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 9» S. VL SKPT. 29,1900.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 255 HARRISON must, I fear, be dismissed as un tenable, but his second suggestion of hivers- hiding-places seems likely to hold the floo until any etymologist speaks with authoritj Since the date of my first communication tw more " Ivers " have oeen reported to me, bot in Wilts. These, in common with the ex am pies at Burcombe and Longbridge Deverel are situated on steep slopes facing the north Fantastic guesses, I am well aware, are no encouragediu 'N. & Q.,' but this agreeraen in aspect causes me to hazard the question i it be possible I'hiver can have any connexion with the appellation of these covers. Pro tection from the rigours of winter woult naturally be most called for on the hillside most exposed to his influence. CHAS. GILLMAN. Church Fields, Salisbury. 'JOHN BULL,' A NEWSPAPER (9th S. v. 495 vi. 116, 157).—In Lowe Brothers' 'Catalogue, No. Gl, A.C., I notice lot No. 97:— "Curious Old Newspaper.—John Bull, from the commencement No. 1, 1820, to No. 316, 1826, neatly bound in 6 vols., royal folio, half-calf, uncut edges very cheap, 12s. 6U (published at &.), 1820-6." Can this interest the contributors to the subject in 'N. & Q.' under the above heading' H. E. M. St. Petersburg. SILHOUETTES OF CHILDREN (9th S. ii. 307, 353, 396, 436 ; v. 190).—Almost half a century ago I was, like Sir Walter Besant's Ralph Einbleton, at a fair at that" Capua or Paradise of Pleasure which was then, and still is, called Grantham." I entered a booth for the pur- pose of having myself immortalized in black, and so much struck was the artist with my features that he for the most part turned his back on me while with rapid scissors he niggled out of a sheet of paper what pur- ported to be a copy of my profile. I think it was not stuck upon a card until I got it home, for cards were extras, and extras, too, were indications of hair or dress in streaks of gold or bronze. My pennies were too precious to be lavished on such trifles. My family did not prize this portrait, and it is no longer on view. ST. SWITHIN. The profile machine mentioned by MR. HEMS at the last reference was patented in 1806 by Charles Schraalcalder, of Little New- port Street, Soho, mathematical and philo- sophical instrument maker. The patent is No. 3,000, and the specification contains a full description and a drawing of the machine, which, I think, had a considerable vogue. The subject was much discussed in 6th S. v., vi., vii., and viii., and the profile machine is referred to in v. 458, viii. 170, and perhaps else- where, but I do not think that the name of the inventor is given. R. B. P. I have some excellent specimens in my possession. Some are tenderly picked out in gold and grey over the black, and are really artistically done. At the back of one speci- men is the following printed information, which will probably be of interest to your readers. There is a date upon it, 1828. This beautiful specimen is signed by the artist:— Likenesses in Profile Executed by Mons. Kdouart, Who begs to observe that his likenesses are pro- duced by the scissors alone, and are preferable to any taken by Machines, inasmuch as by the above method, the expression of the Passions and pecu- liarities of Character are brought into action, in a style which has not hitherto been attempted by any other Artist. Numerous Proof Specimens may be seen at Mrs. Bays, Trinity-Street, Cambridge. ». d. Full Length 5 0 Ditto, Children under 8 years of age ... ...3 6 Profile Bust 2 0 Duplicates of the Cuttings to any quantity, are for each Full Length ... ... ...3 0 Ditto, Children 2 6 Attendance abroad, double, if not more than two Full Length Likenesses are taken. Any additional Cutting, as Instrument, Table, &c., &c., to be paid accordingly. CHARLES GREEN. 18, Shrewsbury Road, Sheffield. SUFFOLK NAME FOR LADYBIRD (9th S. v. 48, 154, 274).—This insect is always called the adybird hereabout. Anent the child-rime mentioned by M. C. L. at the last reference I quote the following from my collection of notes on the folk-lore of Northamptonshire :— Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home. All your children are dead but one, Ana that lies under the grindle stone. lepeated by children to ladybirds to induce Some people use the ladybird as an omen, and when it flies away repeat the words :— Fly away east, fly away west, And show me where lives the one I love best. JOHN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire. I am not sure what the name was in >uffolk, but I know that in Norfolk it was Iways known as the " bishop - barnabee." Tiis, at least, represents the word as I heard t; I never saw it spelt before. "Bishy- arnabee" would perhaps represent the ound better still. I went to school in uffolk, and I believe the name was the
 * hem to unfold their wings and fly away.