Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

by Various

157. Discount.

—Can any of your readers inform me how discount originated, and where first made use of?

JAMES C.

158. Sacre Cheveux.

—The motto of the arms of the family of Halifax of Chadacre in Suffolk, and of Lombard Street, is—

"SACRE CHEVEUX."

It does not seem to bear allusion to the crest, a griffin, nor to any of the charges in the coat, which I do not at the moment accurately remember. If you will enlighten me as to the meaning and origin of the motto, I shall be obliged.

S. A.

159. "Mad as a March Hare."

—In Mr. Mayhew's very interesting work, London Labour and the London Poor, Part xxxiii. p. 112., a collector of hareskins, in giving an account of his calling, says: