[8] Stoke’s Rapid Plan of Teaching Music.
[9] The Old Parr’s Head, in Upper Street, Islington.
[10] Black Jack. A huge leather drinking vessel. A Frenchman speaking of it says, “The English drink out of their boots.”—Heywood.
[11] Beau-Trap:—A loose stone in the pavement under which the water lodges in rainy weather, which when trodden on squirts it up to the great damage of light-coloured clothes and clean stockings. First invented by Sedan-chairmen, whose practice it was to loosen a flat-stone so that in wet weather those that choose to save their money by walking, might, by treading on the “trap” dirt their shoes and stockings.
[12] Pitts, a modern publisher of love garlands, merriments, penny ballads, &c.
“Who, ere he went to heaven,
Domiciled in Dials Seven!”
George Daniel’s, “Democritus in London.”
[13] Lockhart’s “Life of Sir Walter Scott.”
[14] The whole market has been rebuilt during these last few years, & Darkhouse-lane abolished.—C. H.
[15] In the glee, “Merrily rang the Bells of St. Michael’s Tower,” we are told that Richard Penlake had a shrew for a wife, and though she had a tongue that was longer, yet—
“Richard Penlake a crabstick would take
And show her that he was the stronger.”