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INDEX.
Notes and Queries, Jan. 27, 1912.
St. Expeditus, a mythical saint, 45, 92
St. Febronia, her martyrdom, 189, 236
St. Foillan, her history, 189, 236
St. Francis of Assisi and his snoAV family, parallel
story of, c. 250, 486
St. Frideswide of Oxford, old MS. Life of, 288 St. George and the dragon, 16 St. George and the lamb, 36 St. Gertrude and the mouse, meaning of picture of,
189, 236
St. Hugh and " the Holy Nut," 69, 156, 298 St. John (James) of South Carolina, d. 1743, 268 St. John (James Augustus), 1801-75, journalist, 468 St. John's, Westminster, inscriptions in burial- ground, 302, 403
St. Lugidio, Irish name, English equivalent, 10 St. Martin's Lane, site of the " FiA r es Court,"
c. 1803, 110, 155, 176, 231 St. Mary-le-bone Charity School, Avail-inscription,
St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, inscriptions, 184
St. Olave's, Silver Street, churchyard inscriptions,
385
St. Patrick and shamrock, 16, 76 St. Paul and Longinus, 64, 133 St. Sabinus Avrecked on Woolacombe Sands, 47,
158
St. Salyius wrecked on Woolacombe Sands, 47, 158 St. SAvithin, c. 800, his burial, and the Aveather,
45, 94 St. Wilfrid's needle, Fuller quoted in ' Ripon
Guide,' 507
St. William's Day, observance of, in York, 507 Sainte-Beuve and a catalogue quotation, 328 Saint- Just, the life of, in English, 90, 137 Saints, Welsh, their canonization, 328 Salamanca, battle, 1812, Capt. G. Stubbs killed at,
" Salamander "= heavy bloAA T , origin of the mean- ing, 427
Salisbury family of Westmeath, 249 " SamhoAvd "=to take hold of, use of the Avord,
446
Sampler, map of England, its date, 449 Sampson (Elizabeth) = Robert Jefferson, 1739, 330 Sampson family of Yorkshire, 138 Sandgate, Military Canal at, 23 Sankey (Dr. F. E.), his Avife, c. 1800, 7 Saturday, Dark Saturday, 25 Feb., 1597, 454, 528 Savage (Philip), Chancellor of Ireland, d. 1717, 509 Savings Bank, Post Office, its Jubilee, 423 " Scammel " = to tread on, origin of the word, 229,
Scavenger and scaA r ager, etymology of the \vord,
School muserim, apophthegms for, 10
School-book, 18th-century, 289, 392
Schoolboys, Irish, descriptions of parents, c.
1750, 70, 138
Schools, Sunday, in 1789, 465 Scissors, " pile " side of, meaning of the word,
269, 317
" Scotch science," origin of the terra, 250 Scots and Ulster Scots in America, 444 Scots Guards and the King's health, 165 Scots music, Robert Fergusson on, 35 Scott (Sir W.), Fingon clan in ' Waverley,' 37 ; manna of St. Nicholas " in ' Kenilworth,' 75 ;
and the inscribed stone in ' The Antiquary,' 443 Scutari, Gordon House, origin of the name, 210 Seal, Elizabethan, 1591, armorial device on, 90 Seal Avith crest and " S. M.," 18th-century, 90 Second sight, tAvins' poAver of. 54, 156, 259, 299, 379
Selden (John), 1584-1654, "force" in his 'Table
Talk,' 229, 278, 495 " Selfist," use of the word, 267 Senior Classics, names of the schools of, 69, 115 Senior Wranglers, names of the schools of, 69, 115 " Sense-carrier," origin of the word, 187 " Sepurture," meaning and origin of the word, 427 Serjeant, " Prime Serjeant," official Irish title,
c. 1750, 470, 516
Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, dinner in 1839, 5, 73 " Sevecher," meaning of the word, 209, 259 Sevenoaks, sundial inscription, 1630, 307 Shakespeare (J.) at Barking, Essex, 1595, 426 Shakespeare (W.), noble families in, 248, 296, 398, 458 ; allusions to, 365 ; and Weever's ' Epi- grams,' 384 ; compared with Balzac, 509 Shakespeares in the 18th century, 146, 252
Shakespeariana :
As You Like It, Act IV. sc. i., " pathetical,"
425 Hamlet, Act III. sc. i., " take arms against a
sea of troubles," 84 2 Henry IV., Act II. sc. iv., Ulysses and Utis,
83, 243, 425 Henry V., Act IV., Chorus, "and through their
paly flames," 84
King Lear, Act I. sc. i., division of the king- dom, 425 ; Act III. sc. vi., the Court, 243 Luciece, 1086, " Revealing day through every
cranny spies," 243 " Quiddits " and " quillets," meaning of the
words, 424
Sonnet CXLVL, " Warray," 84, 243 Titus Andronicus, Act V. sc. i., " As true a
dog as ever fought at head," 85 Twelfth Night, Act II. sc. v., " The lady of
the strachy," 83
Sharpe, Reeve, Day, and Pyke families, 489 Sharri Tephlia Society, its history and temple, 149,
215 Sheep, their colour influenced by drinking-water,
16
Sheffield cutlery in 1820, French book on, 428 Sheridan (R. 'Brinsley), his ' Critic,' and T.
Vaughan, 47, 94 Sheriff, Lord Chief Justice, and ventilation, 169,
217, 257, 315
Shetland words, their meaning, 108 Shift weaving, Shetland term, its meaning, 108 Shipdem family, 37 Signature of clerks of the peace, 369 Signs, country inns, c. 1715, 226, 462. See Tavern
Signs.
Signs, London, list of, 226 Silchester, Hants, Avail church in, 235 " Silly season " for newspapers, alluded to in
1725, 366 Sinecures in Government gift temp. George III.,
107, 177, 195 " Sisterly," " fraternal," philological compari^n,
369 Sit well (Sir G.), his ' The Normans in Cheshire,
151
Skeat (Prof.) on derivations, 7, 118 Skill (F. J.), c. 1824-81, unappreciated artist, 203 Slang terms derived from gipsy language, 409, 478 Sloane (Sir Hans), d. 1753, and George Edwards,
190
" Slook," kind of edible seaweed, 469, 532 Smith (Felix), organist, and Louis XVIIL, 349 Smith (Madeleine Hamilton), tried for murder, 1857, 247, 311
