I have been informed that the only other use of the word known is with the confectioners, who use Bummaree pans.
The prefix "bum" is used to express the lowest of the kind in bum-bailiff, and also further additionally in connexion with selling in "bum-boat." I cannot think that "bona venalia," goods set to sale, among the Romans, give any clue to Bummaree. This, and other derivations equally unsatisfactory, have been submitted by those who have hitherto directed their attention to this subject.
BLOWEN.
7. Thread the Needle.
—What is the game so called? and what its origin?
In it these words occur:
"How far hence to Hebron?
Threescore miles and ten!
Can I be there to-night?
Yes! and back again!"