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 9 th S. I. JUNE 18, '98.]

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1896, they celebrated "the Jubilee of the Repeal of the Corn Laws." We are also told that they baked a pie in commemoration of the recovery of George III. from his long illness. During the last year or two the Denby pie has been described in various newspapers. An account published in the Sheffield Telegraph on 3 Aug., 1896, states that in 1846 the pie was baked "at the Duck- ing Stone."* Some months ago an account of the pie, with an illustration, was published in Sketch. These accounts, written by per- sons who do not understand the scientific value of folk-lore, tell us a good deal about the huge pie and its contents, but they fail to supply the dates and other information which one most desires to know. I have talked to those who remember the custom of making the pie more than fifty years ago. There was a humorous local ballad on the subject which told that people had to get up into the pie by means of a ladder, that several men were drowned in it, and so on. When an ancient custom is in its last stage of decay the populace is only too ready to invent stories to explain its origin, and we ought not to pay the least regard to the explana- tions which have been reported in the news- papers. Such explanations are in themselves strong evidence that the custom is of unknown origin.

In the neighbourhood of Bolsterstone some Scandinavian words remain. Thus the threshold is called the "threskeld." The game of hide-and-seek is called "felt-and- late."

I have no evidence to show that the Bol- sterstone custard and the Denby pie are survivals of the same custom. Old cookery books, however, such as the ' Forme of Cury,' show that custards, or " crustards," contained birds, as the Denby pie usually does.

S. O. ADDY.

Sheffield.

FAITHORNE'S MAP OP LONDON (9 th S. i. 409). The Illustrated London Neivs of 8 Dec., 1855, contained the following paragraph :

" The lovers of London topography will learn with delight that a second copy of the celebrated Map of London engraved by Faithorne in 1618 has been accidentally and fortunately discovered. It is now in London, and is to be engraved in facsimile. Till this copy was discovered, the im- pression in the Imperial Library at Paris was looked upon as unique."

The question whether it had ever been pub-

1846 the ceremony was performed in the " Cuck Cloise."
 * I have not been able to find this stone. In

lished was asked so long ago as 25 Dec., 1858 (2 nd S. vi. 527), and was repeated on 16 Jan., 1869 (4 th S. iii. 61), when the Editor replied that an engraving from the original was published by A. E. Evans & Sons, 403, Strand, on 1 May, 1857.

The existence of the second copy of the original map of 1618 still remains in doubt.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

"GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN

LAMB " (9 th S. i. 400). The position occupied by the attribution of this quotation to Sterne's ' Sentimental Journey ' (' Maria ') is a guarantee of its correctness. But readers of * N. & Q.' should note that Sterne quotes almost word for word from the * Premices ' of Henri Estienne, 1594. The saying is closely followed in Herbert's 'Jacula Prudentum,' 1640. Sterne seems to have frequently placed in italics sayings of which he disclaimed the authorship. In the edition of the 'Senti- mental Journey ' that I have at hand, a new edition, 2 vols., London, 1776, from the Stowe Library, "God tempers the wind" is in italics, the remainder in ordinary type. Perhaps the printer was idle or careless.

KILLIGREW.

POPULAR NICKNAMES FOR COLONIES (9 th S. i. 109, 137). Westralia is not a nickname of Western Australia, but was brought into general commercial use on account of the full name being counted as two words in all tele- graphic communication, as it exceeded the ten - letter limit. In its new form it only counts as one ; so, to be accurate, brevity and economy, especially the latter, were the true origin of the term " Westralia."

BOOBOOROWIE.

Parkside, South Australia.

RESTORATION OF HERALDRY (9 th S. i. 245, 390). All that MR. THOMAS suggests about Westminster Abbey, except as to coloured windows, seems very obvious. Some of the worst monuments in the nave have been got rid of ; the admiral ascending to heaven especially. But a Campo Santo is the thing most needed, and the cloisters with a new story added, and the refectory to the south of them rebuilt, would answer perfectly. The dean's two rooms, over the west cloister, would have to be surrendered. The added upper north cloister and the north half of the east one would be enclosed as a congregational gallery in the church. The east portion is already so, and would be entered through the Saxon arch, the only one remaining above ground. About twenty-five steps would make an