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 408 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S.X.MAY 27, 1922. I may append to this theory the initials Q. E. D., and leave it for what it is worth. Mr. Henry Taylor, in his ' Ancient Crosses of Lancashire' (1906), p. 81, is of opinion j formation on family matters of only private interest that it was at Wiswell (the Abbot's birth- | ^ affix their names and addresses to their queries WE must request correspondents desiring in- place) that the execution took place, distant about one mile in a north-easterly direction from Whalley Abbey. Can any reader of fascinating if gruesome topic ? J. B. McGovEBN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. YORKSHIRE USE OF " THOU." I had tea the other day with an old Yorkshire Quaker who still retains the old mode of address "thou"; and frequently said, "Didst thou do this, John?" or "Wilt thou have some more, John ? " This use of the old singular personal pronoun reminded me how many of the older folk in Yorkshire still consider that to " thou " or " thoo " a person is an unforgivable insult and a sign of bad breeding and lack of manners ("be' aver," they call it). It implies a sense of superiority in the in order that answers may be sent to them direct. HARD -LYING MONEY. The following paragraph under the above heading will be found in The Times of April 17 last : Notice is given by the Admiralty that the living and sleeping conditions in destroy ers^ flotilla leaders, sloops (other than surveying vessels), and small monitors, as compared with those which existed in the original torpedo- boat destroyers, in which " hard -lying money " at half rates was first instituted in 1894, no longer justify payment of this allowance to ratings serving therein under normal conditions. Pay- ment of hard-lying money is to cease, therefore, as from June 1, 1 in all the above-mentioned speaker. I recall very vividly my old friend, Bob Adams, one of the finest cross-country jockeys who ever threw leg over a saddle, being most enraged at an apprentice jockey daring to " thoo " him. " It shows your upbringing," he said angrily ; adding, "Deean't you thoo me again; I weean't particu i arlv anxious to find some reliable hev it. I also remember another old friend vessels, but the Admiralty reserve power to resume payment in these vessels when engaged in actual hostilities, or, at their discretion, when engaged on special operations. The term " hard-lying money " must have originated before 1894, but it does not appear in several of the older naval dictionaries and encyclopaedias. When was this term first brought into official use ?. Has it any previous colloquial history ? And what exactly is " hard- lying " ? R. R. E. MOUNT MORGAN. Has any history of this famous mine been published ? I am er o rien tg abou Donald Gordon> who grazed the of mine, the Rev. J. L. Kyle ( the farming gite and gold Mg land at 1 per ^ J. M. BULLOCH. parson," vicar of Carlton in Cleveland), once dropping into dialect, as he loves to do, and addressing an old man as " thou." Fooaks dissn't like thou-ing," remon- strated the farmer. " He can't hev had neea bringing up he thou's fooaks," is a reproach not infrequently heard. And a very damnatory reproach it is too, in the minds of many. J. FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH. Grove House, Norton-on-Tees. " MONKEY TRICK." The ' ST.E.D.' gives examples, 1809 and 1864. I find this in Charles Leslie's 'Works,' i. 133 (1721) : This was a judgment upon him for his Monkey trick in killing the Monster mention'd before. RICHARD H. THORNTON. ELDER FOLK-LORE. According to Whit- 37, Bedford Square, W.C.I. LITERARY ALLUSIONS IN THE WORKS OF E. A. POE. Investigations undertaken in connexion with a projected edition of Poe's ' Tales ' convince me that most, if not all, of his allusions can be traced to some source in classical or modern writers (prior to his time, of course). I would appreciate help in locating any of the following : s. ua 1. " The dreams of the daughters of Delos " (' Ligeia '). 2. " The gazelle eyes of the tribe of the valley of Nourjahad " (' Ligeia '). 3. " Giant serpents of Syria, worshipping their sovereign, the Sun " (' Eleonora '). The more exact the references the better ; church (Co. Warwick) tradition, the elder is j but Poe's treatment of such things is often never struck by lightning and must never be J very free, and slightly garbled allusions are used for fire. If it is, some terrible disaster common. THOMAS OLLIVE MABBOTT. follows, and nothing cooked with it would Graduate School, Columbia University, be fit to eat. J. HARVEY BLOOM. New York City.
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