In Warner's Glastonbury, plate 18, fig. E., is a very early representation of the pelican feeding her young with her own blood: an emblem of Christ's love for His church. The stone was dug out of the ruins of the Abbey.
In Parker's Glossary the symbol is explained by a quotation from Ortus Vocabulorum:
"Fertur, si verum est, eam occidere natos suos, eosque per triduum lugere, deinde seipsum vulnerare, et aspercione sui sanguinis vivos facere filios suos."
H. F. E.
Names of Places, Provincial Dialect (Vol. v., pp. 250. 375.).
—In accordance with the suggestion of E. P. M., I forward you a few instances of a change between the spelling, and pronunciation:
| Spelling. | Pronunciation. | |
| Chadwell | Caudle. | |
| Wymondham (Norf.) | Wyndham. | |
| —— (Leicestersh.) | Wŭmundham. | |
| Swavesey | Swaysey. | |
| Lolworth | Lolo. | |
| Whitwick | Whittick. | |
| Scarford | Scawford. | |
| Croxton Kerrial | Crōson, | |
| the o long, | ||
| and Kerrial entirely | ||
| dropped. |
R. J. S.
Examples of these are more numerous to the north of the Tweed than C. appears to imagine. The following list, which includes a few surnames, is the result of rather a hurried search:
| Spelling. | Pronunciation. | |
| Anstruther | Anster. | |
| Athelstaneford | Elstanfurd. | |
| Bethune | Beaton. | |
| Cassilis | Cassils. | |
| Charteris | Charters. | |
| Cockburn | Coburn. | |
| Croxton Kerrial | Crōson, | |
| Cockburnspath | Coppersmith | |
| Colquhoun | Cohoon. | |
| Crichton | Cryton. | |
| Dalziel or Dalyell | Dee-ell. | |
| Farquhar | Farkar. | |
| Halket | Hacket. | |
| Inglis | Ingils. | |
| Kemback | Kemmick. | |
| Kilconquhar | Kinnenchar. | |
| Macleod | Macloud. | |
| Marjoribanks | Marchbanks. | |
| Menzies | Meengis. | |
| Methven | Meffen. | |
| Monzie | Monee. | |
| Restalrig | Lastalrik. | |
| Rutherglen | Ruglen. | |
| Ruthven | Rivven. | |
| Sciennes | Sheens. | |
| Sanquhar | Sankar. | |
| Urquhart | Urcart. | |
| Wemyss | Weems. |