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translated from the Latin of Vida Game of Chess* 

 and Silkworm. This was adjudicated on by the Provost 

 and Senior Fellows of Trinity College. A pamphlet by 

 Pullein, Hints for 'promotion of Silkworm Cultivation, 

 is among the Haliday collection, 1750, ccxxxiii. 9. 



A sum of 12 was awarded to Joseph Miller, 

 James' St., Dublin, for tanning hides with tormentil" 

 roots, and some good boots made from the skins were 

 produced. It was recommended to gentlemen resid- 

 ing in places where tormentil abounded, to encourage 

 the poor people around to gather the roots, for which 

 they would be paid by Miller and others at the rate of 

 3J-. 6d. per cwt, cut, dry and clean. 



For best imitation Brussels or Mechlin lace, ^8 were 

 voted to Mrs. Mihil, Peter street, "whose work ex- 

 ceeded any ever produced before." Mrs. Eliza de 

 Glatigny produced a piece of lace made on catgut, 

 equal to Mechlin, an art in which she gave instruction. 



The premiums for paper were adjudicated on by 

 booksellers specially requested to attend for the purpose, 

 when Sexton of Limerick and Slator of Dublin, as on 

 a previous occasion, gained them. 



The premiums for collecting linen rags continued 

 to be distributed, and in 1752 a sum of ^10 was re- 

 ported as having been expended in Limerick, and ^10 

 in Belfast. Philip Troye won a prize for Tapestry, 

 and Richard Paulet one for a figure of Falstaff, in the 

 same material. Children were also being taught to 



1 Scacchia ludus written by Marcus Hieron. Vida, translated into 

 English verse. This, and Vida's two books on Silkworms, trans- 

 lated into English verse, with the original Latin on the opposite 

 page, and a few observations on Vida's Precepts, were advertised in 

 the newspapers of the day. Vida, an excellent Latin poet, flourished 

 in the time of Leo the Tenth. 



2 From tormentum, pain, as said to be useful in allaying the 

 toothache. Order Rosacece, which is often included under Potentilla. 

 It is common in heathy or waste places in Europe. 



