_Borrowed Thoughts_ (Vol. i., p. 482.).--The number of "NOTES AND
QUERIES" here alluded to has unluckily not reached me; but in Vol. ii.,
p. 30., I observe that your correspondent C., in correcting one error,
has inadvertently committed another. Monsieur de la Palisse is the hero
alluded to in the popular song which was written at the commencement of
the eighteenth century by Bernard de la Monnoye, upon the old ballad,
composed after the battle of Pavia, and commencing,--

"Helas! La Palice est mort,
Il est mort devant Pavie;
Helas! s'il n'estait pas mort,
Il serait encore en vie!"

W.J.

Havre.

_North Sides of Churchyards_ (Vol. ii., p. 55.).--A portion of many
churchyards is said to have been left unconsecrated, though not to be
used as playground for the youth of the parish, but for the burial of
excommunicated persons. This was {93} not, however, always on the north
side of the church, as is evident from the following extract from the
Register of Hart, Durham:--

"Dec. 17. 1596, Ellen Thompson, Fornicatrix (and then
excommunicated), was buried of