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AH. 11, mi NOTES AND QUERIES.
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One Ivan Yorath was buried at Llanmaes,
( rlamorgan, 14 July, 1621, who was reputed
t ) be "circa 180," and claimed to have fought
at Bosworth ('N. & Q.,' 3 rd S. iv. 370). How
strange that so many centenarians connect
t icmselves with battles ! This note from
an out-of-the-way source may interest some
Cambridge reader, who may perhaps tell us
more about this ancient Eversden worthy.
W.C.B.
WE must request correspondents desiring infor-
mation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that the answers may be addressed to
them direct.
" GANCANAGH." This is said to be the name of a kind of fairy appearing in lonesome valleys and making love to milkmaids. The word is said to represent Irish gean-cdnadh, love-singing. Is this the true derivation 1 Is the word known to be in use in any part of Ireland among English-speaking people ? A. L. MAYHEW.
Oxford.
" GAMBALEERY." In Robert Anderson's 'Cumberland Ballads' (ed. 1808), p. 132, 1 find the following :
I 'd wear neyce wheyte cottinet stockins, And new gambaleery clean shoes.
Can any one tell me what is the meaning of "gambaleery" in this passage ? Does it mean a peculiar kind of leather 1
A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford.
STRONG'S BLUFF. A headland above Savannah bears that name. Is it called after the family of Strong who were settled in Massachusetts, some of the members of which suffered severely as Loyalists during the American war of liberation? Do any descendants or representatives of this family | survive, arid where are they now settled 1 Information will greatly oblige. H. T. S.
TRINITY WINDOWS. I asked recently (ante, p. 28) how many of these there are known to be in England, and have received no answer. As I have special reason for wishing to know, I shall be greatly obliged if any corre- spondent can tell me or put me in the way of obtaining information. E. B.
" GALINGALL."- In that repertory of quaint things, ' A Dictionary, Spanish and English,' by H. S. Joseph Giral Delpino, London, 1763, you will find " Acoro, the plant we call
JOHN HEBB.
English galingall." What is the history of
the name galingall? In Seoane's 'Spanish-
English Dictionary,' based on Neuman and
Baretti, there is " Ac6ro, sm. (bot.), sweet-
smelling flag, sweet cane, sweet grass.
Acorus calamus, L." About this some of your
correspondents have been writing lately.
PALAMEDES.
[A full history of this word, too long to be quoted, is given in the ' H.E.D.']
CHARADE. The following charade by C. S. O. appeared in the Academy, 31 Decem- ber, 1898. I should like to know the answer: My first is followed by a bird, My second 's met by plasters, My whole's more shunned, but less absurd
Than prigs or poetasters ; 'Tis also a symbolic word For architects' disasters.
2, Canonbury Mansions, N.
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON. Sir William Hamil- ton, of Manor Elieston (will dated 1 May, 1662), had issue by his second wife, Lady (?) Beatrix Campbell, two sons Claud, ancestor of the Hamiltons of Woodbrook, baronets ; and Archibald, for particulars concerning whom I shall be greatly obliged.
WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.
Dundrum, co. Down.
"MAIDEN SPEECH." When was this term first applied to the earliest oratorical effort of a member of Parliament 1 I find a suggestion of it in a letter of 4 January, 1705/6, from Sir Gilbert Dolben to Governor Pitt, then in India :
"I am glad to observe Mr. [Robert] Pitt's dili- gence and integrity in Parliament He already
attempts to speak where it is proper, and will succeed very well as soon as he shall have overcome the maiden modesty of a new member." ' The Grenville MSS.,' vol. i. p. 17.
POLITICIAN.
FAMILY OF BURDEN. Can any one give me details about the family of Burden, as to place of origin 1 I wish particularly to form a pedigree (from 1650 to 1750) of a part of the family settled in or near Wilts, I believe, about the dates mentioned. T. A. J. PILE.
Fletching, Sussex.
DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. An old miner, so I am informed, living on the Durham side of the Tyne, used (some fifty years ago or less) to recite, in perfect seriousness, the fol- lowing grace before meat : " For what we are about to receive the Duke of Northumber- land's nowt to do wi' it." My informant suggests that, living in Durham, he would be without the jurisdiction of the duke of the
