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Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850
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Title: Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850 A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.
Author: Various
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NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
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No. 39.] SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1850 [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.
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CONTENTS.
NOTES:-- Etymology of "Whitsuntide" and "Mass." 129 Folk Lore:--Sympathetic Cures--Cure for Ague--Eating Snakes a Charm for growing young. 130 Long Meg of Westminster, by E.F. Rimbault. 131 A Note on Spelling,--"Sanatory," "Connection." 131 Minor Notes:--Pasquinade on Leo XII.--Shakspeare a Brass-rubber--California--Mayor of Misrule and Masters of the Pastimes--Roland and Oliver. 131
QUERIES:-- The Story of the Three Men and their Bag of Money. 132 The Geometrical Foot, by A. De Morgan. 133 Minor Queri