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 228 NOTES AND QUERIES, no" s. iv. SEPT. ie, IQO& schools at Oakhara and TJppingham; for him see 'D.N.B.,' xxx. 26. Isaac was baptized at St. John's, Stamford, in 1601, and Mr. Gibbons has given further particu- lars in his ' Visitation of Lincolnshire,' 1898, p. 255. W. C. B. 'THE FIRST EARRING.'—Some time in 1903, I think (my numbers of ' N. & Q.' for that year are now bound and in England, so that I cannot verify this), I made a small con- tribution relating to the French phrase or proverb " II faut souffrir pour etre belle," in which I referred to an engraving bearing the title of ' The First Earring' as being, I be- lieved, from a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer. During a recent visit to England I came across this very engraving, and discovered that it was not from Landseer, but from Sir David Wilkie, R.A., and that it was engraved by W. Chevalier, and dedicated to John, Duke of Bedford. In the firm assurance that ' N. & Q.' is nothing if not accurate, I venture, in sincere penitence, to offer this correction. J. S. UDAL, F.S.A. Antigua, W.I. [The year is right. The article appeared at 9th S. aclL 352.] CYPRIPEDIUM. — That the name of this genus of orchids is derived from KVCT-/HS= Venus and iroSiov, dim. of TTOVS, a foot, used for a covering to the foot, i.e., slipper, there is no sufficient reason to doubt. In the 'Encyclopaedic Dictionary,' however, the suggestion is made that the second part of the word is " more probably from irt&tov, a plain." There does not seem much sense in this, and Dr. Murray in the 'N.E.D.' thinks that the word is a corruption of Cypripodium. The labelluin of the flower has a resemblance to a shoe or slipper ; hence it is called the lady's slipper, in French "sabot do Notre- Dame," and in German " Frauenschuh." W. T. LYNN. HURSTMONCEATJX CASTLE. — 1 copy the following from The Times of 14 August:— " The Extates Gazette says: — ' Hurstmonceaux Castle, built, of brick in the time of Henry VI. by Sir Roger de Fiennes, the largest and oldest baronial mansion of the kind in England, together with 182 acres of the surrounding beautifully timbered park, has come into the market, and is now being ottered by private treaty by Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, Farmer & Bridgewater. The castle fell into decay about Hit, but it remains a most interesting speci- men of the fortified mansion of the later feudal times, with its great flunking towers, watch turrets, and courtyards.'" F. E. R. POLLARD-URQUHABT. Craigston Castle, Turriff, N.B. WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. 'THE BATTEL OF THE CATTS.'—Informa- tion is sought as to the references in the following pamphlet. Likely authorities in Ulster have been tried without success :— "The Famous Battel of the Catts, in the Pro- vince of Ulster. June 25. 1668. In the Savoy, Printed by T. Newcomb in the Year, 1668." 4to, pp. 11 (in verse). We learn that It was the Effi/ptian God, the Ratt Trapan'd the poor Uttanmn Catt. The number of the latter was Three hundred Catts on Ulsters shore. Apparently, but not quite clearly, their leader was " the Tibert." Of the Ratts, the " biggest" was named Kattamountain; "their agitator " was Mac-Ratt. They agreed That with the Mice we are content To share the Spoil and Government. Ireland, with Highland aid, was to become " The Isle of Ratts," under Rattamountain, at Rattibone, otherwise Bouratty. It is remarked that If from the English Catts you'll win Trophies, with Ireland first begin. The concluding couplet, which does not seem to fit on to anything that precedes, runs thus:— For now or never we must stickle When Playhouse turns to Conventicle. The precise date in the title-page appears to point to some definite occurrence, which the present writer has not been able to identify. The lampoon seems to be politico- religioui; but, in the absence of further informavion, conjectural assignment of the designations Catts, Ratts, and Mice is rather blind work. V.H.I.L.I.C.LY. FRENCH REVOLUTION POTTERY.—Can any of the readers of ' N. & Q.' give me infor- mation as to the place of manufacture and the purpose of some rough earthenware glazed pates which are apparently French, but were'ately purchased at Torquay ? The ea-liest date is 1783 ; the design, a man with a scythe, and lying on the ground a cannon, bayonet, and banner. The mottc is " Paix «t Travail." A second is dated 1790, and has a V (per- haps a mtson's square) with a sword, poinj downwards, rising from it. Above, crossec branches, vith the letter G in the middle At the top i half sun.