Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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_The House of Falahill_ (Vol. vi., p. 533.).--As I have not observed any
notice taken of the very interesting Query of ABERDONIENSIS, regarding this
ancient baronial residence, I may state that there is a Falahill, or
Falahall, in the parish of Heriot, in the county of Edinburgh. Whether it
be the Falahill referred to by Nisbet as having been so profusely
illuminated with armorial bearings, I cannot tell. Possibly either Messrs.
Laing, Wilson, or Cosmo Innes might be able to give some information about
this topographical and historical mystery.
STORNOWAY.
_Descendants of Judas Iscariot_ (Vol. viii., p. 56.).--There is a
collection of traditions as to this person in extracts I have among my
notes, which perhaps you may think fit to give as a reply to MR. CREED'S
Query. It runs as follows:
"On dit dans l'Anjou et dans le Maine que Judas Iscariot est ne a
Sable; la-dessus on a fait ce vers:
'Perfidus Judaeus Sabloliensis erat.'
"Les Bretons disent de meme qu'il est ne au Normandie entre Caen et
Rouen, et a ce propos ils recitent ces vers.
'Judas etoit Normand,
Tout le monde le dit--
Entre Caen et Rouen,
Ce malheureux naquit.
Il vendit son Seigneur pour trente mares contants.
Au diable soient tous les Normands.'
"On dit de meme sans raison que Judas avoit demeure a Corfou, et qu'il
y est ne. Pietro della Valle rapporte dans ses _Voyages_ qu'etant a
Corfou on lui montra par rarete un homme que ceux du pays assuroient
etre de la race du traitre Judas--quoiqu'il le niat. C'est un bruit qui
court depuis long tems en cette contree, sans qu'on en sache la cause
ni l'origine. Le peuple de la ville de Ptolemais (autrement de l'Acre)
disoit de meme sans raison que dans une tour de cette ville on avoit
fabrique les trente deniers pour lesquelles Judas avoit vendu notre
Seigneur, et pour cela ils appelloient cette tour la _Tour Maudite_."
This is taken from the second volume of _Menagiana_, p. 232.
J. H. P. LERESCHE.
Manchester.
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