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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. x. OCT. 10, i9it

MS. corrects. The character Ignoratio Elenchi takes the place of Paralogismus in 'Fallacy.' There is a new Epilogue. The Prologue is given by Mercury, instead of Vox. G. C. MOORE SMITH.

" HOOLIGAN." The compilers of ' The Concise Oxford Dictionary ' consider that this is derived from a name, presumably of some unruly riotous person ; but I think it is worthy of remark that the word is in use among the Jews of Eastern Europe, who are hardly likely to have come into contact with a notorious individual so called. Mr. Rothay Reynolds tells us in his book ' My Year in Russia ' (p. 277) that " the respectable Christian inhabitants of Biel- stock took no part in the pogrom ; it was the work of soldiers, policemen, and the riff-raff of the town, always described by the sufferers as hooliganzy."

ST. SWITHIN.

" CANNUK." This word, not found in the dictionaries, occurs in Tho. Lodge's ' Divel Coniured,' sig. I. :

(1596.) "The comets are of the first cannuk or magnitude, and it is said that euery comet is an exhalation," &c.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

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.

FOUNDATION SACRIFICE. Before throwing myself upon the generosity of the readers of ' N. & Q. ' I have, in my little pottering way, tried to reply to my own question alas ! unsuccessfully. Perhaps some one can tell me where I can obtain a sight of an au- thentic (?) account of a child being en- tombed in the foundation of a building, under the impression that such a sacrifice was the greatest safeguard any building could have. I shall take it as a great kind- ness if any one will write to me direct.

(Dr.) COURTENAY DlJNN. Torquay.

[At 8 S. vii. 486 is an account of what is sup posed to have been an adult "foundation sacri- fice"; but other explanations are put forward at p. 36 of the next volume.]

DE RUVIJNES. To what part of Europe does this family name belong ? and what is the correct way of spelling it ?

J. H. LESLIE. 31, Kenwood Park Road, Sheffield.

A PROPHECY OF 1814. The following is-. an extract from a diary published in The Monthly Packet, February, 1887 :

Jan. 26, 1814. There is an old prophecy that lardly live over it, and that next year we shall lave a peace which wyll last for a hundred years ; at present it is not unlikely.
 * hys winter is to be so hard that the cattle will

Feb. 20. The winter has been harder than has- aeen remembered for more than 30 years.

May 19. Peace for England, the prophecy i fulfilled.

The writer was Charlotte Mary Cornish, daughter of George Cornish of Salcombe Regis, Devon (born 1800, died 1883). She married her first cousin, Frederick Shaw, second son of the first Baron Teignmouth. Is anything known of this prophecy, its date or author ? M. A. YONGE.

THE ' LIFE OF SHAW THE LIFEGUARDS- MAN.' Is the ' Life of Shaw the Lifeguards- man ' still to be had in chapbook form ? I well remember a chapbook with this title, in which the exploits of this hero at Waterloo, in cutting up his enemies, were dealt with in " slashing " detail. At this distance of time I cannot remember whether he was said to- have cut up a whole company or a whole regiment. He and his deeds were certainly things to know about in the lives of many a lad sixty and seventy years ago.

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

[There are references to Shaw and his feats at 4 S. iii. 462, 558 ; iv. 138, 176 ; 6 S. iv. 44.J

ROBINSON OF APPLEBY. John Robinson, M.P. for Harwich, and Secretary to the Treasury, died 1803, leaving an only daugh- ter, Mary, wife of the second Earl of Aber- gavenny. In the ' D.N.B.' he is said to have been a son of Charles Robinson of Appleby (d. 1760), and grandson of John Robinson, Alderman of Appleby.

Wanted, any information as to other children of Charles and John Robinson, or with regard to the family of Robinson of Appleby. John Robinson, M.P., is stated to have been educated at Appleby Grammar School. Does the school still exist ? and* if so, are there any records of admissions ?

P. D. M.

" WE " OR " I " IN AUTHORSHIP. When did the habit of authors using " we " instead of " I " commence ?

I was struck by what I consider the foolishness of the custom when reading recently a book of criticism, the whole value of which consisted in its conveying an expression of the strictly personal opinion of the writer. W. B. S.