W. Franks Mathews.
Kidderminster, April 7. 1850.
Swords worn in public.—Can any of your correspondents say when swords ceased to be worn as an article of ordinary dress, and whether the practice was abolished by act of parliament, or that they gradually went out of fashion.
J.D.A.
April 17. 1850.
Emblem and National Motto of Ireland.—How long has the harp been the emblem, and Erin-go-bragh the national motto of Ireland? To this I give another query,—What is the national motto of England?
E.M.B.
Latin Distich and Translation.—Who were the authors of the following Latin Distich, and its English translation?
"Mittitur in disco mihi piscis ab archiepisco—
—Po non ponatur, quia potus non mihi datur."