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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»* S. IX. June 23. '60. 



book was published in Dublin in 1855, had any 

 good grounds for the foregoing opinion ? When 

 were Archbishops and Bishops first styled respec- 

 tively "Most Reverend" and "Eight Reverend"? 

 And was the latter prefix " a Protestant intro- 

 duction"? Abhba. 



General Bkeezo. — The mention of Dr. Wright 

 (2 nd S. ix. 386.) reminds me to put in a Query 

 about General Breezo, Brisot (or whatever be his 

 proper spelling). An old acquaintance of mine, 

 at that period of the dinner when the master of 

 the house usually asks his male guests to join him 

 in a glass of wine, always gave a glance round 

 and said, " Well, gentlemen, shall we drink Gene- 

 ral Breezo ?" The wine was immediately handed 

 round as the expected result of his " toast." Can 

 anyone explain the origin of this ? P. P. 



Children with Beards. — Are any instances 

 known of children being born with hair on or 

 underneath their chins ? The other day I saw a 

 child of three years old with quite a little beard 

 under his chin. What is this supposed to sig- 

 nify ? D. S. E. 



" Miss in her Teens." — 



" Miss in her Teens Pitt's nod obeys, 

 Circassians bloom her tribute pays, 



And all his wishes meets ; 

 Blushing with rouge, each modest Grace, 

 With milk of roses from King's Place, 

 Entrance him in their sweets." 

 Pitt's tax on perfumery, about 1790 (from The 

 Asylum, " Ode to Dundas," vol. iii. p. 119.*) 



What was the essence called " Miss in her 

 Teens" ? I presume it is now obsolete, yet I 

 should like to know something about its composi- 

 tion and peculiar fragrance. The two other ar- 

 ticles were I suppose cosmetics. 



King's Place is not so celebrated now as it for- 

 merly was ; but a few frail nymphs, " painted for 

 sight and essenced for the smell," are still occa- 

 sionally visible there, seated at the windows 

 " without a bit of blind." W. D. 



Whistle Tankards. — I have heard that a 

 Mrs. Mary Ann Dixon, widow of the late Canon 

 Dixon of York, presented to the corporation of 

 Hull what is designated a " whistle tankard." 



It is said to have belonged to Anthony Lam- 

 bert, mayor of Hull in 1669, when Charles I. was 

 refused admission into the town. As it is be- 

 lieved that there is only another " whistle tan 

 kard" in the kingdom, I should like to hear 

 whether such be the case. 



The whistle comes into play when the tankard 

 is empty ; so that, when it reaches the hands of a 

 toper and there is nothing to drink, he must, if he 



[* We have added the precise reference. We trust W. 

 D. and other correspondents will in future kindly save us 

 this trouble. — Ed. "N. & Q."] 



wants liquor, "whistle for it," — which possibly 

 may be the origin of the popular phrase. F. T. 



Helen Home of Ninewells, wife of Sir A. 

 Purvis, Solicitor- General of Scotland in 1690. Of 

 which of the Lairds of Ninewells was she a daugh- 

 ter ? A John Home of Ninewells (grandfather of 

 the philosopher), dies in 1695, and has "a scutcheon 

 with his eight branches put up over the door 

 of the church" (see Swinton's Men of the Merse, 

 p. 79.). I greatly desire to know the " eight 

 branches " : can any Scotch genealogist tell me 

 them ? 



Is any portrait of Sir A. Purvis in existence ? 



Sigma Theta. 



Earldom of Moray. — What were the principal 

 estates of this earldom in 1761 ? Sigma Theta. 



Armorial Bearings. — Wanted, the names of 

 the families to whom the following belong : — 



1. Argt. a chevron engrailed between three 

 cross crosslets fitchee sable. 



2. Sable, a cross flory argent. 



3. Sable, on a chevron embattled, between three 

 fleurs-de-lis argent, two lions passant, gules, af- 

 frontee. C. J. 



What name do the following arms belong to, 

 and what are the tinctures ? — 



1. "Between three lions' heads aff teo , a grey- 

 hound (or talbot) courant. The whole within a 

 border engrailed." 



2. Or : three garbs, gules. A. 



Chair at Canterbury. — Can you or any of 

 your correspondents kindly give me information 

 as to the former use of the old chair noiv standing 

 in the south transept of the choir at Canterbury 

 cathedral. 



In Winkle's Cathedrals, where it is shown as 

 resting at the east end of the crown, I find it de- 

 scribed as having been used for the enthronisa- 

 tion of the archbishops of this See ; and this view 

 is maintained by the Rev. J. Dart in his History 

 of Canterbury Cathedral (a.d. 1726), although at 

 that time the chair appears to have occupied a 

 different position. He says : — 



" Behind the Altar is the Patriarchal Chair, in which 

 the Archbishops have been enthroned. It is plain and 

 remarkable for nothing but the appearance of plain and 

 venerable age." 



According to Eadmer, in the eleventh century, 

 after the rebuilding of the church by Bishops 

 Livingus and Ethelnoth, this old chair stood at 

 the west end of the nave in the chapel of the 

 Blessed Virgin ; it is called the " archbishop's 

 pontifical chair, made of large stones, compacted 

 together with mortar, placed at a convenient dis- 

 tance fi-om the altar, close to the wall of the 

 church." 



And in Hasted's History of Canterbury Cathe- 

 dral (a.d. 1801), in the account of the " glorious 



