Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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"Quisquis in hunc librum furtivos verterit ungues,
[Pi] sibi pro merito littera Græca manet."
S. D.
_Anagrams_ (Vol. iv., p. 226.).--The following royal anagrams are worth
adding to your list. It is said that Charles I., on looking at a portrait
of himself the day before his execution, made this anagram on the Carolus
Rex inscribed on it, _Cras ero lux_. Again, Henry IV. of France is said to
have made the anagram _Je charme tout_, on the famous and beautiful Marie
Touchet.
W. FRASER.
Tor-Mohun.
_Dipping for Bite of Mad Dog, &c._ (Vol. vi., p. 483.).--When I was a boy,
probably therefore about thirty-five years ago, a mad dog appeared in
Brightwell, near Wallingford, which bit several other animals and some
human beings. I well remember seeing some pigs which became perfectly mad
in consequence of being so bitten. A horse, too, showed symptoms of
madness, and was immediately destroyed. All I can say of the _persons_
{222} bitten is, that they were sent (I think to the number of six or
seven) down to Southampton to be dipped, and that none of them was ever
attacked with hydrophobia. I have often, formerly, spoken to one of the
persons on the subject, a carpenter, named Eggleton.
I quite agree with all you have said on the propriety of appending real
names. Dropping, therefore, my cognomen of CORYLUS, I subscribe myself
WM. HAZEL.
Portsmouth.
"_Solid Men of Boston_" (Vol. vii., p. 134.).--Your correspondent will find
the whole of this song, which is one of Captain Morris's, in the _Asylum
for Fugitive Pieces_, published by Debrett, 1786, 12mo., vol. ii. p. 246.
It is entitled "Billy Pitt and the Farmer," and begins--
"Sit down, neighbours all, and I'll tell a merry story,
About a British farmer and Billy Pitt the Tory.
I had it piping hot from Ebenezer Barber,
Who sail'd right from England, and lies in Boston harbour."
It describes, very amusingly, an incident which was reported to have
occurred to Pitt and Dundas, on their return from a convivial meeting at
"Daddy Jenky's," and was for a long time a very popular song.
JAMES CROSSLEY.
I have seen a song, with the music, directed against the Prince of Wales,
Charles Fox, and their party. It began,--
"Come, listen neighbours all, and I'll tell you a story,
About a disappointed Whig who wants to be a Tory.
I had it from his bosom-friend, who very soon is going
To Botany for seven years, for something he's been doing."
It ended,--
"Solid men of Brighton, look to your houses;
Solid men of Brighton, take care of your spouses;
Solid men of Brighton, go to bed at sun-down,
And do not lose your money to the blacklegs of London."
Which is the earlier version I do not know.
H. B. C.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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