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Title: Notes & Queries, No. 38, Saturday, July 20, 1850
A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.

Author: Various

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NOTES AND QUERIES:

A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES,
GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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No. 38.] SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1850 [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS

NOTES:--
Meaning of Delighted as used by Shakspeare, by S. Hickson
Authors of "The Rolliad," by Lord Braybrooke
Notes on Milton
Derivation of Easter, by J. Sansom
Folk Lore--Passages of Death, by Dr. Guest--Divination
at Marriages
Francis Lenton the Poet, by Dr. Rimbault
Minor Notes:--Lilburn or Prynne--Peep of Day--Martinet--
Guy's Porridge Pot
QUERIES:--
Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, by John Miland
Stukeley's "Stonehenge," by Henry Cunliffe
Athelstane's Form of Donation--Meaning of "Somagia,"
by J. Sansom
Minor Queries:--Charade--"Smoke Money"--"Rapido
contrarius orbi"--Lord Richard Christophilus--
Fiz gigs--Specimens of Erica in Bloom--Michael
Scott the Wizard--Stone Chalices
REPLIES:--
Ulrich von Hutten and the "Epistolae Obscurorum
Virorum," by S.W. Singer
Caxton's Printing-office, by J.G. Nichols
The New Temple
Strangers in the House of Commons
Replies to Minor Queries:--Morganatic Marriage--
Umbrellas--Bands--Scarf--Jewish Music--North
Sides of Churchyards unconsecrated--"Men are but
Children" &c.--Ventriloquism--Cromwell's Estates
--Magor--Vincent Gookin--All-to brake
MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalo