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TOLSEY AT GLOUCESTER. Where could
I find a good historical account of this
building ? I think I have read somewhere
that it once formed a part of All Saints'
Church. S. O. ADDY.
" COMETHER." With reference to the editorial quotation from the ' N.E.D.,' ante, p. 420, surely " put the comether over him " means " put the collar on him," i.e., on the horge. Kummet in German means " horse-collar," and according to Mole's German-French dictionary Kummet- geschirr means " attelage a 1'allemande," i.e., " harnessing in the German fashion." What has PROF. SKEAT to say about the " come-hither " etymology ? L. L. K.
INDEX SAYING. I have searched in vain through ' N. & Q.' and a dozen dictionaries of quotations, beside other reference books, to trace a familiar saying to this effect : " I care not who writes the book which has a good index." It appears to be founded upon the dictum of an unknown Spanish writer : " An author [? authority] ought to make the Index, whereas the book itself may be written by any person else."
The phrase I seek was used, I believe, not long ago in an Athenaeum review.
WM. JAGGARD.
DONEGAL HISTORY. Can any one direct me to a history of co. Donegal ? Is there any MS. history in existence similar to that of Fermanagh known as the Betham- Phillips, which is at Cheltenham ? I am particularly concerned with the town of Pettigo and that part of the county which reaches down to Lough Erne.
W. ROBERTS CROW. Camelot, Park Hill Road, Wallington.
M. HOMAIS. In Mr. Burnet's erudite and highly interesting work on ' Early Greek Philosophy ' (chiefly relating to the Milesian school where Greek physical philosophy began) we read, in the sixth chapter on Anaxagoras (p. 277), " We might as well forget M. Homais, when we generalize about the French." Who was M. Homais, and when did he live ? W. T. LYNN.
Blackheath.
" THE STAR AND CROWN," GOUDHTJRST, KENT. This public-house, formerly known as " The Black [?] Eagle," is said to have been an inn in the reign of Charles I. There is also a subterranean passage leading from the cellars of the house^in the direction of, and said to reach to, "the parish church,
which is some fifty yards away. There are
many traditions connected with the house,
and from its appearance it was formerly
of considerable importance in the neigh-
bourhood.
If any of your readers can refer me to information about the house, I shall be glad.
G. H. S.
ADRIAN SCROPE. Was it the Regicide who was buried at Sonning, Herts, in 1682 ? I saw a notice of Adrian Scrope at 9 S. vi. 54. (Mrs.) HAUTENVILLE COPE.
18, Harrington Court, S.W.
ROMAN LAW. The moral substance of Roman law has been summarized in the following three well-known brief sentences: " Recte vivere ; Alterum haud laedere ; Suum cuique tribuere."
It would be interesting to know who originated them. H. KREBS.
Oxford.
SPARKENHOE : ITS DERIVATION. Can any one kindly give me the derivation of the name of this Rural Deanery, the " Hundred of Sparkenhoe " ? The first volume of the ' Victoria County History of Leicester ' does not appear to throw any light on it.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS. Sibson Rectory, Atherstone.
THE CURIOUS HOUSE, GREENWICH. Can any one give particulars of this building and of the original owners ? All I know of the house is that it was built by some one of the name of Gibson, that there was no window in the wall facing the street, and that it was at one time occupied by the Mayor, and then turned into a School of Music.
ALEX. RUSSELL.
Stromness, Orkney.
BENEDICTINE. I am told that this liqueur was never made by Benedictine monks, but was so named by the original concocter in emulation of Chartreuse, manufactured at La Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble. When and where was Benedictine first made ? The only reference in ' N.E.D.' is dated 1882, but it must have been known much earlier. R. B. P.
EL-SERUJAH. In Hauff's * Die Kara vane ' is a tale usually called in the English trans- lation ' The Story of the False Prince.' In an early part of this tale mention is made of " the celebrated pillar El-Serujah, four days' journey eastward of Alexandria." I shall be greatly obliged if some one can inform me where this pillar is. Is it in commemora-
