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NOTES AND QUERIES. P*S.VIL APRIL 27,1901.

thirtv-five years ago, hearing old labourers ^^

say that it was bad luck to put in a crOp on u s d f; ar f of Britanny in France. Which Alan,

a Saturday, while in many parts of the U.b. eom i ng O ver into England with Duke William of

that day is regarded as being equally un- Normandy, commanded the Rear^of his army in the

lucky for the commencement of any under- memorable Battle near Hastings."

taking with Friday. In some of the Southern states farm hands will not hire themselves on a Saturday, because if they do they are sure not to stay the whole year ; and I have fre- quently been warned not to sow a crop or plant fruit trees on that day, as they are "certain to turn out badly." The followiiij lines on the subject were copied out of an ol< plantation account-book, dated 1798, which I came across in a farmhouse in Virginia some years since :

Lucky and Unlucky Days.

Monday for wealth,

Tuesday for health, Wednesday best day of all ;

Thursday for losses,

Friday for crosses, Saturday no luck at all.

Don't build on a Thursday it 's a very bad day, For barns built then will be burnt, they say ; While the next two days are good for nought, Folks shoul'n't be hired nor new things bought.

FREDERICK T. HIBGAME

brother, the second earl, was Alan the JOHN RADCLIFFE.

RUNIC INSCRIPTION FOUND IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD (9 th S. vii. 269). Your corre- spondent's inquiry relates, I apprehend, to the so-described "Danish monumental stone" which is now placed against the wall in the vestibule of the Guildhall Library. It is stated to have been found at the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard in 1852, and to have been presented by Mr. (the recently deceased Sir Francis) Cook. The stone is roughly 2 ft. square, or very nearly so, and about 4 or 5 in. thick. It is unfortunately in four pieces, but these, being placed together, show clearly enough a sort of hippogriff carved in low relief. The inscription (" Konal and Tuki caused this stone to be laid") runs along the face of the thickness on the left- hand side of the stone. It is deeply incised, but some of the letters or signs are chipped and knocked about. DOUGLAS OWEN.

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ALLUSION IN WORDSWORTH (9 th S. vii. 188, 232). The poet, addressing his infant grand- 1 The stone mentioned by MR. T. CANN son, and reflecting on the political troubles of HUGHES is now in the vestibule of the Guild- the hour, recalls what Alfred, the father of hall Library, London. It is a whitish-grey his people, did for England. Linking past stone, about 20^ in. by 16Mn. and about 4 in. and present with condensed poetic licence, | thick. The description attached to the glass he eulogizes

The crown

Of Saxon liberty that Alfred wore,

Alfred, dear Babe, thy great Progenitor ! The last line claims Alfred the Great as the political father of every Englishman, and therefore of the infant that should inherit the rights and privileges threatened at the moment by prevalent turbulence. That seems to cover all that is implied in the passage.

THOMAS BAYNE IRISH HARPS (9 th S. vii. 228). Perhaps the

ORIENTATION IN INTERMENTS (9* S. vi. 167, *U& reference may serve as a clue to an 276, 335 ; vii. 195).-! believe only one or two I Jf^^Sft Ifc 1S taken fl ' m ne f the ata ' of the many old churches in this city stand,

case in which the stone is enclosed is as follows :

Danish Monumental Stone. Runic inscrip- tion on the left-hand side of the Stone, ' Konal and Tuki caused this stone to be laid.' Found at the South-East End of St. Paul's Church Y a, 1852. Presented by Francis Cook, Esq r ."

MATILDA POLLARD. Belle Vue, Bengeo.

upon plan, due east and west.

Fair Park, Exeter.

HARRY HEMS.

collections

Irish Antiquities " not in cases " is described as "The Great Irish War Harp" "called Connair Crith or Ceannaire Croith (see Brompton)" : "JThe head of the Irish goshawk is carved on

__. -LI/ may uueroiiire Ut5 wen LO point OUt I tl

that " interments " do not take place at any | attached to it wHich is lost (the bloody hand of _ the

Under this heading IBAGUE mentions four London churches which do not lie east and

, A TI. ^ 41 i 11,. , |J ue neuiU ui bae j.risn gosaawK is uai vcti un

west. It may therefore be well to point out the top of the pillar. There was a brass hand that interments do not take place at any attached to it which is lost (the bloody hand of the of these churches. ]{. S. I O'Neils). It belonged to a bard of the O'Neil

family."

Possibly an expert in heraldry could say whether the female figure generally shown is really an essential on an Irish harp, and

R.

FERGAUNT (9 th S. vii. 169). Dugdale, in his 'Baronage of England,' p. 46, gives the fol- lowing, which will be what A. H. requires :