Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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ACT III.
_Concerto_, by Carbonelli.
_Solo_ on the Arch-lute, by Signor Vebar.
_Song_, Mrs. Barbier.
_New Concerto_ on the Little Flute, composed by
Woodcock, and performed by Baston.
_Solo_, Signor Carbonelli.
_Finale._ _Concerto_ on Two Trumpets, by Grano and
others."
I should mention, that Signor Carbonelli was a celebrated violin player,
and a favourite pupil of Corelli. He was brought over to this country by
his patron, the first Duke of Rutland.
EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
* * * * *
Minor Notes.
_Note for Mr. Worsaae._--At page 204. of _The Danes in England_, Mr. W.
says:
"Towards Glasgow and Edinburgh the mountains are no longer called
'fell' and 'rigg.'"
The _Campsie Fells_, a fine range of hills within nine miles of Glasgow,
are an exception. These hills are never spoken of by the natives of the
strath except by the name of "fells" and the singularity of the name has
often been remarked to the writer of this note, especially by visitors to
the valley. Before being much acquainted with the deeds of the Vikings
(except in the _general_), he had come to the conclusion that the name
_must_ be Danish, from its similarity to "Fjeld," with which, in connexion
with "Fiords," he had become familiar at a very early period.
BRUNO.
_Singular Epitaph._--The following epitaph occurs in Braunston churchyard,
Northamptonshire:
"To the Memory of WILLIAM BORROWS, Died 1703.
"'Tis true I led a single life,
And Nare was married in my life,
For of that Seck (_sic_) I nare had none:
It is the Lord; his will be done."
CRANMORE.
_Largesse._--I heard this old word used the other day in Northamptonshire,
by a servant who was leaving his employer, and who called upon one of his
master's tradesmen to ask him for _largisse_, as he termed it. Certainly
the peasants have preserved and handed down to the present time a vast
number of old words, customs, and legends. It proves how much they owe to
oral tuition.
A. B.
_Brogue and Fetch._--There are a certain set of words which have become
naturalised in English, by those who speak it in Ireland; as, _amadan_, a
fool; _brogue_, a shoe (Ir. _brog_); _palaver_, fine speaking, soft talk
(Ir. _pi-labhradh_). These are all Irish words; but there are others which
are not English, and yet it is hard to make them out Irish. _Brogue_,
meaning a broad Irish accent, is an instance; _fetch_ is another:
"In Ireland (says Mr. Banim) a _fetch_ is the supernatural _fac-simile_
of some individual, which comes to assure to its original [or his
friend or relative] a happy longevity or immediate dissolution. If seen
in the morning, the one event is predicted; if in the evening, the
other."
_Taibhse_ (pr. _thaivshe_) is the Irish word, and perhaps _fetch_ might be
derived from it by a sort of metathesis.
EIRIONNACH.
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