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 9 th S. I. JUNE 11, '98.]

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also 'Lucky Accidents' in T. F. Thiselton Dyer's ' Strange Pages from Family Papers ' (London, 1895); and 'The Romance of Acci- dent ' in Chambers' s Journal for 29 December, 1877. H. ANDREWS.

LANCASHIRE NAMES : SALFORD (9 th S. i. 408). Salford is probably from A.-S. sealh, a sallow, and denoted a ford near sallows. Salterford, Notts, D.B. fialtreford, must be a ford at a sallow tree. (See ' Names and their Histories,' p. 378.) ISAAC TAYLOR.

" To SUE " (9 th S. i. 200, 316, 354). Almost the last time I was in Burgundy the village innkeeper had occasion I do not remem- ber in what connexion to speak to me of a heron ; but, whether it was that the name was unfamiliar to me or that he mispro- nounced the word, I could not catch his meaning. At last he doubtingly tried me with hdronceau, when my familiarity with the etymology of "hand-saw" at once enlightened me. THOMAS J. JEAKES.

As PROF. SKEAT and another gentleman have told us that heronsue is only heronceau, and that heronceau is " little heron," perhaps they will kindly enlighten us further as to what heron is, i. e., What is the origin of the word ; and why does it mean the bird alluded to? W. H N B Y.

Aprojws of the discussion concerning this and cognate terms, the following from 'A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases ' may be noted : " Herring-sue, the heron, a bird noted for its long legs and neck, and its pursuit of fish. 'As thin as a herring-sue,' a tall lanky person." The latter part of this will be noted in conjunction with the final remarks in MR. F. ADAMS'S communication at the last reference. C. P. HALE.

SONG WANTED (9 th S. i 308). The follow- ing is the song for which J. B. asks. It is taken, with the note, from Hamilton's ' Col- lection of Parodies,' vol. v. p. 279, and is there followed by an amusing burlesque of it by the late Shirley Brooks :

THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.

This song was written in 1862, just after President Lincoln had issued a proclamation calling for 300,000 men to fill up the ranks of his army. The author was Mr. John S. Gibbons, a Quaker of New York. The poem was first published anonymously in the Evening Po*t, New York, on July 16, 1862, and was then generally ascribed to William Cullen Bryant, the editor of that paper.

We are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred

thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New

En land a shore

We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives

and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a

silent tear ;

We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before ; We are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred

thousand more !

If you look across the hill tops that meet the

northern sky, Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may

descry ; And now the wind an instant tears the cloudy veil

aside, And floats aloft our spangled flag in glory and in

pride ; And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands

brave music pour ; We are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred

thousand more !

If you look up all our valleys where the growing

harvests shine, You may see our sturdy farmer boys fast forming

into line ; And children from their mothers' knees are pulling

at the weeds, And learning how to reap and sow, against their

country's needs ; And a farewell group stands weeping at every

cottage door W"e are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred

thousand more !

You have called us and we're coming, by Rich- mond's bloody tide

To lay us down for freedom's sake, our brothers' bones beside ;

Or from foul treason's savage grasp to wrench the murderous blade,

And in the face of foreign foes its fragments to parade.

Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone before

We are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred thousand more !

H. [The same lines have been obligingly copied for

us by AYEAHR.]

ARMS or THE SEE OF WORCESTER (9 th S. i. 427). There is an appendix on this subject to Smith and Onslow's ' Worcester,' 1883 (one of the diocesan histories published by the S.P.C.K.), pp. 350-2, written by Mr. J. H. Hooper, the Registrar. The present Bishop of Worcester is unwilling to recognize the eucharistic wafers, and he has therefore had these bearings shaded so as to appear spherical, a practice which I believe was not adopted by his predecessors. They are not shown as spherical on the cover of the book mentioned above. Is there any reason, other than heraldic, why a torteau should be a sphere? W. C. B.

MEDIEVAL LYNCH LAWS IN MODERN USE (8 th S. xii. 465 ; 9 th S. i. 37, 116, 298). The custom described under the above heading