_Treatise by Englebert, Archbishop of Treves._--Bishop Cosin (in his
_Hist. Trans._ cap. vii. §12) refers to _Engelb. Archiep. Trevirensis,
ap. Goldasti Imper._ tom. i. In Goldast's _Politica Imperialia_ there is
a treatise by S. Engelb. Abb. _Admoutens_ in Austria: but I find neither
the author referred to, nor the treatise intended, by Cosin. According
to Eisengrein, who is followed by Possivinus, there were _two_
Engelberts; viz. Engelbertus, S. Matthiæ _Treverensis_, Benedictinæ
possessionis Abbus, patria _Mosellanus_, who lived A.D. 987; and S.
Engelbert, who flourished A.D. 1157, and who is described as
_Admontensis_ Benedictinæ posessionis Abbus, _Germanus_. Can any of your
correspondents kindly direct me to the intended treatise of the
Archbishop of Treves?

J. SANSOM.

Oxford, Jan. 9. 1850.


_New Year's Day Custom._--I shall be glad if any of your readers can
inform me of the origin and signification, of the custom of carrying
about decorated apples on New Year's Day, and presenting them to the
friends of the bearers. The apples have three skewers of wood stuck into
them so as to form a tripod foundation, and their sides are ornamented
with oat grains, while various evergreens and berries adorn the top. A
raisin is occasionally fastened on each oat grain, but this is, I
believe, and innovation.

SELEUCUS.