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 9 th S. IX. FEB. 8, 1902.]

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and an attempt is made by the cottager to shut the door, there is a considerable crunching of the shells and some annoyance. A worse trick is to select two houses with doors exactly opposite to one another, in a quiet street, and tie the handles together with a strong rope, allowing just so much slackness on the rope that one of the doors may be opened a short distance. It is the custom then to arrange that both doors shall be knocked at simultaneously. The fun begins with seeing the different occupiers pulling against one another in the attempts to open their doors. The usual result is that the door with the stronger individual behind it is opened a little, and the other not at all. The cabbage stump, which also plays a part in Hallowe'en divination, is sometimes flung at a door and left there. There are many other mischievous practices for the occasion, but it is remarkable that 4 November, as stated by the querist, has been selected as the date at Leeds. ARTHUR MAYALL.

J. O. Halli well, in his ' Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,' 1878, says that in Yorkshire it is held on May eve ; and the Rev. Thomas Wright, M.A., in his * Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English,' adds that the evening of 30 April in Yorkshire was so called because many pranks are played by youths of both sexes.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

HOGNEL OR HOGNAYLE MONEY (4 th S. ii.

275; 9*^8. v. 287, 459; vi. 56*). To the information already collected I add a refer- ence to the facts given in the Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol. xli. pp. 37, 47, and note, and to Archoeologia, vol. xxxv. p. 413, where hogling money is stated not to nave been paid in Minchinhampton after the year 1595. I hope that some one interested in the matter will investigate all these instances and the others noted in 'H.E.D.' (where hogler also should be looked up) and ' E.D.D.,' and ascertain, if possible, the time of pay men tt and the geographical distribution of the words.^ Thereafter will arise the question of the origin of the name and its relation, if any, to the French aguillauneuf (see the many


 * See also ' Hoglinge Money ' (3 rJ S. iii. 423) and

Hogenstore,' ' Hoe^nor Bread. ' ' TTn<rminr'a Mrm*v'

(9 th S. iii. 265).

t I believe I am correct in stating that the church- Tdens' accounts presented at Easter do not tain payments and receipts of the Easter festival, t only those since the preceding Michaelmas, ihe Easter offerings would fall into the Michaelmas account,

variants of this word in Godefroy) and the Scottish hogmanay. Q. V.

" OUTRIDER " (9 th S. viii. 462; ix. 17). My mother (who was born in 1821) well remembers in her young days, near Drewsteignton in Devon, hearing what we now call " travellers" spoken of as " outriders " when they came to visit the country districts.

T. OANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster.

This word, as applied to travellers from the neighbouring towns who drive round the villages for orders, principally beer and grocery, is still used daily by the cottagers of the Down country. GEORGE 0. PEACHEY.

FREAKS OF NATURE (9 th S. viii. 482). The issue for December, 1901, of the Stone Trades Journal contains a paragraph headed 'Curious Markings on Marble.' It has evidently been culled from a U.S. contemporary, and (some- what shortened) runs :

" Many persons look for pictures in the graining and markings of stone, and frequently some very beautiful effects are traced in marble slabs. Perhaps some of the most curious of these lusi [sic] naturce are to be found in the Illinois State House, where presentments ranging from a portrait of Commodore Vanderbilt to a donkey are to be found. On one panel is to be seen a convalescent boy reclining in a chair, a white covering drawn diagonally across his bodv. The sad smile, wan face, lines made by recent suffering, are all clearly shown. Another panel presents a mountain crag and a bird's nest. The mother bird sits on a scraggy tree, and her open mouth shows her screaming a protest against the intrusion of a boy bent on despoiling her home. Across the corridor is a mountain scene. A huge leopard and a human giant are face to face, with a narrow chasm dividing the ledges on which they stand. The leopard is in a crouching attitude, indicative of a determination to leap the barrier of space and have it out with his adversary. The most striking representations are likenesses of Napoleon and Josephine. Oddly enough, the panels on which they appear are close together, and so placed that Josephine is looking across at the man who made her love a football. Each picture is full length. There is something regal in the bearing of Josephine as she holds her fan in one hand and with the other draws about her the ermine robe she wears. The once mighty conqueror is gazing sorrow- fully over the waters from the shore of the Island of St. Helena. The Napoleonic hat and features are finely depicted, and there is something in the pose that suggests the memory of great power, while on the face of Josephine may be traced something of pity and forgiveness."

HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

A remarkable instance of this lusus naturce occurred a few days after the death of the late Dean Vaughan, of Llandaff. There sud- denly appeared on the wall of Llandaff