Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850 A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc. Author: Various Release Date: October 13, 2004 [EBook #13736] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES & QUERIES, NO. 39. *** Produced by Jon Ingram, David King, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team and The Internet Library of Early Journals {129} NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE. Price Threepence. No. 39. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1850 Stamped Edition 4d. CONTENTS. NOTES:— Page Etymology of "Whitsuntide" and "Mass" 129 Folk Lore:—Sympathetic Cures—Cure for Ague—Eating Snakes a 130Charm for growing young Long Meg of Westminster, by E.F. Rimbault 131 A Note on Spelling,—"Sanatory," "Connection" 131 Minor Notes:—Pasquinade on Leo XII.