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man in his youthful days, when he had { style and pride in his penmanship, and of th same man later in life, when his sight needec a blunt quill to make his writing legibl< even to himself.

The handwriting of Hemming in the MS of ' Beowulf l is, I claim, the handwriting of Hemming in the MS. of the ' Chartular; of Worcester. 1 As both MSS. are in th British Museum, my identification can be easily tested. EVELYN H. LAMB.

Hotel Keystone, San Die^o, California.

" TEAGUE," AN IRISHMAN. This is a well-known name for an Irishman, and Teague-land is sometimes used for Ireland " Teague " should rime with " plague,' and not with " league." It represents roughly, not exactly the Gaelic name Tadhg, which is somewhat of a curiosity, as it contains the rare* combination adh, pronounced like a diphthong. Another instance of this combination is the name Radhmond, which sounds like our Raymond, but is generally translated into English as Redmond. The odd-looking Tadhg is now often rendered into English as Thady, and I have even known it blossom into Thaddeus ! JAS. PLATT, Jun.

" BURGOO." The ' Statutes, Rules, and Orders for the Government of the County Hospital, for Sick and Lame Poor, Estab- lish'd in the Town of Northampton * (North- ampton 1743) contain (pp. 47-8) ' A. Table of Diet for Patients,' in four divisions. In ' Full Diet,' breakfast on Wednesday and Saturday consists of " A Pint of Burgout." In ' Low Diet,' Tuesday's breakfast is " A Pint of Water-Gruel or Burgout." In day consists of " A Pint of Boiled Milk or Burgout," and on Tuesday and Saturday of " A Pint of Burgout, or Milk Pottage." '
 * Milk Diet,* supper on Monday and Wednes-

These instances, though a few years earlier than the first in * N.E.D.,'- throw no light on the origin of the word, save in suggesting that the writers of these " menus " believed it to be French. Q. y.

" KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER."

This phrase does not escape the * N.E.D.,' but it is only entered as " modern," and no quotation is furnished (see under ' Bodv l 963, col. 2, sec. 1 b). One of Thomas Hearne's correspondents used it in 1711 : "We can hardly keep body and soul together" ('Collections,' iii. 296). The collocation "life and soul" is twice men- tioned in 'N.E.D.,' under 'Life, 1 260,

col. 2 and 3, sec. 3 and 5, but not as a varia- tion of this phrase. Yet it seems to be the older form, and to have attained the rank of a proverb. In 1673 Hickeringill quotes " to keep life and soul together " as a " vulgar saying " (' Gregory, Father-Grey- beard,' p. 97) ; and Dean Swift in his ' Direc- tions to Servants,'- chap. iii. tells how the footman out of place steals a scrap " to keep life and soul together."- More recently Thomas Miller, in 'Rural Sketches,' 1839, p. 125, writes : "as they say in the country, 'just to keep life and soul together.* " Now, however, it has gone out of use, but it is strange that " body " should be preferred to " life." W. C. 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.

PLANTAGENET DESCENDANTS.

I AM engaged on the volume of the ' Plan- tagenet Roll * dealing with the descendants of Lady Elizabeth Mortimer and her husband Henry, Lord Percy (" Hotspur "), and sub- join a list of those persons and families concerning whom I am seeking information. I should be extremely obliged for any in- formation as to whether they have issue surviving, and, if so, where and from whom should be likely to obtain particulars. The figures in parentheses indicate the sections, and are for my guidance alone. Please reply direct.

I take this opportunity of thanking those correspondents who kindly replied to the queries at 10 S. vi, 407, &c. Aglionby= Bamber. Elizabeth, da. and coh.

(1785), of Henry A. of Nunnery, wife of

Bamber. (108)

Aston= Hodges. Anna Sophia A., da. of Henry

Hervey otherwise Aston of Aston, co.

Chester, m. 1782 Anthony Hodges. (199) Atkins -Bowyer. Col. Cornelius A. -B., C.B., m.

Sophia Hopkinson, and had issue Wm., Hy.,

and Augusta. (225) Adams of Barbados and Middleton Hall, co.

Carmarthen. Edw. Hamilton A. of Middle- ton Hall, M.P., d. 1842, leaving 6 children.

(232) stley. Rev. Hy. L'Estrange Miller A., Rector

of Fouldsham (b. 1804), had issue Wm. Hy.

L'E., M.A. ; Evelyn, m. ; and Dulci-

bella Louisa, m. 3rd son of the Viscount of

Kersebrique. (245) Astley. Rev. John A. (b. 1734, 1st son of SrdBt.),

m. 1762 Catherine Bell, and had issue

Catherine and Lucy. (245)