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hence it seems probable that it was not in vented (as the present writer was at on time disposed to think) by Cooper. Cooper however, took it up and gave it literan currency. DR. MURRAY asks whether th* term is "known to be a translation of genuine Indian appellation." I have hastily examined many glossaries and books on th Indians, but I cannot find a particle o evidence to show that the term comes to u from the Indians. It may be added, however that the term has long been adopted by the Indians themselves, just as "red man "has and was used in 1850 by G. Cop way (' Tradi tional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation,' p. v), and in 18G1 by the Rev. Peter Jones (* History of the Ojeb way Indians,' p. -26), both of whom were Indians. ALBERT MATTHEWS.

Boston, Mass., U.S.

OVERSTRAND CHURCH (9 th S. xii. 308, 354

454). Hearths or fireplaces for heating obley irons, kindling charcoal for the censers, or for baking the wafers used in service are extant, among other places, in the cathedrak of Durham and Chichester, at Hulne Abbey (near Alnwick), and in the church of St. Peter Mancroft at Norwich. Particulars of these will be found in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries under date of 18 December, 1902 (vol. xix. Second Series, pp. 179-85).

B. B.

Upton.

WILLIAM WARE (9 th S. xii. 350, 395). The inscription in question runs thus : " William lare made mee 1613." The bell is the fourth in the peal in Yateley Church Tower. The letters are Pioman. JOHN P. STILWELL.

Hilheld, Yateley, Hants.

THE OAK, THE ASH, AND THE IVY (9 th S xii. 328, 433). -In W. E. Henley's * Book of Verses,' 1889, p. 93, will be found the sono- beginning, "O Falmouth is a fine town with ships in the bay." It consists of four verses, with the refrain :

For it 's home, dearie, home-it 's home I want to be Our topsails are hoisted, and we'll away to sea. 'the oak and the ash, and the bonnie birken tree I hey re all growing green in the Old Countree.

?u*\ 3 e, nle: f dates the version 1878, noting that "the burthen and the third stanza are 1 hey, as well as other portions, are, in tact, adapted from a well-known Northern S v ^ginning, "O Amble is a fine town with ships upon the bay." It is sung to a traditional North-Country tune, the delight- ful melody of which is given in Miss Smith's Music of the Waters,' p. 25, and in Mr. Crawford Hodgson's ' History of Amble' in

the Transactions of the Berwickshire Natu- ralists' Club, vol. 1892-3, p. 290. Mr. Hodgson there gives the version as it is heard in the North, " The oak, and the ash, and the bonny rowan tree": its common form there, as noted by K. B R. Mr. Henley substitutes " Fal- mouth" for Amble, and "birken" for rowan tree, concessions both of them to the South- Country reader. In introducing the song Miss Smith says (' Music of the Waters,' supra), " Among the favourite chanties of North-Country sailors is that most charming and pathetic of songs, ' Home, Dearie, Home.' " It embodies the sanctity of a sailor's affec- tion for wife and home and North Countree, and is as far removed as can be from the parody in the 'boisterous undergraduates' ' Home, Boys, Home ! ' dealing " with the amours of a salacious mariner and of an in- genuous chambermaid."

R. OLIVER HESLOP. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

At the last reference " bonny ivy tree " is said to be meaningless ; but why 1 " In the North Countree," at any rate, the term " ivy tree " is by no means uncommon ; with us, indeed, almost every plant is a tree. For " ivy tree " itself see the'N.E.D.,' one cita- tion from which may be allowed here : " 1382, Wyclif, 1 Kings xix. 4, Whanne he was comen, and satte vndir an yue tree." Lyte has "Ivie bushe." C. C. B.

Ep worth.

GLASTONBURY WALNUT (9 th S. xii. 208, 315). See Hone's E very-Day Book ' (1832), vol. i. col. 772, and vol. ii. col. 1641 ; also Chambers's Book of Days,' vol. ii. p. 758, where are to be ound the legends, &c., of the thorn and of Samuel Butler,' fourth edition, 1732, p. 152 :
 * he walnut tree. There is a reference to the
 * horn in 'The Posthumous Works of Mr.

"Yet shall he be the Peoples Idol too, and a eprobate Welch Goat one of the Elect, though he s not so much a Christian as the Thorn at Glassen- ury." 'Memoirs of the Years 49 and 50.'

I am aware of the fact that most of the aid " posthumous works" are believed to be purious. ROBERT PIERPOLNT.

THE WYKEHAMICAL WORD "Toys" (9 th S.

xii. 345, 437). The Danish toj and the

)utch tuig are among the words given by

he ' Century Dictionary ' as derived from

he root of which the ordinary English word

toy " is a derivative.

H. C. Adams in his ' Wykehamica,' p. 437, fter stating, without giving any evidence, hat the Wykehamical word means properly

boy's " arina scholastica," his books, paper, ens, &c., together with the cupboard which