_Theodoric, Legend of._--May we not consider the Saxon legend quoted by Mr. Kemble in his _Saxons in England_, foot-note on page 423., vol. i., as something like a parallel to "Old Booty" and Mr. Gresham, mentioned in Vol. iii., p. 93. of "N. & Q.?" or is it possible to have been the origin of both? The legend is, that an anchoret in Lipari told some sailors that at a particular time he had seen King Theodoric ungirt, barefoot and bound, led between St. John, pope and martyr, and St. Finian, and by them hurled into the burning crater of the neighbouring island volcano. That on the sailors' return to Italy they discovered, by comparison of dates, that Theodoric died on the day on which the anchoret noticed his punishment by the hands of his victims. THOMAS LAWRENCE. Ashby de la Zouch. NAMES OF PLACES--PROVINCIAL DIALECTS. Every reader of "N. & Q." must be acquainted with places throughout the country pronounced very differently to their spelling. It has occurred to me that a collection of them would be interesting, both as a topographical curiosity, and as an illustration of our provincial dialects. No paper is fitter for such a collection than the "N. & Q.;" its correspondents would doubtless communicate any within their notice, and you, Mr. Editor, would from time to time give up a little space to them. The following are what I remember just now:-- _Spelling._ _Pronunciation._ Wednesbury (near Birmingham) Wedgbury Smethwick (near Birmingham) Smerrick Cirencester Cisiter Bothal (Northumberland) Botal Merstham (Surrey) Maestrum Carshalton (Surrey) Casehorton Shepton (Somersetshire) Shepun Ratlinghope (Salop) Ratchup Chantlingbury (Sussex) Shankbury Hove (Sussex) Hoove Wavertree (near Liverpool) Wartree St. Neots St. Nouts Beauchamp Beechem Belvoir Beever Saubridgeworth Sapsworth or Sapsey Some of your correspondents may send Scotch, Irish, and Welsh specimens; I would suggest such be kept separate from the English. My own experience bids me carefully abstain from sending Welsh ones. When on a walking tour in Wales three years ago, I asked a peasant "if that road led to _Aberga'ny_" (with conscious pride in my pronunciation); "Nay, nay, sir, _that_ road takes to Abergavenny." P. M. M. Minor Notes.