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 US. V.MAY 11, 1912.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Date.

Object.

Significance.

Remarks.

Mar.

25 +

Crown,

The Annunciation.

and barrel.

A reminder to brew the

March ale.

28

Snake. ,

A reminder that snakes

April, j

begin to come out now.

1 + Ecclesiastical

St. Harald

)

vestment,

and boat.

A reminder that sailing is

i

now safe.

4 + i Mitre,

St. Ambrose

Bishop of Milan. Died 397.

and harrow.

An agricultural reminder.

14+ Crossed sticks.

St. Tiburtius(P) ..

Brother-in-law of St. Cecilia. Martyred.

Tree and flower.

A seasonal indication.

23 ' Man, lance, and

St. George

Martyred 303.

horse.

,

25+ Bird on tree,

St. Mark

Evangelist. Died 63.

May. and lion -

1+ Goose and egg.

An agricultural reminder.

Apostles. St. Philip, crucified head downwards

80. St. James, stoned 63.

Two men's

SS. Philip and James

The cross and flag may refer to the Invention of

heads, cross

the Cross (May 3).

and nag.

12 +

Sword,

St. Pancratius

Beheaded, at the. age of fourteen, 304.

and tripod.

" Ting "

See Jan. 19.

18

Crowned hoad,

St. Erik

Erik IX., King of Sweden. Killed at Upsala.

and ear of

An agricultural reminder.

1160.

barley.

25 +

Papal crown

St. Urban

Pope. Martyred 230.

and rose.

31 +

Girl,

St. Petronilla

Tradition makes her the daughter of St. Peter f

and milk

Possibly these two refer

but the name should excite suspicion.

vessel.

to the making of cheese.

June.

Cauldron, and

St. Erasmus

Bishop of Naples. Killed, by having his bowels

3 +

brace and bit.

wound out on a windlass, 303.

The substitution of the brace and bit is curious r

but the notion of a rotating object turned by means of a cranked handle is preserved.

8

Bunch of fruit.

St. Medard

Bishop of Noyon, France.

9

Angler

A reminder of the beginning

of salmon fishing.

12

Crosier,

St. Eskil

Archbishop of Lund, Sweden. Died 1181.

and fork.

A reminder to manure the

land.

17 +

Book,

St. Botolph

English abbot. Died 750.

and 2 plants

An agricultural reminder.

(swedes ?).

24 +

Lamb and flag.

St. John the Baptist.

Maypole (?) ..

Midsummer Day

The curious object shown here may be a may- pole, which is still erected in Sweden on Mid-

summer Day. a festival second only in import-

ance to Christmas.

28

Key and sword.

SS. Peter and Paul

Apostles and martyrs. This is the date of the

re-burial of their supposed remains, 258, and

July.

not that of their death.

2 +

Crown and

The Visitation of the Virgin

Invented 1389.

bunch of

flowers.

10 +

Lance, a n c

St. Knut

King and patron saint of Denmark. Killed at

scythe.

A reminder to cut the hay. Odense, 1086. See Jan. 13.

E. CHAPPELL,

(To be continued.)