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 ii s. vi. NOV. 23, 191'-*.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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RED RIDING-HOOD. Can any reader en- lighten me as to any inner significance in the story of Red Riding-Hood, or give me references to it as found in the folk-lore of other countries ? RENIRA.

" JAG." Has any author except Mr. Farmer stated that " jag " is American slang, sometimes used for umbrella ?

R. J. DEFERRARI.

Princeton, N.J.

" SEX HOEAS SOMNO." In your ' Notes on Books ' in your issue of 12 Oct. is mention of a proverb, " To rise at five, to dine at nine,' ' &c. This reminds me of a proverb in Latin commencing " Sex horas somno." Can any of your readers supply the remainder ?

Hie ET UBIQUE.*

COMTESSE DE BEO5T. Where can I find any biographical account of this lady, who was one of the waiting-women of Madame Adelaide of France ? Her husband was one of the emigre-s, and served in the English Army with distinction. I have consulted various authorities, such as the. ' Annuaire de la Noblesse de France,' which in its 1877 issue gave a very indifferent notice of the family. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

AXOSTYMOTJS WORKS. Some of the many 'readers of ' N. & Q.' may chance to be cognizant of the authorship of one or more of the following works :

1. ' St. Roche,' translated from a German writer (and edited by James Morier, author of ' Hajji Baba '), published in England in 1847.

2. ' The Military Sketch-Book,' published in 1827, and another edition in 1831, and sometimes attributed to Dr. Maginn.

3. ' The Court and the Desert,' supposed to be the work of a Swiss writer (and edited by the Rev. George Croly, the author of ' Salathiel,' &c.). Issued in this country in 1852 and 1856.

4. ' Service Afloat ' (under Admiral Owen on the West Coast of Africa), published in 1833.

5. ' Scenes and Adventures in Spain ' (period 1835-40), by " Poco Mas." It has been suggested the last may be a punning revelation of author- ship "Little Mo(o)re " but this seems far- fetched. Published in 1845.

Upton. R - B -

" FINSTALL." On 7 Jan., 1328, Edward III. inspected and confirmed to the prior and convent of Studley (Warw.) the gift of Peter de Stodleya (temp. Hen. II.) of lands at Salperton and in Worcester, " of the half tithe of the lordship of the said Peter in Tikenapeltre and of the whole tithe of the assart and meadow and chirchset, and of the whole tithe of all the salt (satee) of the said Peter in Wichia with two saltpans, and a finstall

(finstallo)." 'Calendar of Charter Rolls,' iv. (1012), 61.

I shall be glad of any information as to the nature of this adjunct of saltmaking.

Q, V.

PARODY OF DRYDEN BY DAXIEL O'CoN- NELL. The following parody of Dryden's epigram on Milton (which I quote from memory) I have heard attributed to O'Con- nell :

Three members, in three distant counties born, Cavan, Armagh, and Lincoln did adorn. The first in matchless impudence surpassed, The next in bigotry, in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To beard the third she shaved the other two. I ask for the correct version of the epigram, and for the names of those notorious for their impudence and bigotry. The main attack is, I take it, directed on the eccentric Col. Sibthorp. R. L. MORETON.

' MY OLD LETTERS : A POEM,' BY DR. HORATTUS BOKAR. This was published in 1877. Can any of your readers give refer- ences to any reviews of it specially to one by Henry Drummond ? R. T.

BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. Wanted the name of an author other than Byron who has written a poem on Belshazzars Feast.

J. D. DRYSDALE.

"EMPLOYEE." (11 S. vi. 146.)

AT the above reference it is asserted that this word " has been adopted in the National Health Insurance Act as a substituted name for the employed." But your correspondent is mistaken. I have had the Act carefully examined, and nowhere does the word appear. The expression ordinarily used is " employed contributor," or, now and then, " employed person." Though it does not occur in the Act, " employee " has been adopted by several commentators on that complicated piece of legislation. See ' Everybody's Guide to the National Insurance Act, 1911,' by Thomas Smith, barrister-at-law, p. 53. I am inclined to agree with MR. CURTIS, however, that the word " employee " and its plural " employees " have " come to stay," for, ugly as they are, they supply a want, and will put a stop to the frequent blunders that disgrace many of our news- papers when the French form is used. How clear and precise is the expression, under its