In former num- 

 bers of this work a few isolated specimens of the 

 folk-lore of this district have been noticed, and 

 the present attempt is to give permanency to a few 

 others. 



1. If a person's hair, when thrown into the fire, 

 burns brightly, it is a sure sign that the indi- 

 vidual will live long. The brighter the flume the 

 longer life, and vice versa. 



2. A young person frequently stirs the fire with 

 the poker to test the humour of a lover. If the 

 fire blaze brightly, the lover is good-humoured ; 

 and vice versa. 



3. A crooked sixpence, or a copper coin with a 

 hole through, are accounted hwki/ coins. 



4. Cutting or paring the nails of the hands or 

 feet on a Friday or Sunday, is very unlucky. 



5. If a person's lefl car burn, or feel hot, some- 

 body is praising the party ; if the right ear burn, 

 then it is a sure sign that some one is speaking evil 

 of the person. 



C. Cliihlren arc frequently cautioned by their 

 parents not to walk bachvards when going an 

 errand ; it is a sure sign that they will bo un- 

 fortunate in their objects. 



7. Witchcraft, and the belief in its reality, is not 

 yet exploded in many of the rural districts. The 

 writer is acquainted with parties who place full 

 credence in persons possessing the power to be- 

 witch cows, sheep, horses, and even those persons 

 to whom the witch has an antipathy. One re- 

 spectable farmer assured me that his horse was 



