12 S. III. SEPT., 1917.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
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Pilgrims ' makes extracts from them, and
locates them as " Act Books in York Regis-
try." I have made inquny for these docu-
ments in York without success. The
Diocesan Registry, the Probate Registry
the Minster Library, the Guild Hall at
York, and the Surtees Society know nothing
of them. Where are they ?
WALTER H. BURGESS. 4 Ladysmith Koad, Plymouth.
CLITHEROE PROVERBIAL FOR BRIBERY. In a letter written from Oxford to the North Sept. 22, 1695, occurs the following :
" Here hath been y e greatest canvassing for a New Major [Mayor], y* hath been perhaps in y e memory of man ; the Candidates purses bleeding as freely (as they call it here) as ever those who stood for Burgasses [Burgesses] for Clithero possibly could."
I should be glad to be guided to other use of this obviously proverbial statement, anc to the history of the circumstances under which Clitheroe got this reputation. Neither the writer nor the person to whom he wrote was a Lancashire man.
JOHN R. MAGRATH. Queen's College, Oxford.
DYDE. This uncommon, surname Is re- corded once in Foster's ' Alumni Oxonienses (i. 436). Can any one give me other ex- amples of it, or say whether any variant spellings are known ? The person who bore it in the above list was of Norwick in Worcestershire. F. P. B.
HIBAUT'S DICTIONARY OF NAMES. I desire information respecting Hibaut's dic- tionary of names a Russian book published in 1904, especially for the University of Bonn, by Braunschweig of Paris. I am much interested in names, and am making researches respecting that of Figgess ; and I am given to understand that Hibaut's book contains an exhaustive history of that particular name. I have tried the British Museum Library and other big libraries in London, but they seem to know nothing about the book. A quotation from Hibaut's work was sent to me by a man who had the book in his possession, but unfortunately he is now inaccessible to me. R. J. WEBB.
St. Dunstan's College, Catford, S.E.
CHARLES LAMB ON " ALL ROUND THE WREKIN." Can any of your readers ex- plain Charles Lamb's expression in one of his letters, " Love to all round the Wrekin " ? The only references to the Wrekin I can find in ' N. & Q.' are at 4 S. viii. 560 and 4 S. ix. 380. ADAM BLACK.
Inshriach, Aviemore, X.B.
' IRELAND IN FICTION.' (See ante, pp. 359,
387.) I shall be much obliged for any infor-
mation about the following Irish novels and
stories, or to hear from any possessor of
them. * Please reply direct.
O'Brien (Dillon). The Dalys of Dalystown.
Frank Blake.
O'Byrne (D.). The Sisters and Green Magic. O'Flanagan (J. B.). Capt. O'Shaughnessy's
Sporting Career. Bryan O'Began. Prevost (J. J.). Le Comte de Dromore ; ou, La
terreur irlandaise.
Purcell-(Mrs.). The Orientalist ; or, Electioneer- ing in Ireland. Sutherland (A.), author of ' Bedmond the Rebel.'
St. Kathleen ; or, the Bock of Dunis-
moyle. Templeton (Herminie). Darby O'Gill and the
Good People. Torrens (Bobert). The Victim of Intolerance ; or,
The Hermit of Killarney.
The.?e additional entries supplement the list printed ante, p. 359 : Anon. Caprice ; or, Anecdotes of the Listowel
Family. A Castle Christmas Eve ; or, The Tales the
Viceroy Told. The Davenels ; or, A Campaign of Fashion
in Dublin. The Double Trial ; or, The Consequences of
an Irish Clearing.
Geraldine Hamilton ; or, Self-Guidance. The Irish Girl ; or, The True Love and the
False.
The Befugees : an Irish Tale. Walter O'Neill ; or, The Pleasure of Doing
Good.
Boyle (Bobert Whelan). Love until Death. [Co'lpoys (Mrs.)]. The Irish Excursion. Crow (Mrs. Louisa). Bose and Shamrock. Gannon (N. J.). Bose Waldron ; or, A Drag on the Wheel.
(Rev.) STEPHEN J. BROWN, S.J. Clougowes Wood College, Sallins, co. Kildare.
BROOCH MOTTO : " WE FEAR NAE FOE."- I have a large silver brooch (for a Scotch plaid) in the form of a thistle surrounded by a border inscribed " We fear nae foe." Of what family (if any) is this a badge ? I have in vain referred to numerous lists. (Rev.) J. FERNIE.
Langworth Gate, Lincoln.
" L^NBERUFEN." - This expression had passed into common parlance as an averting }f ill-luck from boasting, but as it is German it is now banned. No other word seems to ae taking its place. Can any one suggest a suitable phrase ? There probably is some old English expression for averting evil, but it does not come to mind; "I
- ouch wood," " Bar omen," " Bar ill-luck,"
seem clumsy, and not likely to oust the intruder. No one can tell me of a French
