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I must in addition add, that I was mistaken as to the meaning of
_hosebaunde_, which was possibly only the French mode of writing husband.
B.W.
* * * * *
REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES.
_Cockade_ (Vol. iii., p.7.).--The black cockade worn by the officers of the
army and navy is the relic of a custom which probably dated from the
Hanoverian succession; the black cockade being the Hanoverian badge, the
white that of the Stuart. In _Waverley_, when the hero for the first time
meets the Baron Bradwardine, he is accosted by the latter thus:--
"And so ye have mounted the cockade? Right, right; though I could have
wished the colour different."
APODLIKTES.
Erechtheum Club.
_Form of Prayer for King's Evil._--Mr. Lathbury, in his _Convocation_, p.
361., states that this form appeared in Prayer-book of 1709. This was not,
however, its earliest appearance, as it is found in a quarto one bearing
date 1707, printed by the Queen's printers, Charles Bill and the Executrix
of Thomas Newcomb. It occurs immediately before the Articles, and is simply
entitled, "At the healing."
N.E.R. (a Subscriber.)
[Prayers at the Healing may be found in Sparrow's _Collection of
Articles, Injunctions, Canons, &c._, p. 223. 4to. 1661. Consult also,
Nichols's _Anecdotes of Bowyer_, p. 573; _The Antiquary's Portfolio_,
vol. ii. p. 179.; Aubrey's _Letters_, vol. i. p. 250.; Nichols's
_Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century_, vol. ii. pp. 495-505.;
_Christian Observer_ (1831), p. 119.]
"_Aver._"--_Hogs not Pigs_ (Vol. ii., p. 461.).--In Wensleydale, North
Yorkshire, the thin oat-cake (common in many mountainous parts of England)
is called "_aver-cake_," or "_haver-cake_." The Loyal Dales Volunteers were
surnamed "The Haver-cake Lads." Previously to seeing the Note of G.M., I
imagined the "aver" to be derived from "avena" (Lat.), "avoine" (Fr.). What
_dictionary_ defines "aver" (French) as denoting the _annual_ stock or
produce of a farm?
D.2.
E.M., in his Note on J. MN.'s remarks on hogs, mentions that the term
_aver_, _averium_, is still used in Guernsey. Is not this word closely
connected with the _Eber_ of the German J�gers?
E.H.K.
_Pilgarlic_ (Vol. ii., p. 393.).--Sir John Denham spelt this word
_Peel_-garlick--it may be found in one of his _Directions to a
Painter_--but the passage in which it appears is scarcely fit for
quotation. The George of the couplet referred to was Albemarle, who had
been wounded during the fight in the part of his person which Hudibras
alludes to when he tells us that one wound there
"hurts honour more
Than twenty wounds laid on before."
Denham seems to compare Albemarle's wounded buttocks to a peeled onion! The
resemblance (to Denham) would account for his use of the word in this
instance; but it is pretty evident that the word was not coined by him. We
must, at least, give him credit for a witty application of it.
Carlisle.
_Collar of Esses_ (Vol. ii., p. 393.).--With reference to the suggestion in
No. 54., to give examples of effigies bearing the collar, I beg to mention
those at Northleigh Church, Oxon. The following extract is from the _Guide
to Neighbourhood of Oxford_:--
"In Northleigh church, beneath an arch between the chancel and a
chapel, is a fine perpendicular tomb, with two recumbent figures in
alabaster,--a knight in armour, with the Collar of SS; the lady with a
rich turban and reticulated head-dress, and also with the Collar of SS.
The figures are Lord and Lady Wilmot; and attached to the monument are
two small figures of angels holding shields of arms; on one is a spread
eagle, on the other three cockle shells, with an engrailed band."
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