_George Herbert and the Church at Leighton Bromswold.--Little Gidding._--Some of your readers may not be aware that George Herbert built the church of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts as well as that of Bemerton. The church stands about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the road from Huntingdon to Thrapston, and a view of it is given in Zouch's 4to. edition of Isaac Walton's _Lives_; it is stated, in a note, to be near Spalding, for which read _Spaldwick_. Herbert desired the pulpit and reading-desk to be placed on opposite sides of the church, and of the same height; to show that "preaching ought not to be esteemed above praying, nor praying above preaching." Query, What is the state of the interior _now_, as to pews, &c.? The nuns, if I may so call them, in the monastery at Little Gidding, Hunts, employed themselves in covering or in ornamenting the covers of books, in patterns, with silver and coloured-silk threads: a friend of mine in Surrey has a small volume so ornamented by them. E. H. Norwich, Jan. 20. _Etymology of Kobold._--At page 239. of Mr. Bohn's edition of Keightley's _Fairy Mythology_, we find that Mr. K., after heading a chapter with "Kobolds," says in a note:-- "This word is usually derived from the Greek [Greek: kobalos], a knave, _but as this is only found in lexicographers_, it may in reality be a Teutonic word in a Greek form." Surely, Mr. Keightley has forgotten the following passages-- 1. Ar. Equites, 450. Dindf. [Conf. Ranae, 1015.] "[Greek: KLEON: KOBALOS ei.] [Greek: ALL. panourgos ei.]" 2. Ejusdem fab., 635.: "[Greek: Bereschethoi te kai KOBALOI kai Mothon.]" 3. Plutus, 279.: "[Greek: hos mothon ei te kai phusei KOBALOS.]" 4. Aristotle, _H. A._ 8. 12. 12. [Bekker Oxon.] says of a bird, "[Greek: kobalos kai mimetes.]" In the 2nd passage Liddell and Scott call [Greek: kobaloi] "_mischievous goblins_," which is exactly equivalent to "kobolds." The word is also used adjectively for "knavish tricks," "rogueries." See _Equites_, 419.: "[Greek: Kai, ne Di', alla g' esti mou kobala paidos ontos.]" Ranae, 104:-- "[Greek: he men kobala g' estin, hos kai soi dokei.]" In _Equites_, 332. we find [Greek: kobalikeumata], "the tricks of a [Greek: kobalos]." P. J. F. GANTILLON. _Judas Cup_ (Vol. ii., p. 298.).--In the _Ancient Monuments, Rites, and Customs of Durham_, published by the Surtees Society, we have the following account of "Judas Cup" in the refectory, which is described as-- "A goodly great mazer, called Judas Cup, edged about {86} with silver and double gilt, with a foot underneath it to stand on, of silver and double gilt, which was never used but on Maunday Thursday at night in the Frater House, where the prior and the whole convent did meet and keep their Maunday." (p. 68.) I send this with reference to the mention of the "Judas Bell" and "Judas Candle" in your 2nd Volume, p. 298. ECHO.