Wiggan, or Utiggan, an Oxford Student.
—To assist in deciphering a MS. I should be glad to know the name of a senior student of Christ Church, Oxford, April, 1721, which seems to be Wiggan, Utiggan, or some such like name.
W. DN.
Prayers for the Fire of London.
—When were the "Prayers for the Fire of London" first introduced into the Book of Common Prayer, and when were they discontinued?
I have never seen them except in the Prayer Book prefixed to the Bibles "Printed at the Theater, Oxford; and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star in Cornhil. London MDCLXXXII." The Prayer Book bears the same colophon.
W. E.
Donkey.
—An omission in our dictionaries of a curious kind is that of the word donkey, which is not to be found in any that I know of. There may, however, be doubts as to the antiquity of this term; I have heard ancient men say that it has been introduced within their recollection. What is its origin? Whence also the name "moke," commonly applied to donkeys in and about London? Is the word used in other parts of England?
C. W. G.