P.S.—They were painted for the church, and the vestry holds his autograph receipt for the payment of them.
Old Fogie (Vol. vii., pp. 354. 559. 632.).—Whether the origin of this term be Irish, Scotch, or Swedish I know not; but I cannot help stating the significant meaning which, as an Edinburgh boy at the beginning of the century, I was taught to attach to it. Every High-School boy agreed in applying it to the veterans of the Castle garrison, to the soldiers of the Town Guard (veterans also, and especial foes of my school-mates), and more generally to any old and objectionable gentleman, civil or military. It implied that, like stones which have ceased to roll, they had obtained the proverbial covering of moss, or, as it is called in Scotland (probably in Ireland also), fog. I have heard in Scotland the "Moss Rose" called the "Fogie Rose;" and there is a well-known species of the humble bee which has its nest in a mossy bank, and is itself clothed with a moss-like covering: its name among the Scottish peasantry is the fogie bee.
G. J. F.
Bolton.
Clem (Vol. vii., p. 615.).—Mr. Keightley considers this word to mean press or restrain, and quotes three passages from Massinger and Jonson in support of his opinion; admitting, however, that it is usually rendered starve. Now, whatever may have been the root of this word, or whencesoever it may have been derived, I think it must be admitted that starve is the correct meaning of the word in these passages. Let the reader test it by substituting starve for clem in each case. In Cheshire and Lancashire the word is in common use to this day, and invariably means starved for want of food. Of a thin, emaciated child it is said, "His mother clems him." A person exceedingly hungry says, "I'm welly clem'd; I'm almost or well-nigh starved." It is the ordinary appeal of a beggar in the streets, when asking for food.
Edw. Hawkins.
Kissing Hands (Vol. vii., p. 595.).—Cape will find in Suetonius that Caligula's hands were kissed.
C.
Uniform of the Foot Guards (Vol. vii., p. 595.).—In answer to D. N., as to where he can see uniforms of the Foot Guards, 1660 to 1670, I have to refer him to the Orderly-room, Horse Guards, where he will see the costume of the three regiments since they were raised. In Mackinnon's History of the Coldstream Guards, he will find that regiment's dress from the year 1650 to 1840.
C. D.