_Souling_ (Vol. iv., p. 381.).--The custom of "souling", described by MR. W. FRASER, is carried on with great zeal and energy in this neighbourhood on All Souls' Day. The song which the children sing is exactly the same as MR. FRASER gives, with the exception of the second verse. In the evening, grown persons go round singing and collecting contributions from house to house. It is universally believed in this neighbourhood to be a remnant of the old custom of begging money, to be applied to the purpose of procuring masses for the souls of the dead. LEWIS EVANS. Sandbach, Cheshire. _Clekit House_ (Vol. iv., p. 473.).--With reference to this Query, I beg to suggest the following explanation. In Scotland, a _cleek_ signifies a hook; and to _cleek_, is to hook or join together: thus, a lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm are said to be _cleekit_ together. The word is in full use at present, and has been so for centuries; and I think it not improbable that at the time the will referred to was written, the word might be common to both countries. On this supposition the meaning would be, that the "two tenements" communicated with each other in some way--probably by a bridge thrown across--so as to form _one_ house, which obtained its name from their being thus joined or _cleekit_ together. J. S. B. _Peter Talbot_ (Vol. iv., pp. 239. 458.).--The biography of this individual, who was the titular prelate presiding over the see of Dublin from 1669 to 1680, is given very fully in D'Alton's _Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin_. R. _Races in which Children, &c._ (Vol. iv., p. 442.).--When consulting my Lexicon this morning, I met under "Ἀπὸ" with the following, καλέουσι ἀπὸ τῶν μητέρων ἑωϋτοὺς, they name themselves after, or from their mothers, Herodot. i. 173. Not having the work, I am unable to pursue the search; but perhaps the reference may assist THEOPHYLACT in his inquiry. J. V. S. Sydenham. For the information of THEOPHYLACT, I transcribe the following passage from Johnson's _Selections from the Mahabharat_, p. 67. The note is from the pen of Professor Wilson:-- "Among the Bhotias a family of brothers has a wife in common; and we can scarcely question the object of the arrangement, when the unproductive region which these people occupy is considered.... What led to its adoption by the Nair tribe in Malabar is not so easy to conjecture. At present its object seems to be to preserve the purity of descent, which it is thought is more secure on the female than on the male side; and accordingly, the child claims property, or even the Raj, not through his father, but his mother." RECHABITE. _Bacon a Poet_ (Vol. iv., p. 474.).--Whether Lord Bacon was, or was not, the author of the well-known lines noted and queried by R. CS., I will leave the intended editor of Hackneyed Quotations to decide, hoping that he will soon make his appearance as public umpire in all such cases.