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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[204 8, No 14. Apri 5. 756. 
at this day, in the Yorkshire Dales, in reference 
to a protruding isolated rock, or large detached 
stone. Clints are loose stones generally. In the 
Vale of Dent we have two farm-houses so named, 
both seated beneath steep rocky banks or scars. 
We have also a farm called Clunterbank, a desig- 
nation which exactly describes the locality. : 
Wn. Marruews. 
Cowgill. 
 Busiless” (27° §. i. 151. 167.) — Your corre- 
spondents, Mr. C. M. Inatesy and Mr. W.S. 
ArrowsmiTH, have a strange horror of this well- 
sounding word, and challenge the discovery of an 
analogous one, 2. é. the addition Jess to an adjec- 
tive. But they seem to forget that busy is also a 
verb, and therefore that busiless is analogous to 
relentless, ceaseless, &c. &c. Epen Warwick. 
Wolves (2™' S. i. 96.) — Since I sent my Query 
respecting wolves, I have met with the following 
particulars in an interesting paper on the Irish 
wolf-dog, written by “H.D. R.” (who might be 
able to give us more information), and inserted in 
the Irish Penny Journal, p. 354. (Dublin, 1841) : 
“T have not been able to ascertain with certainty the 
date of the death of the last Irish wolf, but there was a 
presentment for killing wolves granted in Cork in the 
year 1710. Iam at present acquainted with an old gen- 
tleman between eighty and ninety years of age, whose 
mother remembered wolves to have been killed in the 
county of Wexford about the year 1730-40; and it is as- 
serted by many persons of weight and veracity that a 
wolf was killed in the Wicklow mountains so recently as 
1770. I have other legends on the subject of wolf-hunt- 
ing in Ireland in former times, but want of space compels 
me, for the present at all events, to conclude, which I do, 
trusting that what I have already written will gratify my 
readers.” 
A second article on the subject did not appear 
in the Irish Penny Journal, of which only one 
volume was published. ABHBA. 
Newspapers (2" S. i. 153.) — A. A., who is col- 
lecting information on the History of Newspapers, 
is informed that Mr. P. L. Simmonds, of 5. Barge 
Yard, City, has one of the largest collections of 
materials on this subject extant, extending over a 
long series of years for all countries, comprising 
curious old newspapers, journals in every lan- 
guage, statistical returns, parliamentary papers, 
magazine articles, M.S. information, newspaper 
essays and cuttings, &e., &e. yl ol Ch 
Impropriator v. Appropriator (2" §. i. 173.) — 
If I may judge from former Notes, C. H. Davis, 
M. A. (Clergyman), is somewhat of a purist in 
language. Will he excuse my calling his atten- 
tion to his application of “ impropriator” to capi- 
tular patrons of benefices? My impression is, 
that impropriator is more correctly applicable to 
the lay possessor of church property; and appro- 
priator, when such property is held by a spiritual 
corporation. Am I right in conjecturing that 
such is the current use ? BS. 
Churchdown. 
Similar Legends at Different Places (2 S. 
i. 15.) — At the end of Lamber Moor, on the 
roadside between Haverfordwest and Little Ha- 
ven, in the county of Pembroke, there is a stone 
about four feet high, called “ Hang Davy Stone,” 
connected with which there is a tradition of the 
accidental strangling of a sheepstealer similar to 
the legend mentioned by Mr. Greaves with re- 
ference to the stone at Foremark. 
J. W. Paruirs. 
The Schoolmaster Abroad (2 §. i. 148.) —But 
he does not teach English; at least he does not 
enforce the practice of speaking it correctly. It 
is astonishing with what pertinacity (spite of the 
schoolmaster) the provincial idiom is retained 
here; not only by boys and girls, but also by 
grown-up people who have received a good ordi- 
nary education. Moreover, there are some things 
besides grammar (rather essential to be acquainted 
with) which the schoolmaster does not teach. In 
illustration, take the following short colloquy, 
which Mrs. Gribble’s letter has recalled to my 
recollection. 
Returning from a walk in the meadows by the 
river side, a short time ago, three boys overtook 
me, and continued following close to my heels, a 
very common custom with them. The eldest of 
these might have been about seventeen, the next 
fifteen, and the youngest about ten or twelve. 
For convenience [I shall call them Jem, Tom, and 
Billy. 
Sevenil cows were grazing in the meadow, and 
one of them was accompanied by a calf, which 
attracted the attention of my tail. 
“That ere’s a calf,” said Jem; upon which — 
Billy rather timidly asked : — “ Jem why is calves 
called veal when they comes to town?” — 
Tom. (Taking him up sharply) “ Calves aynt 
veal, mun; ships (sheep) is veal.” 
Jem. (authoritatively) “No! ships aynt veal; 
calves is veal I tellee.” — 
Billy. “And why is calves called veal when 
they comes to town ?” — 
Jem. “ A (1) dont know, but calves is veal.” 
» Now these boys did not appear to be of the 
lowest class; and, I presume, all went to some 
one of the numerous schools in this “ ancient and 
loyal city ;” yet they seemed very little at home 
either in English grammar, or in English history. 
Perchance, their schoolmaster himself might not 
have been able to answer Billy’s Query, for even 
in this enlightened age, many may be found who 
ignore the fact that the oxa and cealf of the Saxon 
rustic, was (on coming to town) rechristened by 
the Norman citizen. A. C. M. 
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