{613} NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE. * * * * * No. 217.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1853. [Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d. * * * * * CONTENTS. NOTES:-- Page Folk Lore in the Reign of King James I. 613 The Ballad of Sir Hugh, &c. 614 Pennsylvanian Folk Lore: Christmas 615 County Rhymes 615 Legends of the County Clare: Fuenvicouil (Fingal) and the Giant, by Frances Robert Davies 616 FOLK LORE MISCELLANIES:--Yorkshire Tradition--Custom on St. Thomas's Day--Custom on Innocents' Day--Marriage Custom at Knutsford, Cheshire--Folk Lore in Hampshire--Propitiating the Fairies--Cornish Folk Lore--King Arthur in the Form of a Raven--St. Clement's Apple Feast in Staffordshire--New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 617 MINOR NOTES:--Carlist Calembourg--Jewish Custom--Lachlan Macleane--German Tree--The late Duke 618 QUERIES:-- The Story of Crispin and Crispianus, by J. Davies Devlin 619 MINOR QUERIES:--Barrels Regiment--Okey the Regicide--Lady Mason's Third Husband--Creation of Knights--Martyn the Regicide--History of the Nonjurors--Florin and the Royal Arms--A Mistletoe Query 620 MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--Sewell Family--Greek Epigram--Translations from Æschylus--Prince Memnon's Sister--"Oh! for a blast," &c.--Robin Hood's Festival--Church in Suffolk 621 REPLIES:-- Children called Imps 623 The Divining Rod 623 Change of Meaning in Proverbial Expressions, &c. 624 Sneezing, by Francis John Scott, &c. 624 Books burned by the common Hangman, by W. Fraser, &c. 625 Jews in China, by T.J. Buckton 626 Poetical Tavern Signs 626 The Curfew, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 628 PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--Photographic Engraving--Collodion Negatives 628