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dress is made, and tljen exclaims " Brute ! as a parenthetical commentary on th< speaker's manner. This gives the line in thi reasonable form :

" Good day to you " brute ! he comes ben. THOMAS BAYNE.

NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTS. - The forme place-name is frequently abbreviated "Notts, : and was given in this way even in ' N. & Q. (ante, p. 12, cols. 1 and 2). This is incorrect " Notts " is an abbreviation for Nottingham shire, and not for the county town (or city).

LIGHTS SEEN OVER THE PLACE WHERE TREA SURE is BURIED. In the republic of Colombia these are said to be seen in the dusk, a blue gleam indicating silver ; but if the light be yellow, gold may be expected beneath. The flame takes the shape of the receptacle which contains the hoard. At San Felipe, an estate in the north of Tolima (Colombia), the former owner frequently observed luminous rays over a certain spot. One day, as he was riding near the place, his mule suddenly stumbled and threw him. On examining the ground to find the cause of the accident, he discovered that the animal had put her foot into a hole wherein there was an earthenware pot filled with old Spanish gold pieces.

IBAQUE\

THE EVIL EYE. The following extract is from the Daily Graphic, 28 December, 1900 :

" When M. Zola produced that unpleasant but impeccably accurate story of French village life, ' La Terre,' he was accused by a good many people of having coloured his picture too highly. The superstition revealed in the tale of the murder of an old man of seventy- two at Angers is a striking example of the intellectual level of Jacques Bon- homme. The old man was reputed to be the pos- sessor of that inconvenient organ, the evil eye, and two young peasants persuaded themselves that he had bewitched their cattle. They therefore deter- mined to put the sorcerer out of the way, set upon him, beat him to death with sticks, and then, for fear that he should come to life again, stabbed him through the heart, and nearly severed his head from his body. The most curious point of all is, however, that the peasantry in the neighbourhood are said to be entirely on the side of the young men, whom they regard as public-spirited persons, who have meritoriously performed an unpleasant duty. Probably, if the truth were known, they would find many sympathisers in many lands, for the belief in and fear of the evil eye is deep and widespread. Indeed, an almost precisely similar case occurred in Ireland but a few years ago."

JOSEPH COLLINSON.

[See lt S. i. 429; iii. 133; 3 rd S. vi. 493; xii. 261, 317, 365 ; 4* S. i. 193. 5 th S '. j. 334 374 \ L 93 x ] 306; xi. 8, 293; xii. 118, 515; 6 th S. i. 114; 8 th S. viii. 146 ; ix. 402 ; x. 416 ; xi. 246.]

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

"ANCE MARIOLE" IN A CHARTER. This term occurs in a very interesting catalogue of the goods of Abbot Nicholas of Westmin- ster, who held the manor of this parish. He died 1387. I have reason to believe from the context that the phrase denotes geese or swans, but am uncertain on this point.

J. Cf. LIVESEY.

Denham, Bucks.

LEGHORN. How did Li vorno become trans- formed to Leghorn 1 Sailors are charged with this change, but Evelyn, in his ' Diary,' spells it Livorno and Ligorne in 1644, and Leghorne in 1672. H. G. H.

Llanbedr, R.S.O., Merioneth.

" GLEN " AND " GLENE." In 4 The Oxford English Dictionary ' (vol. iv.) ' Glen ' is given as a Scottish word, and translated u a daf- fodil," on the authority of Jamieson. No etymon is there suggested for it. A little below, on the same page (215), 'Glene' is registered, and affiliated to " yA^vrj, the ball or pupil of the eye." May it not be that glen was also pedantically taken from the same root? fi. Littre lias a long list of the dif-
 * erent uses of oeillet = little eye, as the name

of a flower, and records among its meanings 'QEillet de Faques, le narcisse des poetes, Narcissus poeticus? If an Easter pink be jailed an '' eyelet " in France, a daffodil has is much right to be called an "eyeball" in he north of the isle of Britain.

E. S. DODGSON.

JOHN A.NTHONY GREATOREX was admitted o Westminster School on 23 June, 1782. Can nformation concerning him 1 G. F. R. B.
 * orrespondents of ' N. & Q.' give me any

GRANT. Lewis Grant was admitted to Westminster School on 26 June, 1780, and lichard Grant on 16 January, 1786. I should >e glad of any help in identifying these Grants. G. F. R. B.

BOOK FOR CHILDREN. Can you or any of

rour readers let me know the title and pub-

isher of a book for children in which a little

irl called Dottie, accompanied by a black

at called Fluffy and a wooden doll called

atty, both gifted with speech, had many

adventures by means of the magic carpet

mentioned in the ' Arabian Nights ' as trans-