_Judas Bell_--(No. 13, p. 195). In the "Flyting of Dunbar and
Kennedie," a singular Scotch Poem, composed in the former half of
the 16th century, and printed in Ramsay's _Evergreen_, the
following passage occurs (_Everg._ vol. ii. p. 74.):--

"A Benefice quha wald give sic a Beist,
But gif it were to jingle _Judas bells_?
Tak thee a Fiddle or a Flute to jest,
Undocht thou art, ordained for naithing ells."

The Judas bells may probably have been used in the Easter-eve
ceremonies, in connexion with which we find _Judas candles_
mentioned. See Brand's _Popular Antiq._ by Sir H. Ellis, vol.
i. p. 29.

C.W.G.


_Boduc or Boduoc on British Coins_.--The real name of the
heroic queen of the Iceni is very uncertain. Walther (Tacitus, xiv.
Ann. c. 31.), adopts Boudicea. It is probable enough that the
syllables Boduo may have formed a part of it, as pronounced by the
Britons. We are reminded of Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii,
mentioned by Cæsar. But to come nearer home, the name Boduogenus is
found upon a bronze vessel discovered in the Isle of Ely, described
by Mr. Goddard Johnson, _Archæologia_, xxviii. p. 436.

C.W.G.