,-s. ix. JULY so, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 91
George Quarme was Admitted to Westminster School in Jan., 1777. Particulars of his parentage and the date of his death are required. G. F. R. B.
BARON RICASOLI. Can any reader tell
where a good life of Baron Ricasoli may
be found ? (*I have read much of Count
Cavour.) He was born Mar., 1809, and was
a trusty leader. W. W. GLEXXY.
Barking, Essex.
' DAILY ADVERTISER.' -Will one of your
readers kindly tell me where a copy of this
newspaper for Jan. 6 and 7, 1746, may be
seen
BERXARD KETTLE.
Guildhall Librarv.
SABINE. Can anyone give me particu-
lars as to the parentage of William Sabine
(approx. 1750-1815), a resident in Isling-
ton and a freeman, of the City of London ?
His dates I do not precisely know, but he
had a son, William, born in 1787 and another,
Ch -tries, born in 1796.
I should also be obliged for the names,
d-'.tes, &c., of the father, brothers (if any),
and children of General Jos. Sabine, of Tewin,
Herts (1662-1739). The 'D.X.B.' has been
consulted. G. K. PRATT.
THE MYSTERY OF RICHARD PARKER OF THE
SORE (see 12 S. ix. 8, 42). I should much ap-
preciate a reference to authorities, cr tangible
foundation, for the statements on pp. 8-9 ante :
(a) as to a sentimental interest having been
retained for long, or at all taken, in all that
relates to Richard Parker ; (b) as to ornaments
found upon Parker's coffin years after [1797].
Without impugning the accuracy of the
statements in question, I may say that search
in contemporary and later works, where such
" -"iitimental interest " would hardly have
failed to find a place, and inquiry of persons
likely to possess the knowledge have pro-
duced no result. A narrative of Parker's
career and a detailed account of the widow's
dealings with his body are in Camden Pelham's
' Chronicles of Crime,' 1841, vol. i., in which
the latter is described as living, and " now
seventy years of age, blind, and friendless."
The accounts of Parker greatly differ as to
the circumstances under which he became a
seaman at the Nore ; but my concern is with
the two matters above indicated, on which
I trust the author of the note which has ap-
peared in your columns will throw what further
light he can. W. B. H.
DR. JOHX KEATE, OF ETOX. Could any
of your readers inform me whether Dr. John
Keate, of Eton (b. 1773, d. 1852), was deis-
cended from the Berkshire Keates, of West
Hagborne, and through which branch ?
C. B. D.
APPLE CHRISTENING. To which date of
the year (May 29, Oak Apple Day, or July
15, St. Swithin) applies the saying, ' A
shower to christen the apple ' ? Until
this year I dated the saying as May What
is a christening but that dene " early
and the apple is decidedly young in May !
but I am disturbed in my belief because 1 he
Daily Telegraph, July 16, 1921, has named
St. Swithin for this christening event
a period when the apple is ready for
burial, i.e., eating ! It will be of interest
to know the real history.
WILLIAM R. POWER.
157, Stamford Hill. N.I 6.
"MADE THEM EAT BEAXS." Fosbroke
(Encyclopedia of Antiquities, I., 221), in a
short account of the Anglo-Saxon Alma-
nack or Staffordshire Clogg, mentions
that St. Gregory (March 13') is represented
by a schoolmaster " holding a red and
ferula in his hand. . . . because he founded
the famous chant, whipped his scholars
well, and made them eat beans." What is
meant by the last sentence ? Has it any
connexion with the slang expression " gave
them beans " ? Reference is made to
Hawkins's ' Mustek,' v. 57, 58, 346. I
have not access to this book.
G. B. MILLER.
William Salt Library, Stafford.
" CUCKOO PEX "' and " CUCKOO
POUXD." Close to Wytch Farm, which
is situated on the north coast of the Isle
of Purbeck, are the remains of an old circular-
rampart about 100 feet in diameter. A
few trees stand in the rampart itself, and the
stumps of others are visible. It is named
on. the Ordnance Map " Cuckoo Pen,
and by this name it is known by the local
inhabitants.
About a mile south of Leescn, Langton
Matravers, is a small plantation of stunted
trees surrounded by a dry stone wall. It
is of an irregular quadrilateral shape and
measures about 70 yards by 80 yards. It
is named " Cuckoo Pound.
These two objects, though so similarly
named, bear no resemblance to each other.
