The Word "Mardel," or "Mardle," whence derived?—It is in common use in the east of Norfolk in the sense of to gossip, thus "He would mardel there all day long," meaning, waste his time in gossiping.
J. L. Sisson.
Analogy between the Genitive and Plural.—In a note by Rev. J. Bandinel, in Mr. Christmas' edition of Pegge's Anecdotes of the English Language, 1844, the question is asked at p. 167.:
"Why is there such an analogy, in many languages, between the genitive and the plural? In Greek, in Latin, in English, and German, it is so. What is the cause of this?"
Can you point me to any work where this hint has been carried out?
H. T. G.
Hull.
Ballina Castle.—Where can I see a view of Ballina Castle, in the county of Mayo? and what is the best historical and descriptive account of that county, or of the town of Castlebar, or other places in the county?
O. L. R. G.
Henry I.'s Tomb.—Lyttleton, in his History of England, quoting from an author whose name I forget, states that no monument was ever erected to the memory of this king in Reading Abbey. Man, on the contrary, in his History of Reading, without quoting his authority, states that a splendid monument was erected with recumbent figures of Henry and Adelais, his second wife; which was destroyed by the mistaken zeal of the populace during the Reformation.