Notes and Queries, Jan. 27, 1912.
INDEX.
553
O.K., explanations of the term, 17
Obituary :
Cokayne (George Edward), 200
Easton (W. M. Graham), 520
Loftie (Rev. W. J.), 20
Lynn (W. T.), 520
Ward (Henry Snowden), 500 Officers' mess and Army bandmasters, 247, 296,
364 Officials and writers, &c., of Ceylon, 268, 313, 355,
453 Ogilvie (Rev. Dr.), 1803, brother of the poet, 227,
494
Oliver (Henry), centenarian of Dublin, 446 Oliver (Thomas), Bond Street, 1785, 290, 376 Oliver, Ford, and Milward families, 189 Ollney (Lieut.-Col.), d. 1837, 48, 256 Omar Khayyam, bibliography, 328, 358, 497 O'Meara (Barry), Bonaparte's surgeon at St.
Helena, 167, 216
Orange emblems, glassware with, 390 Ordination and Oxford degrees, 528 Oregon, American Indian place-name, 86 Orgeat =syrup or cooling drink, 12 Orkney, Jo. Ben.'s ' Descriptio ' of, c. 1582, 89 Otter killed at City station, 446 " Our incomparable Liturgy," origin of the phrase,
248
Overing surname, 89, 178, 216, 277, 499 Owen (John), Bart., c. 1813, his pedigree, 310, 395 Owen (John) of Hemel Hempstead, schoolmaster,
1720, 9, 318
Oxen, list of names of, 466 Oxford degrees and ordination, 528 Oyster Club, Dr. Wolcot connected with, 329
Paint, mummy used as, by artists, 7, 56, 138 Palace of Norman kings, Fordwich, Kent, 4 Palaeologus family in England, 364 " Pale beer," use of the term, 1751, 26, 78 Paris barriers, date of their removal, 230, 293, 338 ' Paris Illustre,' English edition, 1888-9, 148 " Parkin " for the 5th of November, origin of, 430 Parliament, payment of members, instances, 187 Parliamentary slang : gag, guillotine, and kan- garoo, 35
Parodies : Gray's ' Elegy,' 90, 135 Parr (Robert), centenarian, d. 1757, tombstone
inscription, 309, 378
Parry, Stuart, Freeman, Pyke families, 164 Patience as a man's name, 65 " Pe. .tt," from document, 1563, missing letters,
469, 513
Pearce (Dr. Zachary) =Mary Adams, c. 1721, 247 Peare family, 270 Pears: "Bon Chretien" and " Doyenn6 du
Cornice," 309, 372 Pears, baked = " wardens," sold at Bedford Fair,
309, 371. 438
Peasant drinking song, French, 109 Pedestals of statues, their height at Rome, 389 Peers and public-house signs, 228, 271, 331, 456,
493
Penge, origin of the place-name, 330, 437, 497 Peploe family grant of arms in 1753, 508 Pepys (Samuel), robbed of trunk, its contents, 326 Per centum, derivation of the symbol, 168, 238,
272 Percy (Bishop Thomas), d. 1811, his grave and
inscription, 308
Perforation of postage stamps, 197, 298 Peter the Great, his portraits, 17
Philanthropic Society, c. 1813, origin of, 188,
239
Phillipps family, 527 r g ' Pickering Castle and Etherington family, 290 Picture of Pontefract Castle, c. 1600, 403, 496 Pictures: Houghton Hall collection, their sale,
1779, 385
Pictures, curious, of Dr. Butler, 1618, 489 Piggott (Ralph), Catholic judge, 1576, 38 Pigtails last worn in British Army, 17 " Pile " side of scissors, meaning of the word, 269,
317
Pin in necromancy, meaning of, 368 Pindar (Peter), Dr. Wolcot, early life, 329, 410 Pirates on stealing, origin of the allusion, 248, 419- Pirton, Herts, apparition at, 33, 134, 198 Pitt family of Cosey Hall, Gloucestershire, 330 Pitti Gallery, portraits in, 195 Pitt's Buildings, houses known as, 1793, 50, 92
Place-Names :
America, in Scotland, 469
Burgh-on-Sands, 409, 457
Burway, 169, 478
Corrie Bhreachan or Bhreachans Cauldron, 10, 58, 97, 137
Dumbleton, 89, 136, 179
Elsham, 269, 314, 455, 535
Fserpinga, 43, 133, 196, 238
Garugh, 369
Gifla, 43, 133, 196, 238
Grantham, 269, 314, 455, 535
Haywra, 35, 96
Hoboken, 86
Indian Queens, 128
Isleworth, 43, 133, 196
Islington, 43, 133, 196
Kilbo in, 290
Knockabrow, 369
Knockanegonly, 369
Marlowes, 370, 437
Moor, More, Moory-ground, 37, 215
Oregon, 86
Penge, 330, 437, 497
Port Henderson, 10, 58, 97, 137
Rhoscrowther, Llandegeman, Rhos-y-cryther r 329, 393
Tattershall, 269, 314, 455, 535
Thackray, Thackwray, 283, 333, 418
Wray in, 283, 333, 418 Plants supposed to cause disease, 530 Plasse, Weekes, and Glubb families, 186 Plays, Elizabethan, in MS., 205, 275 Plume (Archdeacon) and the ' Dictionary ol
National Biography,' 86 Plump in voting, use of the term, 126 Plumpton, Sussex, history of prisoner at, 389 Poet and tailor, recruit's legal description, 206, 495 ' Point of War,' military music with three names,
227, 337 " Polilla " =moth, etymology of the Spanish word,
490 Pons (Comte de), 1747-93, his Christian name,
110
Pontefract Castle, picture of, c. 1600, 403, 496 Pope, his position at Holy Communion, 105, 179,
Pope (Alexander), quoted in court of justice, 48 and the Rev. Mather Byles, 166 ; his description of Swift, 270, 314, 419 Porch inscription in Latin, 330, 457, 516 Port Henderson, Scotch place-name, 10, 58, 97, 137 Portrait found in an Indian bazaar, 505
