Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various
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If _Pokership_ be not a misprint or misreading of the original authority, viz. _Pat. 2. Jac. I._ p. 21., for _Parkership_, can any of your readers tell me the meaning of "the _Pokership_," which is not to be found in any book of reference within my reach? I like the "NOTES AND QUERIES" very much. Audley End, Jan. 9. 1850. BRAYBROOKE. _Boduc or Boduoc on British Coins._--I observe there is a prevailing opinion that the inscription on the British coin, "Boduc or Boduoc," must be intended for the name of our magnanimous Queen Boadicea. I am sorry to cast a cloud over so pleasant a vision, but your little book of QUERIES tempts me to throw in a doubt. Although the name Budic is not met with in the pedigrees of England, commonly given by Welsh heralds, yet it is often found among the families of the Welsh in Brittany, and as they are reported to be early descendants of the Welsh of England, there can be little doubt that the name was once common in England. I beg leave, therefore, to _query_, Whether the inscription is not intended for a Regulus of Britain of that name? P. _The Origin of the word Snob._--Can any of your valuable correspondents give me the origin or derivation of the word Snob? |
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