10 s. XIL JULY 17,
NOTES AND QUERIES.
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RUBY WEDDING (10 S. xi. 509). This
means the fortieth anniversary. The follow-
ing terms some of which, at any rate, are
known wherever English is spoken may be
considered worth inserting here :
First anniversary
Second
Third
Fifth
Seventh
Tenth
Fifteenth
Twentieth
Twenty-fifth
Thirtieth
Fiftieth
Seventy-fifth
Cotton wedding.
Paper wedding.
Leather wedding.
Wooden wedding.
Woollen wedding.
Tin wedding.
Crystal wedding.
China wedding.
Silver wedding.
Pearl wedding.
Golden wedding.
Diamond wedding.
JAS. PLATT, Jun.
I have a newspaper cutting of last Feb-
ruary (I think from ' The Office Window '
of The Daily Chronicle) wherein the following
occurs :
"After forty years of marriage a ruby wedding is legitimate, and seventy-five justify diamonds."
At 7 S. iii. 218 the late EVEBABD HOME COLE MAN gave a list of wedding anniver- saries, proceeding by fives up to the fiftieth and then a jump to the seventy-fifth. In this list the fortieth is " Woollen," and the thirtieth " Cotton " ; but for the latter my cutting has " Pearl."
There was some years ago a controversy as to the " Diamond " celebration of a wedding whether it was the sixtieth anni- versary or the seventy-fifth.
R. J. FYNMOBE.
Sandgate.
May not " deudegfed " be a mistake for deugeinfed, fortieth, from deugain (=dau ugain), forty ? That would suit the ages of the sons and daughters. The Welsh for twen- tieth is regularly ugeinfed, from ugain, twenty ; where is such a word as " dauddeg," to be found ?
As to why the fortieth (or any other) anniversary should be called a " Ruby wedding " I can offer no conjecture.
C. S. J.
ROBERT NEWMAN, ENGRAVER (10 S. xii. 9). He was baptized at Wincanton on 3 July, 1768, being grandson of Ralph and Ann Newman, and son of Robert and Mary. He was the eldest child of nine (five sons and four daughters). The last survivor of that generation was buried at Wincanton 12 July, 1853. An ancestor of Robert was a leading man in Wincanton in 1638. A lineal descendant is now living at Wey- mouth. I have understood that Robert
left Wincanton for Bonningham, and that
the firm of engravers in London originated
with him.
An engraving of Wincanton was done by him when he was twenty-nine. It is at sight 10 in. by 7 in., and inscribed :
"Engraved by R* Newman, from a sketch made by him on the spot. S.W. View of Wincanton, Somersetshire. Dedicated to R. Messiter, Esq., of Wincanton by his most obedient servant Robt. Newman. London, published 18' h May, 1797, by Robt. Newman, Engraver, No. 1, Charles Street, Hatton Garden."
GEOBGE SWEETMAN, Wincanton.
Newman designed and engraved a Masonic apron, upon which is the date 1798. A full description appears in the printed Transactions of the Lodge of Research, No. 2429 (Leicester), for 1902-3 ; and a folding plate of the apron is contained in the volume for 1905-6. W. B. H.
" THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT " : ' THE NUN ' (10 S. xi. 249, 317, 438, 498, 518). My copy of ' The Nun ' is dated 1844, and published by Seeley, Burnside & Seeley. The line in question occurs on p. 105 of this edition. The context is :
"But we were separated in our seventh year, and after my father's death I lost sight of my mother and sister ; yet I might add, in the words of a beau- tiful song of my own county, ' Though lost to sight, to memory dear.'"
S. L. PETTY.
I remember Mrs. Sherwood's tale ' The Nun ' when I was a child during the forties. It belonged to a governess of ours, and was then quite an old book, published probably about 1830 or earlier. C. S. J.
DR. JOHNSON'S UNCLE HANGED (10 S. xi. 429, 495 ; xii. 12). I have much pleasure in answering MB. F. A. RUSSELL'S question respecting my query. It was based on Miss Seward's well-known letter to Boswell, which is quoted in Mr. E. V. Lucas's book, 'A Swan and her Friends,' p. 247. I did not mean to imply that I believed the statement, for I think most people will agree that everything which " the Swan said of Dr. Johnson ought to be regarded with the utmost caution.
HOBACE BLEACKLEY.
PAN-GEBMANIC PBESS (10 S. xi. 447).-- Alldeutsche Blatter, herausgegeben vom All- deutschen Verbande, erscheint wochentlich Steglitzer Strasse 77, Berlin W. 35, 19ter Jahrgang. H. GAIDOZ.
Paris.
