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SARGENT : DUNCAN. Can any one give given in ' Specimens of Cornish Provincial
me any information about two William Dialect,' by Uncle Jan Trenoodle (W. Sandys)
Sargent's who settled in Gloucester, Massa- j published in 1846 the invocation is made
chusetts ? | "to chase the buck and doe," which would
The first William received a grant of land ; seem to be here personified by the Stalbridge in 1649, married Abigail Clark, and died in j folk in their preliminary game of " Hunting 1717, aged 90. Sons: John, Andrew, ! the Buck."
What is the etymology of the word
cr'ookern " ? Can it have anything to do
with the old town of Crewkerne in Somerset,
frequently spelt "Crookhorn" in old maps,
on the borders of which county the parish of
Stalbridge abuts ? Or it may, perhaps,
with more probability have something to do
with " Crokern Stoke," a hamlet of the
parish of Lydlinch, which adjoins Stalbridge.
I shall be glad of any other or further reference to this custom, as I have now reached my chapter on " Local Customs," in my long-contemplated and long-delayed work on ' Dorset Folk-Lore.'
J. S/UDAL, F.S.A.
PAYNE FAMILY. Some years prior to 1798, Henry and James Payne of Notting- ham [sic[ went to Ireland, where they owned lands, which they lost during the rebellion of 1798. James Payne died in Ireland, aged 98. Henry Payne returned to North- ampton, and died aged 96, leaving issue John, William, Henry, Alfred, and Joseph (born in Northampton, and died in South Africa, in 1911, aged 89), Alice, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Caroline.
Any information about the above will be appreciated. E. C. FPNLAY.
1729 Pine Street, San Francisco. California.
. VERDIGRIS. It has been suggested that the formation of verdigris is not entirely a chemical action, but is partly due to the action of bacteria, and hence the practice of shaking up imitation Roman coins with a few genuine ones in order to inoculate the new ones and start the formation of the patina much valued by numismatists. Further informa- tion will oblige.
ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN.
SNAKES AND Music. Is there any definite evidence to show that snakes like music, and that they are " charmed " by it ?
ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN.
GEORGE TURBERVILLE. What was the
, but it has an ancient 1 birthplace of George Turberville ? I gather IT about it, and seems to me to bear the from the ' Dictionary of National Bio- est^ resemblance to the Cornish " Furry , graphy ' that unceitamty exists as to the that I can find in Dnrsot Tt ; a ii..it..~ Xr+Vi <->* v,; Kif+v* onA ,!.,.-.,i, Any
William, Samuel, and others.
The second William received a grant of land in 1677, married Mary Duncan, and died in 1706-7. Sons : FitzWilliam, An- drew, Samuel, FitzJohn, and others. The similarity of the children's names would point to their being of the same descent.
The second William is said to have come from Bristol or Exeter, and his wife was a great grand-daughter of Ignatius Jordan, Mavor of Exeter.
Family tradition tells of the two men being brothers. Was this a case of two sons being given the same name ?
Peter Duncan (see Foster's 'Index'), B.A., April 27, 1574; M.A., June 5, 1576; incorporated at Cambridge, 1578 ; instituted to the rectory of Lidford, Devon, on the presentation of Queen Elizabeth, 1580 ; vicar of Crediton, 1584 ; rector of Kenn, 1595. In the register books of Kenn he is spoken of as of Essex. In the same books are recorded his death and that of his wife Margery, and the baptism of their children. Wanted : his parents names, his birth, and his marriage. M. D. B. DANA.
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To PLAY " CROOKERN." In a pam- phlet by the Rev. W. S. Swayne on ' The History and Antiquities of Stalbridge,' pub- lished in 1889, at p. 37, is the account of the following old Dorset custom :
"There is a custom at Stalbridge for the in- habitants to play 'Crookern' on the Ring on Easter Monday. About four o'clock in the after- noon a body of men and women would congregate on the Ring to the number of about fifty. They first joined hands and played a game called Hunting the Buck ' ; one member of the party was selected as 'Buck,' and others knelt down at intervals to represent obstacles. After a certain period the whole party joined hands and danced a secies of country dance down the Stalbridge High btreet and on until they reached the Virginia Ash at Henstridge, where every person had a pint of beer, and so homewards."
Hutchins in his ' History of Dorset ' is silent as to this custom, nor can I find any other reference to it ' ' ' '
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noteworthy that in the " Furry Day Song "
the words of which, and also the tune, are
dates both of his birth and death,
further information would be welcomed.
M. CRAIG.
