_Sangarede._--The expression "sangarede," or "sangared," occurs in two ancient wills, one dated 1504, in which the testator bequeathed-- "To the sepulkyr lyght vi hyves of beene to pray ffor me and my wyffe in y^e comon _sangered_."--_Lib. Fuller_, f. 70. In the other, dated 1515, this passage occurs: "I wyll y^t Ione my wyff here a yeere daye for me yeerly terme of her lyfe in the church of Mendlshm, and after here decesse y^e towne of Mendelyshm here a _sangarede_ for me and my wyfe in the church of Mendlshm perpetually." I should be much obliged if you or one of your correspondents could furnish me with an intimation of the meaning of the term. LAICUS. [Sangared, _i. e._ the chantry, or chanting, from the Saxon _sangere_, a singer.] _Salubrity of Hallsal, near Ormskirk, Lancashire._--Between the 19th of February and the 14th of {496} May, 1800, ten persons died in this parish whose ages, as recorded on their tombs in the order of their departure, were 74, 84, 37, 70, 84, 70, 72, 62, 80, 90. This year must have been a fatal one to old people. Can any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." tell anything about the season? W. J. Bootle. [The beginning of the year 1800 was unusually severe; in February, ice covered the ground so completely, that people skaited through the streets and roads; and in March, easterly winds prevailed with extraordinary violence. For the verification of these facts, consult the Meteorological diaries in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ of the above period.] _Athens._--What is the origin of the term "violet-crowned city," as applied to Athens? Macaulay uses the expression in his _History of England_, but does not state how it was acquired. E. A. T. [The ancient Greeks and Romans, at their festive entertainments, wore garlands of flowers, and the violet was the favourite of the Athenians, than whom no people were more devoted to mirth, conviviality, and sensual pleasure. Hence the epithet was also given to Venus, [Greek: Kupris iostephanos], as in some verses recorded by Plutarch, in his _Life of Solon_. Aristophanes twice applies the word to his sybarite countrymen: _Equites_, v. 1323., and _Acarn._ i. 637.] _James Miller._--Who was Miller, mentioned by Warburton as a writer of farces about 1735? I. R. R. [James Miller, a political and dramatic writer, was born in Dorsetshire in 1703. He received his education at Wadham College, Oxford; and while at the university, wrote a satiric piece called _The Humours of Oxford_, which created him many enemies, and hindered his preferment. He also published several political pamphlets against Sir Robert Walpole; and also the tragedy of _Mahomet_, and other plays. He died in 1744.] * * * * * Replies. BRYDONE. (Vol. ix., pp 138. 255. 305. 432.)