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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. x. AUG. i, 1911.

SCOTT : ' THE ANTIQUARY.' I should be grateful to any reader of ' N. & Q.' who could tell me the source of any of the following quotations :

1. He hobbled but his heart was good ! Could he go faster than he could ? (Chap, v.)

2. When folks conceived a grace Of half an hour's space,

And rejoiced in a Friday's capon. (Chap, vi.)

3. He came but valour so had fired his eye, And such a falchion glittered on his thigh, That, by the gods, with such a load of steel, I thought he came to murder, not to heal.

(Chap, vi.)

4. Ah ! cruel maid, how hast thou changed

The temper of my mind 1 My heart, oy thee from all estranged, Becomes like thee unkind. (Chap, x.)

5. When courtiers galloped o'er four counties The ball's fair partner to behold,

And humbly hope she caught no cold.

(Chap, xi.)

6. " Its parent lake." (Chap, xvii.)

7. " Work in the fire." (Chap, xviii.)

8. I bear an English heart, Unused at ghosts and rattling bones to start.

(Chap, xix.)

9. O weel may the boatie row,

And better may she speed, And weel may the boatie row That earns the bairnies' bread I &e.

(Motto to chap, xxvi.)

10. Stern to in flict, and stubborn to endure, Who smile d in death.

11. Who are the " great Pymander " and the " herald, as we call Ernhold," of chap. xxi. ?

12. What magical properties has a " triangular vial of May-dew " ? (Chap, xxiii.)

F. A. CAVENAGH. 20, Pollux Gate, Lytham.

[12. For the virtues of May-dew see the quota- tions at 10 S. iii. 429, 477 ; iv. 17.]

GRIMES. Wanted derivation of the word, and local applications of the name, such as Grimes Graves ; also instances of its use as a personal name, and in mythology and folk- l ore - GBIMSHOE.

[See IS. iv 192, 244, 330. 372, 454; v. 43, 163, 231, 284; 7S. 1.469; xii. 508; 8 S. i. 112, 282.]

SLOE FAIRS. A fair known as the " Sloe Fair " has been held at Chichester from time immemorial from 5 to 13 October, and a Court of Pye Powder was formerly held during its continuance.

In a note to vol. Ivi. of the Sussex Archaeo- logical Collections it is stated that the name of the fair was derived from a " sloe tree ' m a field where it is held. The writer regards this as very questionable, especially as the tree which bears sloes is usually known as the blackthorn, and considers it more likely that the fair took its name from the

sale of sloes, which are in demand in various counties for sloe vinegar, which is much esteemed by country-folk in many places for sprains and bruises both of man and beast, and for the excellent old West - Country liqueur known as " sloe gin," of which there are several brands in the London market.

It would be interesting to know if there is any certainty as to the meaning of the name, and if there are any^Sloe Fairs held elsewhere. E. H.

THE CUSANI. Can any reader supply me with information concerning the Cusani, a nation that (according to Webster-Overbury) used to weep when children were born and to laugh when people died ? These customs are mentioned by Montaigne, who, however, names no nation. A writer on funeral rites, Guichard (whose work was published during Montaigne's lifetime), borrows from several Greek authors the names of some Eastern nations who kept such ceremonies, but the word Cusani does not occur in this book. Is it to be found in Holland's Plutarch ?

B ON A. F. BOURGEOIS.

HERALDIC MSS. Can any one tell me the present owner of a vellnm-bound book consisting of four MSS. by Bolton on heraldic subjects ? It once belonged to Sylvanus Morgan, and was bought by Beeves in 1861. It is wanted for reference only. E. P.

82, Carlisle Mansions, Westminster.

A LONDON BUSHEL IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Had London a bushel of its own in the Middle Ages, or would " bussellus Londonie " in 1340 mean what was generally known as a Winchester bushel ? If it had, what was the capacity thereof if, e.g., used for measuring peas or beans ?

JOHN R. MAGRATH.

Queen's College, Oxford.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain any particulars concerning the following Old Westminsters : (1) John Champernown, admitted 1735, aged 13. (2) Charles Champion, admitted 1738, aged 12. (3) Thomas Champion, ad- mitted 1726, aged 9. (4) Charles Charlton, born 31 Aug., 1817, admitted 1828. (5) Ed- ward Edmund Charlton, born 7 Jan., 1825, admitted 1839. (6) Francis Charlton, ad- mitted 1749, aged 11. (1) Philip Charlton, admitted 1783. (8) Benjamin and John Charnock, admitted 1738, aged 14 and 15 respectively. (9) Thomas C'heyne, at school 1701. (10) Thomas Cheshire, admitted 1731, aged 9. G. F. B. B.