[Transcriber's note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. Ϲ (Greek Capital Lunate Sigma Symbol) rather than Σ has been used in some words to reproduce the characters exactly; Hebrew characters have been represented as printed. Underscores have been used to indicate _italic_ fonts. A list of volumes and pages in "Notes and Queries" has been added at the end.] NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of."--Captain Cuttle. VOL. V.--No. 120. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1852. Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5_d._ CONTENTS. Page NOTES:-- The Old Countess of Desmond 145 The Imperial Eagle of France 147 Folk Lore:--Valentine's Day--Nottingham Hornblowing--Bee Superstitions; Blessing Apple-trees; "A Neck! a Neck!"--Hooping Cough 148 Note on the Coins of Vabalathus 148 The Agnomen of "Brother Jonathan," of Masonic Origin 149 Minor Notes:--Hippopotamus, Behemoth--Curious Inscription--Coins of Edward III. struck at Antwerp in 1337 149 QUERIES:-- Is the Walrus found in the Baltic? 150 English Free Towns, by J. H. Parker 150 Minor Queries:--Bishop Hall's Resolutions--Mother Huff and Mother Damnable--Sir Samuel Garth--German's Lips--Richard Leveridge--Thomas Durfey--Audley Family--Ink--Mistletoe excluded from Churches--Blind taught to read--Hyrne, Meaning of--The fairest Attendant of the Scottish Queen--"Soud, soud, soud, soud!"--Key Experiments--Shield of Hercules--"Sum Liber, et non sum," &c. 150 MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:--Whipping a Husband; Hudibras--Aldus--"The last links are broken"--Under Weigh or Way--The Pope's Eye--"History is Philosophy" 152 REPLIES:-- Coverdale's Bible, by George Offor 153 "As Stars with Trains of Fire," &c., by Samuel Hickson 154 Dials, Dial Mottoes, &c. 155 Can Bishops vacate their Sees? 156 Character of a True Churchman 156 Wearing Gloves in Presence of Royalty 157 Gospel Oaks 157 The Pendulum Demonstration 158 Expurgated Quaker Bible, by Archdeacon Cotton 158