[Transcriber's note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. Characters with macrons have been marked in brackets with an equal sign, as [=e] for a letter e with a macron on top. 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. 123. SATURDAY, MARCH 6. 1852. Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5_d._ CONTENTS. Page NOTES:-- South Sea Playing Cards, by John Sudlow 217 Birthplace of the Empress Josephine, by Henry H. Breen 220 Notes on Homer, No. III., by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie 221 Folk Lore:--Ancient Custom on Interment--Pure Rain Water--Cure for Hooping Cough 223 Sainted Kings Incorruptible 223 Minor Notes:--Rev. A. Butler--Birthplace of Bishop Hoadley--Humboldt's "Cosmos," and Nares' "Attempt"--Gough, the Irish Portion of his Camden: Ledwich--Chronogram--Junius and the Quarterly Review again 224 QUERIES:-- Seven Queries 225 Plague Stones 226 Minor Queries:--The Cross on Counsels' Briefs--Sir James Hayes, of Bedgebury, Kent--Authorship of the Song "Oh Nanny," &c.--Hexameter Poem on English Counties--Wild Oats, Origin of the Phrase--The Dr. Richard Mortons--General Lambert--Cross-legged Effigies and Collars of SS.--The Crooked Billet--Collins the Poet, and his Ode on the Music of the Grecian Theatre--Bishop Kidder's Autobiography--Shrine of Edward the Confessor--"Wise above that which is written"--"Hoffman," a Tragedy by Chettle--Inverted Commas--Quotations Wanted--Deacons, a Phrase used by Foxe--The Count de Vordac 226 MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:--Hoare's Charity--Dr. Sacheverell's "Sermon at Derby"--Lucas Lossius--The "Athenian Oracle" 229 REPLIES:-- French Revolutions foretold 231 Grimesdyke 231 Poet referred to by Bacon, by S. W. Singer 232 Johnson's House, Bolt Court 232 Cooper's Miniature of Cromwell, by Major-General Fox 234 The Queen of the Isle of Man 234