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but a distinguished man of letters. His 'Villa by the Sea 'and 'Lays of Middle Age 'give him a notable place among the poets of philosophic idealism. THOMAS BAYNE.

Helensburgh, N.B.

Was not the French Le Petit Journal the first of the great halfpennies, or did the Echo precede it 1 Is it not still the greatest, &c., or has the Daily Mail outstripped it? I mean, of course, in point of circulation only. THOMAS J. JEAKES.

CHURCHES BUILT OF UNHEWN STONE (9 th S. v. 68). Great Olacton Church, Essex, is a Norman structure, almost entirely built of septaria, i.e., of the rounded nodules of laminated stone found in the London clay, which abounds in the neighbourhood. The south-east portion of St. Osyth Church is also built of septaria, thirteenth century.

W. B.

'THE SQUIRE'S PEW' (9 th S. v.69). This poem, by Jane Taylor, first appeared in ' Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners,' 12mo., 1816. It was written, I believe, at Marazion, Cornwall, during the time of her residence there, and has frequently been published in selections of poems by English authors.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

ANCIENT COOKERY TERM (9 th S. v. 69). Pepys speaks in 1661 of a u jole of ling," and in 1662 of a J'jowl of salmon." I should think that earlier references could be found. GEORGE MARSHALL.

Sefton Park, Liverpool.

ROGERS'S ' GINEVRA ' (9 th S. v. 3, 92).' The Mistletoe Bough,' I find, was written by Thomas Havnes Bayly, a fact I ought to have remembered. Bayly's first volume of poems was published in 1827, Rogers's ' Italy in 1822. Whether Bayly took the incident on which his poem is founded from Rogers or not I cannot say. C. C. B.

" HOPPING THE WAG" (9 th S. v. 25). To which may be added that commonest expression oj London Board School children " Playing the charley wag," often shortened into "Playing the charley." I would like to put an interro gation point after " charley " for an explana tion. C. E. CLARK.

SUFFOLK NAME FOR LADYBIRD (9 th S. v. 48) I suspect that it has been pointed out over and over again in ' N. <fe Q.' that ladybird if a euphemistic rendering of Our Lady's bug arid that bug was once the usual name by which small insects were designated

The Cambridge man who spoke of ento- mologists as "bug-hunters" was probably juite aware of this fact. F. A. RUSSELL.

EDWARD CAREY, M.P. FOR WESTMINSTER ,9 th S. v. 47). John Gary, second son of Nathaniel Gary, of Yeovil, co. Somerset, gent., appears in the 'Gray's Inn Admission Register ' under date 4 December, 1656.

RICHARD WELFORD.

"HIPPIN" (9 th S. v. 47). According to Weigand's 'Deutsches Worterbuch,' Hippe in German is the same wafer-shaped cake as the more commonly known and highly relished Waffel, which is baked between two iron forms, and consists either merely of a little flour and honey, or, if made in a more costly way, of flour, eggs, butter, and sugar. These waffel cakes, which are of the lightest weight, and of very small nourishing value, have always been a favourite relish, attracting many visitors of the fairs to the row of public stalls where they used to be speedily manufactured. As to the origin of the other name Hippe in German, Heyne (v. Grimm's ' Deutsches Worterbuch ') seems to be right if he derives it from the extremely thin arid light substance of this cake, and connects it with the adjective hippig=thin, meagre, insignificant.

H. KREBS.

Oxford.

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"HAIL, QUEEN OF HEAVEN, THE OCEAN JAR" (9 th S. v. 28). In Dr. Julian's 'Dic- tionary of Hymnology,' p. 99, under 'Ave Maris Stella,' there is a list of English trans- lations, each with a first line somewhat similar to the above, but Dr. Lingard's name does not appear. One is by Caswall.

C. LAWRENCE FORD, B.A. Bath.

This English version of the 'Ave Maris Stella' is attributed to Dr. Lingard in the " Manual of Prayers for Congregational Use. Version prescribed by the Cardinal Arch- bishop and Bishops of England." It is highly improbable that such a statement should have been made on insufficient authority. EDWARD PEACOCK.

WOODEN PITCHERS (8 th S. xi. 189, 292, 377, 438). Wooden pitchers are in daily use at Grenoble at all events, at the H6tel Monnet the ordinary wine is served in them. There are two shapes, the tall pear shape and the short one, where there is scarcely any neck, and the height exceeds the diameter by very little, if at all. The former have lids, and are made with iron, copper, or