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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io"s. v. MARCH 10.

"If she were not the best-humoured creature in the world, I should have made her angry ; she said, in a very vulgar accent, if she drank any more she should be muckibus. 'Lord!' said Lady Mary Coke, 'what is that !' 'Oh ! it is Irish for senti- mental."'

We may persume that the "very vulgar accent" was the Irish brogue, which, even in those days, was not considered objectionable on the lips of a pretty woman. Bub I should like to know whether Walpole is a faithful reporter in this case, and if the word " muckibus " was, and is, a true vernacular expression of Hibernia.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

Fox Oak, Walton-on-Thames.

KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Were there Commoners or Fellow- Commoners, or both, at King's College, Cambridge, in the latter part of the eighteenth century 1 A great- uncle of mine, the Hon. Jacob Marsham, went from Eton, where he was not on the founda- tion, to Christ Church, Oxford, arid matricu- lated there 25 Jan., 1777, but appears in ' Graduati Cantabrigienses ' as having taken his degree of A.M. in 1783, being then of King's College. What can have been his status in that house, which till recently, as I believed, consisted wholly of members on the foundation, whether graduates or under- graduates. R. MARSH AM-TOWNSHEND.

"GARAGE." What is the origin of this word? Is it applicable to motor -houses only? H. F.

[Garage was used in French before motor-cars became popular. Beaujean's abridgment of Littr, published in Paris by Hachette in 1875, has the entry : " Garage, a.m. T. de navigation. Action de faire entrer les bateaux dans une gare. T. de chemin de fer. Action de garer les vagons. Voie de garage, voie dans laquelle on doit garer les vagons de service, etc."]

LASSALLE'S " IRON LAW." What was the so-called " iron law " of Lassalle concerning workmen's wages 1 C.

'MEMOIRES DE ST. PETERSBOURG. ' Am I likely to find a book entitled 'Les Memoires de St. Petersbourg ' in any public collection in London or Paris 1 The date of the book is unknown probably not modern.

PRO-CONSULO.

" Music TREE." I should be much obliged if any of your contributors could throw any light on the meaning of the term "music tree," which occurs in the statement of pro- perties preceding the comedy 'The Faery Pastoral!' in Joseph Haslewood's edition (1824), for the Roxburghe Club, of William Percy's 'The Cuck-Queans and Cuckolds

Errants' and ' The Faery Pastoral], or the Forrest of Elves.' The statement begins :

"Highest, Aloft, and on the Top of the Alusick Tree the Title The Faery Pastorall. Beneath him pind on Post of the Tree the scene Eluida Forrest. Lowest of all over the Canopie," &c. For any help I should be much obliged.

R. C. PERRY, M.A.

Merchant Taylors' School, B.C.

ARISTOPHANES : MODERN REPRODUCTIONS OF 'THE WASPS.' Has 'The Wasps' of Aristo- phanes ever been staged in modern times ? and, if so, where can one find any account of the performance, and any illustrations of the dresses, mise en scene, &c. ? KOM OMBO.

['The Wasps' was performed at Cambridge in November, 1897. A fairly long account of the production, including a description of the dresses, will be found in The Athenaum of 27 November, 1897, p. 757-]

ROYAL ARMS IN CHURCHES. When did the custom of placing these in churches originate? I am informed that they were put up at the Restoration as tokens of loyalty, and that they are frequently found in the place of the rood.

Are any specimens known, painted upon canvas or panel and framed, of an earlier period than Charles II. ?

The royal arms in Merton Church are temp. Chas. II., as are those at Chislehurst, whjch are inscribed with the curious sentence : "The Lion Roareth he hath the Strength of the Unicorn." In Morden Church, near Merton, the royal arms, painted upon the south wall, are those of Q. Anne ; with her motto, "Semper eadem." It would be inter- esting to know how long the custom sur- vived. WALTER LEDGER.

5, Wilton Road, Wimbledon.

[The custom of placing the royal arms in churches is earlier than the Restoration. At 4 th IS. xii. 35* is printed a licence from Archbishop Abbott, dated 24 Oct., 1631, to a "paignter-stayner " to paint the royal arms in all churches in the diocese of Canter- bury. Much further information will be found at 7 th S. vi. 191 and ix. 317, these communications summarizing many previous articles, and giving full references to them. For Commonwealth arms m churches see 8 lh IS. ii. 33 ; 9 th S. xii. 194, 396.]

REBUS IN CHURCHES. There is a legend or tradition attached to S waff ham Church (St. Peter and St. Paul), Norfolk, as to much pecuniary benefit having been bestowed upon it by a pedlar who had unexpectedly become a rich man, and who then benefited the church by building the north aisle.

With his dog he was carved in effigy in stone in the chancel, and also in wood at the end of each pew as a pedlar or tinker. Sub-