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who had been appointed Canon and Rector of St. Margaret's in 1849, took possession of it.

With reference to MR. HARLAND-XLEY'S remarks concerning Ashburnham House, I may add that Lord John Thynne succeeded Dr. Milman in the occupation of that house in 1849, and that on Lord John Thynne's death in 1881 it was conveyed by the Dean and Chapter to the governing body of West- minster School under the provisions of the Public Schools Act, 1868, sec. 20, sub-sec. 9.

G. F. R. B.

THE LATE ME. THOMPSON COOPER (10 th S. i. 246). It may be of interest to state that your veteran contributors JOHN EGLINGTON BAILEY and THOMPSON COOPER corresponded in Pepys's shorthand, though the former was a disciple of Pitman and the latter of Gurney. A common interest in the history of steno- graphy, and in what may be called minor biography, had brought them together. COOPER, as I learn from his brother, Dr. J. W. Cooper, was born in 1837.

J. G. ALGER.

Holland Park Court.

DAHURIA (10 th S. i. 248). The 'Die tionnaire Historique et Geographique ' of Bouillet says :

" Daourie, vaste region de 1'Asie Centrale, vers le N.E. entre le Saghalien et le lac Baikal. Elle st tres-haute, tres-froide : les monts qui la couvrent font partie du Grand Altai'," &c.

C. B. B.

Pierriere, Geneve, Suisse.

Dahuria, or Dahouria, is a district in Eastern Siberia bordering on the Stanovoi Mountains. J. DORMER.

"ANON" (10 th S. i. 246). The 'N.E.D.' justifiably rejects Thackeray's use of " anon " in the passage quoted from his lecture on George IV. It is an erroneous and indefen- sible application of the word, probably due to some vague association with olim in the novelist's mind. He is not likely to have been thinking of the obsolete " anone," which in Halli well's ' Archaic Dictionary ' is said to have meant "at one time" and "in the first place;" When annotating 'The Four Georges,' last year, for Messrs. Blackie's "Red-Letter Library," I drew attention to the anomalous construction. It is curious that it should have originally found its place, and remarkable that it should have been allowed to keep it when the 'Lectures' went into a second edition.

THOMAS BAYNE.

IRISH EJACULATORY PRAYERS (10 th S. i. 249). These were common in the West of

Ireland at least seventy years ago, and probably at a much earlier date.

A usual salutation by a stranger on entering a cottage was, " God save all here ! " And this was answered by, "And you too !" A stranger meeting another on the road generally addressed him with the words, "God save you ! " or if more than one, " God save ye ! " the common response to which was, "God save you kindly ! " Friends or neighbours, however, would begin the morning greeting with " Good morrow, Tom," or Pat, as the case might be, and Tom would reply,

Good morrow kindly."

The usual expression on hearing surpris- ing or startling news was, " The Lord be praised ! " and the comment on a great calamity, such as a sudden death, was, "God is good." HENRY SMYTH.

Harborne.

' N. & Q.' lays us under such obligations to each other (if we are not basely ungrateful) that every reader should add his mite to that great "storehouse." It is up to the present moment universally the custom in Ireland not to pass a stranger without saying, " God save you!" the answer being, "God save you kindly ! " Of course this does not apply to towns, but only to the country roads.

I should like to know if there is a recog- nized salute in England or Scotland amongst the working classes. PATRICK.

Dublin.

GRAMMAR : NINE PARTS OF SPEECH (9 th S. xii. 504 ; 10 th S. i. 94). These interesting lines were set to music in 1878 by Mr. John Longbottom, then head master of Woodles- ford Board Schools, Leeds, and subsequently master of the old grammar school at Warley, near Halifax. Mr. Longbottom is a well- known Yorkshire author and antiquary, and he assures me that the lines are " as old as Adam."

If MR. COLEMAN desires a copy of the words and music, I will post him one " with the author's compliments."

CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D.

Baltimore House, Bradford.

The verses appeared some years ago in the Leisure Hour, and the author was a librarian at Capetown. In spite of their heterodoxy according to modern standards, I have taught them to my own children.

BRUTUS.

"To MUG" (9 th S. xii. 5, 57,136,231,518). The Rev. A. Smythe-Palmer, in his 'Folk-Etymo- logy,' says that "mug" is a vulgar word for a face or mouth (especially an ugly one), and