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BREWING RIMES. The following local imes are interesting as purporting to give he names of the various grades of beer Brewed in cottage homes early in the nine- eenth century. Whether these are genuine lames or merely used as jingle I am not prepared to say, but in either case they seem v r orthy of record. Were similar rimes Current in other countries among the good oik ? Also, where would " Government >eer " come ? Possibly below " worse than hat."

Rimes giving the names and order of the lifferent brewings of ale in the old Cotswold armhouses :

Ilmington, co. Warwick. Blackstrap | Ruffle- ne-Cap | Fine and Clear | Servants' Beer. (Black- trap was very strong, and so on in order.) An >ld Ilmington man in the College Arms, Quinton, )ct. 4, 1912.

Pillerton, co. Warwick, circa 1830. Twenty gallons of strong ale | Twenty gallons of table gallons of Tit-me-Tat | Twenty gallons worse than hat. John Mallett, miller, of Talton Mill, co. Worcester, Oct. 5, 1912.
 * eer | Twenty gallons of small beer | Twenty

Whitchurch, Warwick, circa 1850. Forty gallons of table beer | Forty gallons of table >eer | Forty gallons of Rat-me-tat | And Forty gallons worse than that. Tho. Morris of Wimp- iton, Oct. 7, 1912.

Alderminster. Forty gallons of Clink-me- )f Rat-me-tat | Forty gallons worse than that. 31d James Pearson of Alderminster said he 3 re wed this from two bushels of malt, mixed them ill up, and had good beer at Christmas. John \tayo of Wimpston, aged 70, Nov. 4, 1912.
 * lear | Forty gallons of table beer | Forty gallons

Alderminster, co. Worcester. Double ale I Single ale | Very good ale | Twine-in-the-belly | rwice-as-many | Tip-tap | Worse-than-that | Pin. Brewed out of one quarter of malt. An old voman named Keyts once gave a man " Tip-tap "
 * o drink, and upon his laughing she, much

)ffended, asked him why he did so. To which he eplied, he was a-wondering how she could brew wo lots worse than that.

J. HARVEY BLOOM.

GEORGE STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE, LON- DON. Can any one tell me where I can see
 * he rate and parish books in which this

street would be assessed for years 1780-1816 ? "n what parish is this street ? Is it in the
 * ame parish now as in 1816 ?

HERBERT SOUTHAM.

WILLIAM ANDERSON, 1757-1837. There lias lately been discovered a portrait of Robert Burns, and on the back of this eighteenth century canvas there is the name William Anderson, 1757-1837.

Could any of your correspondents inform me where this artist died ?

W. M. GRAY.

Thornliebank, Renfrewshire.

ST. JOHN BAPTIST HEADS. On the more elaborate examples of St. John^ Baptist heads, executed in alabaster at Nottingham, c. 1430-1530, in addition to figures of St. Peter and St. Thomas of Canterbury, we find behind them two other saints. The following occur in pairs, viz., St. James Major and St. Anthony ; St. James Major and St. Christopher ; also St. Catherine and St. Dorothy ; St. Catherine and St. Margaret ; and St. Dorothy and St. Mary Magdalene. I should be glad if any reader could suggest what association exists between these pairs of saints, and alao what is their association with the head of St. John Baptist resting upon the charger between them. In the foreground is the half figure of Christ emerging from the tomb, whilst above the charger are two angels supporting the soul of the Baptist. PHILIP NELSON, M.D.

YEARDYE FAMILY OF HUNTINGDON. la any information available as to the history of the Yeardye family of Huntingdon, and as to the etymology of the name ? I find Saxon eorde, the earth, and modern geordie, the subterranean miner, also as a proper name Yardley and Yeardley. Is there any connexion ? JOHN YEARDYE.

12 Coleridge Walk, Hampstead, N.W.4.

METAL MORTARS. Would any reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly help me to fix the date of three metal mortars in my possession ?

One has embossed on the outside the crown Tudor rose, another the fleur-de-lis, and the third has a crown over a fleur-de-lis.

Several other articles I possess have a tulip on some part. Does this tulip point to any particular period ?

J. W. SWITHINBANK. Sheffield.

" APOCHROMATIC." Can any reader tell me what is the right pronunciation of this word ? Is the o long or short ? The ' N.E.D.' and Webster's do not give the word at all ; Lloyd's has a long o, which seems strange.

JOHN ANDERSON SMITH, M.D.

158, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury, N.W.6.

BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE. I would much appreciate any information as to the exist- ence of the following editions of books connected with Bernard de Mandeville, and as to where they may be viewed :

The 1734 edition of 'The Fable of the Bees.'

The 1760 edition of the French translation of the fable ' La Fable des Abeilles.'