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NOTES AND QUERIES. &* s. m. MAE. is, '99.
Antiquities of the Isle of Wight,' not even by
allusion of any kind ; and native though I am
of the island, I was unaware of the former
existence of the priory till I saw it mentioned
in Dugdale. Where can I find further infor-
mation about it 1 JOHN A. RANDOLPH.
2, Halsey Street, Cadogan Square, S.W.
TERMINATION " -INGTON." There are about three hundred names of places and families having the termination -ington. Have the origins, relations, and various meanings of this termination been treated of in ay book ? FRED. W. FOSTER.
WELSH CUSTOM. Can any of your readers inform me of the origin of, or reason for, the placing of a fresh-cut sod on the bowels of a corpse 1 I am told it is a custom in parts of Wales. M. P. BAKER.
' MULIERES NON HOMINES ESSE.' There is an early printed book with this title. Can any reader give the date and the name of the author? PERCY SIMPSON.
[The only work \ve know the title of which at all resembles that you give is ' Mulier malus, mulier bonus ; mulier non homo.' This, the authorship of which is unknown, was published in 8vo. in 1690.]
CRICKET. What is the earliest published description of a cricket match with eleven on each side 1 DUNHEVED.
NAME OF KNOCKER. Can any one tell me where the family name of Knocker originated 1 Is it of Irish origin ?
EVELYN DUDLEY-SCOTT.
Cleadon House, near Sunderland.
A QUOTATION FROM RABELAIS. Rabelais somewhere calls a friar who cuts prayers short an "estropier des heures." Where is this passage ? P. S.
WITCHCRAFT. Matthew Arnold, in his
- Last Essays of Church and Religion,' p. 9.
cites a reprint, 'A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts relating to Witchcraft,' Lon- don, 1838. Who was the editor ? P. S.
THE " DECADE." In examining particulars of the French Republican calendar I cannot find any information concerning the "decade." Can any one inform me if names were given to the various days ; and, if so, what they were? T. M.
KIPLING'S 'RECESSIONAL': 'DULCE DOMUM.' Will some kind reader of *N. & Q.' say where a copy of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's 'Recessional Jubilee Hymn' can be obtained; and also the song * Dulce Domum,' sung by
the boys of Winchester or Westminster
School at their breaking-up ?
G. L. S.
'THE SPITEFUL LETTER.' Who is the
jealous poet referred to in Tennyson's poem
4 The Spiteful Letter,' which appeared first in
Once a Week, 1868, and is now to be found at
p. 237 of the complete edition of his works in
one volume ? R. M. S.
QUOTATIONS. What is the source of the phrase so often quoted with reference to England as " the weary Titan " 1 It is used, I think, either by Carlyle or Matthew Arnold. The saying "Trade follows the flag" is another quotation I have failed to verify.
R. B. BOSWELL.
ALDERNEY TAXES. I have lately seen the statement that Alderney still pays taxes for repairs to the road which formerly connected its rock with Normandy, but which is now under the waters of the English Channel. Can this possibly be true 1 If so, it parallels in absurdity one of Miss Marianne North's experiences" in India, related in her ' Recollec- tions.' After she had managed to cross, at her own risk and cost, a river so swollen by floods that the bridge had been carried away, an "official appeared and coolly demanded toll for the bridge and barrier which did not exist," and upon her refusal required her to write out her reasons in full. But this was a single instance, while the other is said to be a customary exaction. M. C. L.
New York'.
SIR GEORGE ALDRYCH. Can any of your readers give me information concerning the above ? I only know that he was buried at Tottenham, 26 June, 1626, and that his wife Mincea was buried there 25 June, 1621. I should like to know the date and occasion of his being knighted ; what were his armorial bearings ; and whether Dean Aldrich, of Christ Church, was of the same family.
ARTHUR W. BUTTON.
DAY OF WORFIELD, co. SALOP. There is printed in the 'Visitation of Shropshire' (Harl. Soc. publications, vol. xxviii. p. 162, &c.) a short pedigree of Day which would have added something to the notices of the Bishops of Winchester and Chichester of this name in the ' D.N.B.' According to the dictionary, Wil- liam, Bishop of Winchester, married Elizabeth daughter of Barlow, Bishop of Winchester; but the ' Visitation ' says his wife was Anne, daughter of Robert Duffield, and widow of William Bullen. His daughter, " Mrs. Ridley," appears in the ' Visitation ' as Alice, wife of Thomas Ricfiey. I should be glad of any
