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 Notes and Queries, March, 1919.

SUBJECT INDEX.

351

Eternity, serpent as symbol, 60

Eton College Press publications, particulars

wanted, 74 Eugenie (Empress), her descent from the Kirk-

patricks of Closeburn, 104, 277 Evelyn (John), on rasphouse at Amsterdam, 137 ;

bathing legs in milk to cure ague, 146 Evening dress for men, changes in, 61 Exchange, the, " a Pillar of," N. M. Rothschild,

167 Exeter, official chimney-sweep at, 28 ; rapehouse

at, 46, 86 Eye, its symbolism in insignia of friendly societies,

300

" Fair Maid of the Exchange,' its authorship'

261, 292 Fanshawe (Ann, Lady), ' Memoirs,' identification

of " Mr. Edmonds," 8

Farewell (Lieut.-Col. John), biography, 167 Faucit (Helen), picture as Antigone, 76 Fielder (John), member of Long Parliament, his

history, 21 Fielding (Sir John), his efforts to suppress

brothels, 236

Finger-rings, merchant marks on, 301 Finland, Englishmen bishops there c. 1160-1200,

331

Finlay or Findlay family of Dublin, 188 FitzGerald (Edward), queries on the first edition

of Omar Khayyam, 330

FitzReinfreds, their lands in Lancashire, 190, 248 Flag, national, of England, and that of Genoa,

160 Flahault (Cointe de), aide-de-camp to Napoleon,

his career, 131, 169

Flearbottom, Lancashire place-name, its mean- ing, 106

Fleete (Rev. William), epitaph at Selworthy, 324 Flectwood (James), Bishop of Worcester, lost

portrait, 329

Flemish literature, books on, 14, 112 Fletcher (William), Byron's valet, information

wanted, 135 Flockton, of the Panton Street puppet

show, information wanted, 303 Flower (Barnard), the King's glazier, his work,

19, 247

Flowers in London public gardens, 74 Foch (Marshal Ferdinand), nicknamed " General

Deux Sous," 238 Folkestone, child's epitaph at, 324

Yolk-lore:

Birth : parsley beds and gooseberry bushes,

219, 266

Boys born in May cruel, 133, 172, 257 Corpse roads, 260

Dyak, souls conveyed in iron ship, 113 Hair cut to prevent headache, 32 Milk, new, a cure for swollen legs, 146 Sheep in Warwickshire, 166 Spider, 29

Font, Nelson, at Burnham Thorpe Church, 327 Food cards during the French Revolution, 42 Ford (Thomas), donor of clock-tower to Tiverton,

320 Foresters, Ancient Order of, symbolism of the

eye, 300

Forks, rarity in Stuart period, 86

Forster family of Hanslope, Bucks, 158

Fournier (Pierre Simon), Parisian type-founder , his Christian names, 167

France, Sir Walter Scott at Les Andelys, 15

Franklin and Millington families, 245

Franks family, five portraits of, 244

Frederick the Great, reputed barbarous treat- ment of a Frenchman, 133, 338

Free family c. 1800, information wanted, 273

Freeman (Samuel), his engraved portrait of Bp. Beveridge, 240

Freeman family of Lamb's Conduit Street, information wanted, 273

French comedy, John Stuart Mill on, 44

French dramatic performances in London, 1817-28, 213

French Revolution : food cards during, 42 ; Brumaire 18 and 19, 176; "Why don't they eat cake ? " history of the phrase, 272

French war slang, books on, 271, 307

Frenchman barbarously treated at Berlin, iden- tity wanted, 133, 338

Fulcher (George Williams), materials for hia ' Life of Gainsborough," 101

Fuller (Thomas), his first wife Eleanor Grove, 121, 191

Funerals, stallions at, 25 ; and corpse roads, 260

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" Gadget," its various meanings, 187, 281 Gainsborough (Thomas), his ' Life ' by Fulcher, 101

Games :

EO, 176

Maw, card game, 116, 171

Romestecq, card game, 117

Siam, 189

Spoil five, card game, 117

" Gamp " as an adjective, its meaning, 102 Garcilaso de la Vega, correct form of his name,

132, 254

' Garden of Health ' in English, 22, 89 Gardens, public flowers in, 74 Gargoyles, publications on, 74, 145 Gauze flower, plant-name identified, 104, 226 Gems, casts by Pasoletti, 77 " General Deux Sous," Marshal Foch's nickname,

238

Genoese flag and that of St. George, 160 ' Gentleman's Magazine,' article by Swedenborg

in, 300 George II., inscription on sixpence explained,

109; medal, "George reigning .... Caroline

protecting," 1736, 217, 263 George III., landed gentry, 18, 60 ; crown piece,

" anno regni lix.," 74 ; half-guinea, 1781, with

inscription, 82, 109 Gerard or Garrard (Dame Elizabeth), her two

husbands, 45, 117 German war slang, 308

German works in English translations, 73, 141 Germans as " Huns," 25, 56 Gerontius and his dream, his name explained,

102, 197 Ghost, laying a, instances of exorcism, 31, 135,

200, 268 Ghost-word : maebue, 268, 308