Notes and Queries, Number 171, February 5, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 171, February 5, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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The word _Napoleon_, being written in Greek characters, will form seven
different words, by dropping the first letter of each in succession,
namely, [Greek: Napoleôn, Apoleôn, Poleôn, Oleôn, Leôn, Eôn, Ôn]. These
words make a complete sentence, and are thus translated into French:
"Napoléon, étant le lion des peuples, allait détruisant les cités."
HENRY H. BREEN.
St. Lucia.
_A Parish Kettle._--In the accounts of the churchwardens of Chudleigh in
Devonshire, during a period extending from 1565 to 1651, occasional mention
is made of "the church chyttel," "parish chettle," "parish chetell or
furnace," "parish crock;" and charges are made for malt and hops for
brewing ale; and the money received for ale sold is accounted for. There
may also have been provided, for the use of the parish, a vessel of smaller
dimensions than the crock, for in the year 1581 there is an entry of 1s.
2d. received "for the lone of the parish panne." As cyder must have been at
that time, as it is now, the common drink of the working-classes, the
parish "crock" must have been provided for the use of the occupiers of the
land. I suppose that the term _crock_, for a pot made of brass or copper,
had its origin in times when our cooking-vessels were made of crockeryware.
I have never seen, in the ancient accounts of churchwardens, any mention
made of a "town plough," which GASTROS notices (Vol. vi., p. 462.).
S. S. S. (2.)
_Pepys's Diary; Battle of St. Gothard._--LORD BRAYBROOKE, in a note on 9th
August, 1664, on which day Pepys mentions a great battle fought in Hungary,
observes, "This was the battle of St. Gothard, fought 1st August, so that
the news reached England in eight days." This would scarcely be possible
even in these days of railways. The difference of styles must have been
overlooked, which would make the intelligence arrive in eighteen days,
instead of eight.
J. S. WARDEN.
_First Folio Shakspeare._--It would be extremely desirable that every one
who possesses, or knows of a copy of the _first folio_, would send to "N. &
Q." a note of the existence of such copy; its present owner's name; date of
acquisition; last owner's name; the price paid; its present condition; and
any other circumstances peculiar to the copy. When the editor should
receive an adequate number of replies to this suggestion, he might publish
a list in some methodised form, and subsequent lists as occasion might
require. I have examined the libraries of several great country-houses, and
have never found a first folio; not even at Wilton, {130} where, of all the
houses in England, we are most sure that it must have been.
C.
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