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NOTES AND QUERIES.
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Date.
Object.
Significance.
Remarks.
Mar.
25 +
Crown,
The Annunciation.
and barrel.
A reminder to brew the
March ale.
28
Snake . ,
A reminder that snakes
April, j
begin to come out now.
1 + Ecclesiastical
St. Harald
)
vestment,
and boat.
A reminder that sailing is
i
now safe.
4 + i Mitre,
St. Ambrose
Bishop of Milan. Died 397.
and harrow.
An agricultural reminder.
14+ Crossed sticks.
St. Tiburtius(P) ..
Brother-in-law of St. Cecilia. Martyred.
Tree and flower.
A seasonal indication.
23 ' Man, lance, and
St. George
Martyred 303.
horse.
,
25+ Bird on tree,
St. Mark
Evangelist. Died 63.
May. and lion -
1+ Goose and egg.
An agricultural reminder.
Apostles. St. Philip, crucified head downwards
80. St. James, stoned 63.
Two men's
SS. Philip and James
The cross and flag may refer to the Invention of
heads, cross
the Cross (May 3).
and nag.
12 +
Sword,
St. Pancratius
Beheaded, at the. age of fourteen, 304.
and tripod.
" Ting "
See Jan. 19.
18
Crowned hoad,
St. Erik
Erik IX., King of Sweden. Killed at Upsala.
and ear of
An agricultural reminder.
1160.
barley.
25 +
Papal crown
St. Urban
Pope. Martyred 230.
and rose.
31 +
Girl,
St. Petronilla
Tradition makes her the daughter of St. Peter f
and milk
Possibly these two refer
but the name should excite suspicion.
vessel.
to the making of cheese.
June.
Cauldron, and
St. Erasmus
Bishop of Naples. Killed, by having his bowels
3 +
brace and bit.
wound out on a windlass, 303.
The substitution of the brace and bit is curious r
but the notion of a rotating object turned by
means of a cranked handle is preserved.
8
Bunch of fruit.
St. Medard
Bishop of Noyon, France.
9
Angler
A reminder of the beginning
of salmon fishing.
12
Crosier,
St. Eskil
Archbishop of Lund, Sweden. Died 1181.
and fork.
A reminder to manure the
land.
17 +
Book,
St. Botolph
English abbot. Died 750.
and 2 plants
An agricultural reminder.
(swedes ?).
24 +
Lamb and flag.
St. John the Baptist.
Maypole (?) ..
Midsummer Day
The curious object shown here may be a may-
pole, which is still erected in Sweden on Mid-
summer Day. a festival second only in import-
ance to Christmas.
28
Key and sword.
SS. Peter and Paul
Apostles and martyrs. This is the date of the
re-burial of their supposed remains, 258, and
July.
not that of their death.
2 +
Crown and
The Visitation of the Virgin
Invented 1389.
bunch of
flowers.
10 +
Lance, a n c
St. Knut
King and patron saint of Denmark. Killed at
scythe.
A reminder to cut the hay. Odense, 1086. See Jan. 13.
E. CHAPPELL,
(To be continued.)
