2»* S. VI. 155., Dec. 18. 68.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Lord Nithsdale's Escape (2""' S. vi. 458.) — A 

 copy of the Countess of Nithsdale's Letter, which 

 gives an account of the escape of her husband 

 from the Tower of London, will be found in the 

 Scofs Magazine for 1792, vol. liv. p. 165. G. 



In the event of Ein Fkager not being able to 

 procure a copy of Mr. Grace's edition of Lady 

 Nithsdales Account of her Husband's Escape from 

 the Tower of London, he will, upon a reference 

 to Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale and Galloiuay 

 Song (sm. 8vo., Lond. 1810), find full particulars 

 of the same, together with the letters of the 

 Countess to her sister Lady Lucy Herbert, an- 

 nouncing the extraordinary adventure. T. G. S. 



Edinburgh. 



Anointing, Sfc. (2°* S. vi. 441.) —Perhaps F. C. 

 H. could kindly solve a difficulty which presents 

 itself with regard to the inauguration of the Pope. 

 Is he not essentially regarded as an anointed per- 

 son ? And yet I can find no allusion to this in 

 any description of that ceremonial. Does this 

 omission arise from his having necessarily pre- 

 viously held the office of a bishop, which would 

 infer that the consecrated oil had been poured 

 upon his head ? or does it admit of any other ex- 

 planation ? M. G. 



Warwickshire. 



Blood that will not wash out (2"^ S. iv. 260. 399.) 

 — Alluding to the celebrated Fount of Tears in the 

 garden at Coimbra, where Ignez de Castro was 

 so ruthlessly slain, Mr. Kinsey says : — 



" The water runs over a bed of marble which is marked 

 with red spots, and these the credulous admirers of the 

 place believe to be nothing less than the stains of blood 

 shed by her cruel murderers." — Portugal Illustrated, 

 p. 402. 



E. H. A. 



Treaties: Fcedera (2°* S. vi. 462.) — Your cor- 

 respondent Herbeht is recommended to study 

 the Preface to George Chalmers's Collection of 

 Treaties betiveen Great Britain and other Powers, 

 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1790, where he will find 

 much valuable information relative to the various 

 collections which have been published since 1604. 



T. G. S. 

 Edinburgh. 



Beukelzoon (2°"' S. vi. 348.) — Is not the word 

 " pickle" said to be derived from the name of this 

 great man, as inventor of the art? The German 

 equivalent is p'uhel. Has this any Saxon etymo- 

 logy ? 



A mischievous child is called a pickle, pro- 

 bably from pickle-herring, which the German dic- 

 tionary renders der pickelherring, as if it were of 

 English origin. .Johnson says a pickled rogue is 

 one consummately villainous ! They give as a 

 Bynonyme Hanswurst, who is probably the coun- 

 terpart of the " Jack Pudding " whose jokes Gay 



represents the "draggled folks" "gaping to catch" 

 at " Southwark Fair." What country can claim 

 the origin of this illustrious character ? I. P. O. 

 Argyllshire. 



Separation of Sexes in Churches (2°* S. vi. 414., 

 &c.) — In my own church, and pretty generally I 

 think in this neighbourhood, where the original 

 seating is still preserved, the separation of the 

 sexes is maintained in the manner described by 

 Mr. Carrington, viz. the females occupy the west 

 end, and the males the east end, of the nave, as 

 regards the unappropriated seats. 



C. W. Bingham. 



Bingham's Melcombe, Dorsetshire. 



John Hume, Bishop of Salisbury (2°'' S. vi. 

 288.) — He was born at Oxford in 1703, and was 

 the son of a surgeon there, whose other children 

 were probably born in the same city. The Rev. 

 George Hume, grandson of the bishop, is now 

 Vicar of Melksham. The bishop's will may throw 

 some light on A. M. W.'s query. It is dated May 

 12, 1778, proved July 12, 1782, and is bound in 

 volume " Gostling," page 380. in Doctors' Com- 

 mons. Patonce. 



Gutta Percha Paper (2"* S. vi. 189.) — I have 

 not seen this paper, but I have seen used a 

 strong solution of gutta put on walls with a 

 brush, and ordinary paper-hangings put on it, in 

 the usual way. The wall I saw it put on was a 

 very damp one. It partially succeeded, and I 

 have no doubt the solution would be sufficient for 

 a dampish wall. S. Wmson. 



" Land of the LeaV (2°" S. vi. 169.)— This song 

 was written by Caroline Oliphant, Baroness Nairn 

 (born 1766, died 1845). With the exception 

 of Burns no one has written so many truly 

 popular Scots songs as Lady Nairn. For an ac- 

 count of her I might refer your correspondent 

 to the Modern Scottish Minstrel, edited by Dr. 

 Rogers of Stirling, published by R. & C. Black, 

 Edinburgh, 1855 — 57, in 6 vols, small octavo. 



S. Wmson. 



Wall Grange (2°'^ S. vi. 460.) —This locality is 

 in the parish of Leek, where, as well as at Ladder 

 Edge, are the copious springs and extensive 

 reservoirs of the Potteries' Water- Works Com- 

 pany, incorporated in 1847 to supply all parts of 

 the Potteries and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The 

 works at Wall Grange pump the water into a 

 reservoir at Ladder Edge, 287 feet high, with a 

 capacity of delivering 1250 gallons per minute. 

 (White's Staffordshire, 230. 729.) 



T. J. BUCKTON. 



Lichfield. 



" The English Theophrasttis" (2"'^ S. vi. 285.) 

 — My copy is the " second edition with the addi- 

 tion of 37 New Characters." On the lly-leaf in 

 MS. is " By Tom Brown and others." S. Wmsow. 



