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Title: Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850
A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.

Author: Various

Release Date: February 28, 2005 [EBook #15197]

Language: English

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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. 29] SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1850 {Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS

Page
NOTES:--
Oliver Cromwell as a Feoffee of Parson's Charity, Ely 465
Dr. Parr and Dr. John Taylor 466
Provincial Words 467
Folk Lore:--Death Bed Superstition--May Marriages
--Throwing old Shoes--Sir Thomas Boleyn's Spectre
--Shuck the Dog-fiend 467

QUERIES:--
Numismatic Queries 468
Queries Proposed, No. 2., by Bolton Corney 469
Authors who have privately printed, by E.F. Rimbault 469
Minor Queries:--Seager a Painter--Marlow's Autograph
--MS. Diary of the Convention Parliament of
1660--Etymology of Totnes--Dr. Maginn--Poor
Robin's Almanack--The Camp in Bulstrode Park 469

REPLIES:--
Dr. Percy and the Poems of the Earl of Surrey by
J Payne Collier 471
Symbols of the Four Evangelists 471
Complexion 472
Ballad of Dick and the Devil 473
Replies to Minor Queries:--Cavell--Gootet--Christian