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pi ght, to stretch the leg well out, and to turn

ut the toes as the heel touches the ground ; this is

uj }oned to be the esthetic and distinguished gait,

Ju the gait practised by savage tribes, by moun

,ai) eers, country-folk, and hunters is the opposite

)f his 5 the body inclines forward, the knees are

moi e or less bent, and the sole of the foot falls flat

he ground."

1 am not aware that this gait is now re- garded as eesthetic or distinguished, but in popular aversion to what are known as "t willy Does," or toes turned inward. At the one extreme a man is said to be splay-footed ; at relieve there is a good deal of folk-lore re- ating to this matter. S. O. ADDY.
 * ne north of England there seems to be a
 * he other he is said to be " twilly-toed." I

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest n order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.
 * o affix their names and addresses to their queries,

"GooDYER." This rare word occurs in the sense of "grandfather" in 'Maister Ran- dolphes Phantasey,' 400, a satirical poem written in 1565, and printed in 'Satirical Poems of the Reformation,' ed. Cranstoun,

My goodyer in Flowdon was drawen to his death, [n a ' Devonshire Glossary ' published in 1837 loodger, apparently a form of the same word, )ccurs in the sense of " an old man." I should C glad to know whether the word is still ised any where. A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

' MORO,' AN OPERA. Can any reader put me n the way of obtaining a copy of the libretto )f an opera entitled ' Moro,' performed at Her Majesty's Theatre between 1880 and 885? DE MORO.

REGISTER OF BIRTH IN BERLIN. Who rould be the proper authority to whom to pply respecting the register of a birth at Berlin in the early part of the present entury 1 Would the Burgomaster be a likely person to give such information ?

DE MORO.

BENJAMIN POOLE. It is stated in Lysons's Environs of London,' 1796, that there was hen in Walthamstow Church a monument o Benjamin Poole, who died 1714. His wives ire given as the same as those of the Benjamin Poole who, Helsby's edition of >merod's ' History of Cheshire ' says, " died fan., 1656, buried in Waltham Abbey Church." ^h states that he left a daughter, there-

fore he cannot have died in 1656, as his grandfather was not born till 1604 or later, I shall be obliged to anyone who ; can tell me iu which church he was buried, and what inscription there is or was on his monument. M. ELLEN POOLED

Alsager, Cheshire;

CORPUS CHRISTI DAY. According to the 1 'Instructor Clericalis,' part i., fifth edition, 1715, p. 21,

" Trinity-term beginneth the Friday after Trinity Sunday, being the same day of that month on which Easter-day fell on in its month ; its essoin- day being Monday before (for Thursday being Corpus Christi, it's pretermitted)."

Does Corpus Christi Day still enter into the calculation of law terms, and if not, when did the alteration take place ? W. C. B.

" DIBBLE."" It 's like dibbling the beans," said a North Devon man to me yesterday ; "us always puts in three one for the crow, one for the worm, and one for the crop." To dibble, it seems, means to plant. The word does not occur in Hewett's 'Peasant Speech of Devon.' Is it known outside the county 1 HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

[Dibble as verb has been in the language since 1583, as substantive since 1450. See, as we have to state with rather wearying iteration, ' H.E.D.']

CARDBOARD MODELS. Where can 1 get a cardboard model made of a group of col- legiate buildings two courts, a chapel, &c. ? The model might be eighteen inches square or so. There was an artist at Oxford who did such things, but he died some fifteen years back. I hope the art has not died with him. I should like to have also some guide as to the probable cost, &c. M. R.

LADY GRANGE. I should be very grateful if any of your readers could give me fuller information about Lady Grange, whose ab- duction to St. Kilda is mentioned in Boswell's 'Tour to the Hebrides,' under the date of 19 September. T. C. P.

[Consult the 'D.N.B.' under 'James Erskine, Lord Grange,' husband of the above, and the refer- ences at the end of that article.]

" HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF." Can any one tell me the author of this well-worn phrase, or furnish the earliest instance of its occur- rence 1 MYDDELTON.

[The origin of this has been more than once asked without eliciting a satisfactory answer.]

EDGETT. Can any one tell me the origin of the surname Edgett? I have always understood that it is of English or of Anglo-