J. D.

Launceston.

Not far from Kilpeck, Herefordshire, I have seen a wayside public-house, exhibiting the sign of the "Oak," under which is the following couplet:

"I am an oak, and not a yew,

So drink a cup with good John Pugh."

As "good John Pugh" sold excellent cider, I did not repent complying with the injunction.

W. J. Bernhard Smith.

Temple.

This is at a roadside public-house near Maidenhead, known by the sign of the "Gate." It is thus: