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 12 [9"1 S. IV. July 1,' NOTES AND QUERIES. coulin. It is evident that this explanation cannot in all instances be correct. By Warner's 'Albion's England,' 1592, this mode was adopted by the women in Ireland :— The Irish princesse, and with her a fifteene others moe, With hanging glybbes that hid their necks as tynsel shadowing snoe. Gainsford's 'Glory of England ' says that those of the women were called glibbins. Eveeard Home Coleman. 71, Brecknock Road. "Binges" (9th S. iii. 449).—The word ringe is probably known to every East Anglian. It is used in Norfolk, almost universally, to express a "row" as applied to agriculture. Mr. Rider Haggard, as a Norfolk agriculturist, has probably adopted the local term. J. Foster Palmer. 8, Royal Avenue, S.W. The following will be found in 'A Sup- plementary' English Glossary,' by the Rev. T. Lewis O. Davies :— "Ring-hedge, ring fence, boundary encircling property, &c. Lo, how Apollo's Pegasses prepare To rend the ring-hedge of our Horizon. Davies, ' Summa Totalis,'p. 11." Everard Home Coleman. 71, Brecknock Road. Religious Foundation at Shere (9th S. iii. 448).—Surely this is a misreading for the well- known priory of Jesus of Bethlehem at Shene. R. F. "Dies creta notandus" (9th S. iii. 48, 194). —The two following are still earlier examples than the passage from Horace quoted at the last reference:— Quare illud satis est, si nobis is datur unis Quem lapide ilia die* candidiore noted. Oatull., lxviii. B., 147, 148. Restituis cupido atque insperanti ipsa refers te Nobis, o luceni candidiore nota! Catull., cvii. 5, 6. T. Hutchinson, M.A. Instrumental Choir (7th S. xii. 347, 416, 469 ; 8th S. i. 195, 336, 498; ii. 15 ; 9th S. ii. 513 ; iii. 178).—Possibly an article on 'Barrel Organs' (by your humble servant), which appeared some months since in the Organist and Choirmaster, may interest Mr. J. T. Page. Thos. Elliston. Montaigne and East Anglia (9th S. iii. 144, 211 437).—How does Mr. Edward E. Morris know that in the passage I quoted: "And my ancestors have heretofore been surnamed [Higham or] Eyquera, a surname which also belongs to a house well known in England," Florio inserted the name Higham "without any authority"? If he had been merely guessing, he would probably have pitched on a name more like Eyqueni in sound and spelling. The two men were contem- poraries, and Florio's translation was published (1603) only ten years after Montaigne's death. The question as to what the English surname was that Montaigne had in his mind is pretty sure to have been canvassed at the time; and it seems unlikely that Florio would have hazarded Higham if it had been a mere isolated and unsupported conjecture. In the last paragraph or his note Mr. Morris ap- pears to reverse the relationship between Gargantua pere and Pantagruel/7s. When I spoke of the system of education that the elder Montaigne devised for his son as being " Pantagruelian," I was thinking of Gargan- tua's noble letter to his son Pantagruel (book ii. chap, viii.) and of the Abbey of Thelema. It never occurred to me that "Pantagruelian" could be interpreted in a sinister sense. To me it conveys the idea of wisdom that is perhaps only too wise for human nature's daily food. Rabelais felt this, very likely, when he dated Gargantua's letter " i rom Utopia." C. J. I. Windsor Chairs (9th S. iii. 349, 456).—A chair of great antiquity at one time stood in St. George's Hall, Windsor. It has been supposed to date from the earliest Norman kings of England. It was removed from Windsor about the middle of this century, and is, according to Stoughton ('History of Windsor'), at present in the possession of the Marquis of Salisbury. The chair of Windsor has probably given its name to the Windsor chair. George Marshall. Sefton Park, Liverpool. Can there be any doubt that they are so called as being made in the neighbourhood of Windsor or in the precincts or purlieus of Windsor Forest 1 I believe the actual centre of the manufacture is at High Wycombe, and perhaps in the trade they may be known as High Wycombe chairs; but it would perhaps not do to put them on the market under that name—Windsor carries it. Thomas J. Jeakes. " Index " (9th S. iii. 444).—It has fallen to my lot to use and to make more indexes than the average man. I quite agree with Mr. Thomas in objecting to " classified " indexes. As a rule they cause only an irritating waste of time. There are a few exceptional cases, such as ' N. k Q.' A book ought to have only one index, and