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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. VL AUG. 31, 1912.

The pitchers are hollow women, and the tankards small men ; the wine-coolers are supported by men.

The large table has in the centre a big galleon, to hold wine, the head of the vessel feeing the stopper. Most of the faces are hideous, and altogether it is one of the most bizarre, nightmare sort of exhibitions I have ever seen. E. C. E.

" CHATTELIZATION." The ' N.E.D.' cites The Guardian, 29 Feb., 1888, p. 309/2 : "' What is oddly enough described as the ' chattelisation ' of the land." Eleven years before this, the word was attributed to John Bright by Judge Shellabarger of Ohio, in a speech before the U.S. Electoral Commission, 14 Feb., 1877 (Proceedings of the same, p. 103/1). He stated that John Bright had said to him, " You [Americans] have put out of the Constitution of your country. . . . the ' chattelization ' of the human soul." Mr. Bright said at the same time that he had been in Parliament for thirty years, and this would fix the date at about 1873.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

FFAIRBANCK AND RAWSON FAMILIES.

From a " Breeches " Bible, " Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Jving's most Excellent Majestie," 1608, I have extracted the following entries relating to the above families :

" 1620. ffrancis ffairbanck my sonne was borne on Shrovetusdaie between 4 & 5 of the clock in the morninge the [undecipherable] of Febr: 1620, and was baptized on Sonday following the 18th of the same month Mr. Francis Sn [?], 31r. Thomas Tyffin & Mrs. Snelling [?] witnesses."

In the margin to this entry is written " . .obham Court." Unfortunately, the mar- gins of this volume have been trimmed in the process of rebinding.

" 1622. Martha ffairbanck my 3rd and youngest [the last word struck through] daughter ....

1622 and [died ?] the Satturdaie following

.... of May between .... and 7 a clock and was [buried ?]. . . .following the. . . .of May."

li 1622. Edward ffairbanck 4th sonne of Joseph ffairbanck was borne on Satturdaie the 30th of Novembr. being St. Andrew's daie betwixt ix & x a clock at night and was baptized on Monday the 8th of Decembr. following. The By.shop, Tho: Rawson and my [?] cozen [?] Annes Hughes (witnesses)."

" 1624. Martha ffairbanck the 4th daughter of Joseph ffairbanck was borne on Sondaie morning between xii and.... clock or about one of the

clock of October 1624 and was the 24th

of the same monith .... Mrs. Mary .... and .... witnesses." Marginal note : " Died the 18th of September 1665."

"1627 ffairbanck the 5th daughter of

Joseph ffairbanck was borne on. . . .the. . ..

daie of. . . .about 2 of the clock in the. . . .noone and was baptized on Sondaie" the 25th of .... monith following, Mr. Willm. Oockeyne < f Hawhouse [?]Mrs. Hannah Man ux. Olivr. Man & Mi-s. Meade ux. Willi. Meade of London Vintner (witnesses)." Marginal note: "Died the.... 1665."

" Johane [?] Rawson the daughter of Mathew Rawson was borne the 14th day of July 1639 being Sunday About 2 Acloke in the. ..."

" Mary Rawson was borne the 8 of March 16 and died the 15 of Aprill 1642."

" Mathew Rawson the. . . .of Mathew Rawson was borne the 1th of Janivi 1640, And died the 7th of Aprill 1644."

" Constance Rawsonn was Borne one The thursday in the Easter weeke in 1662 About 12 of the cloke noone."

" William Rawsonn was Born one wensday the 23 of September 1663 About one of the clook att noone."

ERSKINE E. WEST.

A FRENCH COUNTING -OUT RIME, &c. I came on this in the course of reading Victor Margueritte's ' Les Frontieres du Coeur ' :

" Elles se mirent & sauter sur place, en battant des mains. La plus grande, du bout de ses doigts, frappait tour a tour la poitrine des autres et la sienne en disarit, & chaque fois : ' Mis-tram-gram- pi ke-pike-kolegram - boure -bour6 - ratatam-as-tram-

gram ' La voix claire egrenait tres vite les

syllabes singulieres. La derniere touches sortait du cercle ; bientot il n'en reata qu'une, et Tessaim pepiant s'envola, en chantant :

Une poule sur UH mur,

Qui picotait du pain dur,

Picoti-Picota,

Leve la queue et puis s'en va ! "

Pp. 133-4.

Later on in the book (pp. 146, 147) the children sing at play :

Bonjour, madame la Marjolaine, Avez-vous des filles a marier?

J'en ai une qui est bien belle, Qui porte de 1'or, de la dentelle, Mais je ne puis vous la donner,

Mais je ne puis vous la donner

Ni pour 1'or, ni pour 1'argent, Ni pour 1'or, ni pour 1'argent, Ni pour les grilles du convent !

This seems to me to be a game of the " Three Dukes " type. See Gomme's ' Traditional Games,' vol. ii. pp. 233-55, 455. Another lay mentioned is :

File, file, ma quenouille !

Le temps passe, le temps va.

File, file, ma quenouille !

Le temps passe, le temps va.

Si le fil brouille s'embrouille,

Nous le d^sembrouillerons

File, file, ma quenouille !

Le temps passe, le temps va.

To this accompaniment a child would be danced upon a nurse's knees.

ST. SWITHIN.