To all the latter the same Query will apply, What is the origin of the name? It is probable but few of the above names will be now found; or, if found, it will be only in those districts where the march of intellect (?) has not banished all traces of household surgery, home legends, and, I may almost add, home feelings. Much that is interesting to the antiquary and the naturalist is now fast fading out of the land. The very existence of the cheap literature of the day will rapidly root out all traces of traditionary lore; and strong, _steady_ efforts should be made to rescue as much as possible of it from oblivion. It is with this view I send these Queries; and in case they are deemed worthy of insertion, I purpose to follow them up by a second list of Queries, as to the medical virtues of our wild plants. In the mean time I may add, that any Notes on them, whether as charms or cures, would be most desirable. ENIVRI. Tredagh. * * * * * POPULAR SAYINGS. I would feel obliged, Mr. Editor, if you or any of your North of England readers would favour me direct, or otherwise through the medium of "N. & Q.," with the origin and meaning of the following popular local sayings, peculiar to the North Countrie. Likewise permit me to observe, that if any of them can favour me, through either of the above channels, with a few more of the "dark sayings of antiquity," either in the form of plain prose or rude rustic rhymes, peculiar to any or all of the five northern counties, to wit, York, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, they would not only be conferring an obligation upon myself, but likewise upon every one of your numerous readers who take pleasure in the fast-fading traditional relics of our ancestors. 1. As crafty as a Kendal fox. 2. Like the parson of Saddleworth, who could read in no book but his own. 3. Doncaster daggers. 4. The woful town o' Wetherby. 5. As sure as a louse in Pomfret. (Pontefract.) 6. Like the mayor of Hartlepool, you cannot do that. (Co. Durham.) {234} 7. Looks as _vild_ (worthless) as a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop. 8. Hearts _is_ trumps at Eskett Hall. (Near Felton, Northumberland.) 9. Silly good-natured, like a Hexham goose. 10. There are no rats at Hatfield, nor sparrows at Lindham. (Co. Ebor.) 11. A Dent for a Galloway, a Hind for an ass. (Ibid.) M. AISLABIE DENHAM. Piersebridge, Darlington, Durham. * * * * * Minor Queries. _Hermit Queries._--1. Some years ago a hermitage existed in certain grounds at Chelsea, the proprietor of which frequently advertised for a hermit, and, I believe, never got one. Who was the proprietor of the said hermitage; and did he ever succeed in getting his toy tenanted? 2. In Gilbert White's poem, _Invitation to Selborne_, the following lines occur: