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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. vi. JCLY -20, 1912.

of the people." Theo-dore. but

Theodore is divisible as Theodric as Theod-ric.

Theo- is from the Gk. theos ; bufe Theod- is equivalent to the Dut- in Dutch.

WALTER W. SKEAT.

The Dutch proper name Dirk or Derk (sometimes spelt Dirck or Derek by old- fashioned people, but never Derek as far as I know) is an abbreviation of Diederik (Dietrich in German, Didier in French) quite independent of Theodore (Theodor in Ger- man ; Theodoor, or, for short, Dorus, in Dutch). J. F. S.

COACHING SONGS (11 S. v. 369, 494). A coaching song of three six-line verses, com- mencing Here I [am], my good Masters, my name 's Teddy

Clinch,

is included in ' The Songs of Charles Dibdin,' 1842, under the name of ' The Long Trot.' It had been previously published in 1781 and 1790 ; on the latter occasion as " The Coachman's Song, in Harlequin Freemason, sung by Mr. Doyle ; composed by Mr. Dibdin.'' W. B. H.

APPARENT DEATH (11 S. v. 428; vi. 16). The accounts I have seen of recent cases are, on the average, so prolix and untrustworthy that I think ENQUIRER would get more satisfaction from the article by Bolte on ' The Legend of the Woman aroused though apparently Dead,' in the Journal of the German Folk-lore Society (' Die Sage von der erweckten Scheintoten,' Zeitschrift des Vereins fur Volkskunde), xx., 1910, 353 ; with additions by the author and others, xxi., 1911, 282-5. This traces the legend from the Greeks through most of the Western literatures, and as far east as China, in a method entertaining and instructive. The current belief and fear concerning premature burial is, I think, a gruesome superstition among us, to be classed with that among the Slavs regarding werewolves.

Actual instances of it doubtless happen when the dead are buried in great numbers, such as are noted by Dr. Severin Icard in ' Danger de la Mort apparente sur les Champs de Bataille ' (in Archives cT Anthropologie criminelle, &c., xxi. 224) ; and the author enumerates thirty-five other such instances in his work referred to in Comptes rendus des Seances de VAcademie des Sciences, 19 Dec., 1910, pp. 1240-42, noting that his ' Sur les Signes diagnostiques de la Mort et sur les Moyens de prevenir les

Inhumations precipitees ' was awarded the- Dusgate Prize, doubtless principally because of the simplicity and certainty of his tests to make sure that death actually has occurred. ROCKINGHAM.

No TWIN EVER FAMOUS (11 S. v. 487). MR. DORAN throws doubt upon Lord Stowell's twinship, because it is not men- tioned in the ' D. N. B.' It is, however,, well known that his parents had twins three times. Here are the facts : William Scott, hostman or coal fitter, of Newcastle,, father of the family, was twice married. By his first wife, to whom he was married 11 May, 1730, he had three children, twa of whom died young, and one, Anne, married Alderman Wm. Cramlington. By his second wife Jane Atkinson, to whom he was married 18 Aug., 1740 (she was daughter of another hostman), he had thirteen children r making sixteen altogether. They came in the following order : (4) Margaret, born 3 Aug., 1741, buried 11 March, 1766; (5> Jane, b. 28 Sept., 1742, bur. 19 Aug., 1747 ;; (6) Isabella, bur. 16 Nov., 1744 ; (7) Bar- bara (twin with Lord Stowell), b. 17 Oct.,. 1745, bur. 7 May, 1823 ; (8) William (Lord Stowell), b, same date, bur. 28 Jan., 1836 ; (9) Henry, b. 2 Nov., 1748, bur. 12 Dec. r 1799; (10) Jane, b. 22 May, 1750, bur. 2 Aug., 1751 ; (11) Elizabeth (twin with Lord Eldon), b. 4 June, 1751, bur. 21 June, 1751 ; (12) John (Lord Eldon), b. same date, bur. 26 Jan.. 1838; (13) Jane, b. 17 May, 1753, bur. 16 May, 1822; (14, 15) a son and daughter, stillborn ; (16) a child, stillborn. RICKD. WELFORD.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Since my note appeared I have received the following information concerning the Scotts (Lord Eldon and Lord Stowell) from MR. EDWIN DODDS of Low Fell, Gates- head :

" 1745, N.B. Oct. 18. William and Barbara,. Twins of William Scott Hoastman, certify'd by the Rev. Mr. Leonard Rumsey, [?] Curate of Jarro- and Heworth, occasioned by ye present Rebellion." Christenings, All Saints' Register, Newcastle- upon-Tyne.

MR. DODDS adds :

" I see in Richard Welford's ' Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tees,' iii. 360, that John Scott was ' twin child with a sister named Elizabeth,, who died a few days afterwards.' He was born June 4, 1751. I have not had an opportunity of referring to the baptismal entry in the register, but Welford's statement may be relied upon."

ALBAN DORAN.

Athenaeum Club.