Mode of hiring Domestic Servants in Holderness—Sittings—Fest.—It is customary once a year for men and women servants out of place to assemble in the market places of Hedon and Patrington, the two chief towns in Holderness, and there to await being hired. This very ancient custom is called Hedon Sittings or Statutes. What is the name derived from? A small sum of money given to each servant hired, is supposed to legalise the contract, and is called the Fest. From what is the word derived?
F. R. R.
Home-made Wines.—It is stated in The Times of this morning (Feb. 17) that—
"We know from old chronicles that most of the wine drank by Englishmen, under the Plantagenets, was of home production."
Can any, and if so what, authority be shown for this statement?
J. Sn.
Inscription on a Clock.—Under the curious clock in Exeter Cathedral are inscribed these words:
"PEREUNT ET IMPUTANTUR, sc. horæ."
I have been told that they are the concluding words of a longer inscription on some foreign clock. Can any of your readers tell me if they be so?