[Footnote 6: [We are glad to supply our correspondent with another instance of hypertautology, and from a work in great demand during this part of the year. On the cover of Bradshaw's _Railway Guide_ we read, "Eighth Month (August) 1st, 1851."]] 94. _Unlucky for pregnant Women to take an Oath._--In a police case, reported in _The Times_ of the 28th of May, a woman was called as a witness who, however, upon the book being tendered to her, positively refused to be sworn, with the remark, that it must be evident to the magistrate that she could not take an oath. The usher of the court said that the woman was pregnant, and that low women who were in that situation, entertained an absurd belief that it was unlucky to take an oath. What is the origin of this superstition? Is it common amongst the uneducated classes of society? COWGILL. 95. _Cockroach_ (Vol. i., p. 194.).--Having seen in "NOTES AND QUERIES" some interesting particulars on the subject of beetle mythology, I am induced to put a Query as to the derivation of the word "cockroach." The common appellation for this insect in the French islands is _ravet_, but the more correct one is _kakerlaque_. Does the affinity in sound between this latter term and "cockroach," slight though it be, warrant the supposition that the one may be derived from the other? HENRY H. BREEN. St. Lucia, May, 1851. 96. _Felton._--What has become of the letter said to have been found in Felton's hat when he stabbed the Duke of Buckingham? Upcott once had it, but it did not appear in the sale catalogue of his collection. ?? 97. _Date of a Charter._--Having been in the habit of making frequent consultations to the MSS. in the British Museum respecting the county of Wilts, I found a charter temp. Henry III., the date of which is given as "_Thursday next after the day whereon the King sent his daughter into Sicily_!" It is now three years since I last saw the original, and having mislaid my transcript, I quote from memory; but I believe I am correct in my rendering from the Latin. Can you, through the medium of your valuable publication, fix with accuracy this date, as I have not been able to do so. J. T. HAND. 29. Threadneedle Street, Aug. 13. 1851. 98. _Thomas Tusser the "Husbandman."_--Has any new evidence been discovered to prove the correct dates of the birth and decease of this "old English worthy?" On his own authority we learn that Rivenhall, near Witham in Essex, was the place of his nativity, and his remains were interred (about 1580?) in St. Mildred's church in the Poultry. Are any particulars known of Sir Richard Southwell, one of Tusser's patrons? EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. 99. _Godfrey Higgins' Works._--Have the works of Godfrey Higgins (the _Celtic Druids_ and the _Anacalypsis_) ever been reviewed, and where? if not, can any of your readers inform me what is the opinion generally entertained of these productions? OUTIS.