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 12 s. ix. D EC. IT, mi.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 489 There is one or two tracts on the Ohio that I fear will give you some trouble to find, but I shall as in all other cases make you full Com- pensation for such trouble. You can get these Entries or orders of surveys on my account at the Office. I am Dear Sir yours &c G IMLAY Beargrass 2d Sept 1784 W. CLARK DURANT. uerte*. WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct. edition, vol. h., p. 248, the following pas- occurs : EGG FOLK-LOBE : GOOD FRIDAY AND CHRISTMAS. Last Christmas a lady told one of my nearest relations that if an egg, laid on Good Friday, is kept without being disturbed, it will generally be perfectly fresh at the time when the Christmas pudding is made. She stated that she had proved this. Out of pure curiosity my relation placed, on Good Friday last (March 25), an egg, laid by one of her hens on that day, in an egg-cup and put it in a cupboard in her drawing-room, where it remained untouched until Dec. 1, when it was broken and used in the Christmas pudding. I can avouch that when the egg was broken there was no smell, except that of a fresh egg, which, in all one could judge of, it appeared to be. I shall be glad to know if there is any super- stition attached to eggs laid on Good Friday. HERBERT SOUTHAM. , PLUGENET. I should be much obliged if I could get some information on the following subject : In Edward I.'s reign Alan Plugenet married the heiress of the Walerans or Waldrons of West Harnham, a family descended from Waleran, William I.'s huntsman. What was his origin ? What became of him and his wife ? I think the Plugenets were not landowners in West Harnham for long. Is the " genet " in " Plugenet " the same word as " genet " in Plantagenet ? Is the Irish name Plunket the same as Plugenet ? Is the link between the two families known ? If I could get an answer to some of these questions I should be much obliged. G. HILL. FRANCIS GROSE IN THE 19TH FOOT.- In Francis Grose's ' Military Antiquities,' 1786-8 The fife. . . was not, however, adopted in the marching regiments till the year 1747 ; the first Regiment that had it was the 19th* then called Green Howards, in which I had the honor to serve, and well remember a Hanoverian lad, an excellent fifer, being given by his Colonel to Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, then commanding that regiment at Bois-le-Duc in Flanders. Lieut. -Colonel Williams was killed at the Battle of Laffeldt in 1747. What is known about Grose's service in the 19th Foot ? No mention is made in the ' D.N.B.' of any military service at this period, 1745-7. Grose was born in 1730. J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Colonel. PERCIVAL BARLOW. Who was Percival Barlow, author of * The General History of Europe ' ? His name does not appear in the ' D.N.B. ' The book in question bears no date, but the history of each country is brought down to the end of 1788. It contains engraved portraits of ten of the ruling sovereigns, the dates of publication of which range from Nov. 22, 1788, to Feb. 27, 1790, and a view of the Bastille in Paris shows it " before its destruction in July, 1789." Presumably the book was issued in 1790. It is a folio of 826 pages, and was "Printed by and for W. and J. Stratford, No. 112, Holborn Hill." It is described as " by Percival Barlow, Esq., assisted by several gentlemen who have made the tour of Europe, and furnished him with the most valuable and authentic information to enrich his work." F. H. C. " BEES' WINE." Can anyone give me information as to where the product used for making the above comes from and how it is produced ? I see so much of this wine being made in West Somerset, and am told it is an ancient custom revived, that I should like to know more about the so- called "bees." M. B. JOHN FROST, CHICHESTER CLOCKMAKER.- I have an undated grandfather clock by this maker, who appears to be unnoticed by Britten. I should be glad of information concerning him in order to fix the date. W. McM. FREEDOM OF A CITY. What is the origin of the custom for the corporation of a city to present its freedom to people of distinction from time to time ; and what benefits, if any, does it confer on the recipients ? What is the earliest known record of this custom ? CURIOUS,