Tyro.
Jeroboam of Claret, &c.—Could any of your correspondents inform me what a Jeroboam of Claret is, and from what it is derived: also a Magnum of Port?
Winebibber.
William Williams of Geneva.—In Livre des Anglois, à Génève, with a few biographical notes by J. S. Burn, Esq., pages 5, 6. 12, 13., mention is made of Guillaume—Willm Willms, and Jane his wife,—Willm Willms, a senior of the church there in 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558; and some of the years he was a godfather. I shall be glad to have some further account of such William Williams, or references to where to find such?
Glwysig.
The First of April and "The Cap awry."—Tom Moore, in his Diary, 1819, says:
"April 1st. Made Bessy turn her cap awry in honour of the day."
What was the origin of this custom? Was this the way a fool was supposed to show that his head was turned?
C. R.
Paternoster Row.