NOTES AND QUERIES:

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No. 22.SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1850.Price Threepence.
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CONTENTS.

NOTES:—Pages
The Taming of the Shrew, by Samuel Hickson[345]
Proverbial Sayings and their Origins[347]
William Basse and his Poems[348]
Folk Lore:—Something else about Salting. Norfolk Weather Proverb, Irish Medical Charms. Death-bed Superstitions[349]
Note on Herodotus by Dean Swift[350]
Herrick's Hesperides, by J.M. Gutch[350]
QUERIES:—
Rev. Dr. Thomlinson[350]
Minor Queries:—"A" or "An"—The Lucky have whole Days—Line quoted by De Quincey—Bishop Jewel's Papers—Allusion in Friar Brackley's Sermon—Quem Deus Vult perdere—Snow of Chicksand Priory—The Bristol Riots—A living Dog better than a dead Lion—American Bittern—Inquisition in Mexico—Masters of St. Cross—Etymology of "Dalston"—"Brown Study"—Coal-Brandy—Swot[350]
REPLIES:—
The Dodo, by S.W. Singer[353]
Watching the Sepulchre, by Rev. Dr. Rock, and E.V.[354]
Poem by Sir E. Dyer[355]
Robert Crowley, by Rev. Dr. Maitland[355]
Replies to Minor Queries:—John Ross Mackay—Shipster—Gourders—Rococo—God tempers the Wind—Guildhalls—Treatise of Equivocation—Judas Bell—Grummet[356]
MISCELLANIES:—
Duke of Monmouth—To Philautus—Junius—Arabic Numerals[358]
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Books and Odd Volumes wanted[359]
Notices to Correspondents[359]
Advertisements[359]