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,-s. ix. JULY so, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 91 was Admitted to Westminster School in Jan., 1777. Particulars of his parentage and the date of his death are required.

BARON RICASOLI. Can any reader tell where a good life of Baron Ricasoli may be found ? (*I have read much of Count Cavour.) He was born Mar., 1809, and was a trusty leader. W. W. GLEXXY. Barking, Essex. ' DAILY ADVERTISER.' -Will one of your readers kindly tell me where a copy of this newspaper for Jan. 6 and 7, 1746, may be seen BERXARD KETTLE. Guildhall Librarv. SABINE. Can anyone give me particu- lars as to the parentage of William Sabine (approx. 1750-1815), a resident in Isling- ton and a freeman, of the City of London ? His dates I do not precisely know, but he had a son, William, born in 1787 and another, Ch -tries, born in 1796. I should also be obliged for the names, d-'.tes, &c., of the father, brothers (if any), and children of General Jos. Sabine, of Tewin, Herts (1662-1739). The 'D.X.B.' has been consulted. G. K. PRATT. THE MYSTERY OF RICHARD PARKER OF THE SORE (see 12 S. ix. 8, 42). I should much ap- preciate a reference to authorities, cr tangible foundation, for the statements on pp. 8-9 ante : (a) as to a sentimental interest having been retained for long, or at all taken, in all that relates to Richard Parker ; (b) as to ornaments found upon Parker's coffin years after [1797]. Without impugning the accuracy of the statements in question, I may say that search in contemporary and later works, where such " -"iitimental interest " would hardly have failed to find a place, and inquiry of persons likely to possess the knowledge have pro- duced no result. A narrative of Parker's career and a detailed account of the widow's dealings with his body are in Camden Pelham's ' Chronicles of Crime,' 1841, vol. i., in which the latter is described as living, and " now seventy years of age, blind, and friendless." The accounts of Parker greatly differ as to the circumstances under which he became a seaman at the Nore ; but my concern is with the two matters above indicated, on which I trust the author of the note which has ap- peared in your columns will throw what further light he can. W. B. H. DR. JOHX KEATE, OF ETOX. Could any of your readers inform me whether Dr. John Keate, of Eton (b. 1773, d. 1852), was deis- cended from the Berkshire Keates, of West Hagborne, and through which branch ? C. B. D. APPLE CHRISTENING. To which date of the year (May 29, Oak Apple Day, or July 15, St. Swithin) applies the saying, ' A shower to christen the apple ' ? Until this year I dated the saying as May What is a christening but that dene " early and the apple is decidedly young in May ! but I am disturbed in my belief because 1 he Daily Telegraph, July 16, 1921, has named St. Swithin for this christening event a period when the apple is ready for burial, i.e., eating ! It will be of interest to know the real history. WILLIAM R. POWER. 157, Stamford Hill. N.I 6. "MADE THEM EAT BEAXS." Fosbroke (Encyclopedia of Antiquities, I., 221), in a short account of the Anglo-Saxon Alma- nack or Staffordshire Clogg, mentions that St. Gregory (March 13') is represented by a schoolmaster " holding a red and ferula in his hand. . . . because he founded the famous chant, whipped his scholars well, and made them eat beans." What is meant by the last sentence ? Has it any connexion with the slang expression " gave them beans " ? Reference is made to Hawkins's ' Mustek,' v. 57, 58, 346. I have not access to this book. G. B. MILLER. William Salt Library, Stafford. " CUCKOO PEX "' and " CUCKOO POUXD." Close to Wytch Farm, which is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Purbeck, are the remains of an old circular- rampart about 100 feet in diameter. A few trees stand in the rampart itself, and the stumps of others are visible. It is named on. the Ordnance Map " Cuckoo Pen, and by this name it is known by the local inhabitants. About a mile south of Leescn, Langton Matravers, is a small plantation of stunted trees surrounded by a dry stone wall. It is of an irregular quadrilateral shape and measures about 70 yards by 80 yards. It is named " Cuckoo Pound. These two objects, though so similarly named, bear no resemblance to each other.