"1530.--Rich. Trimble, a very merry fellow, the fiddle of the
society, who called him 'Mad Trimble.' M. Stokes of 1531 wrote
this distich on him:--

'Os, oculi, mentum, dens, guttur, lingua, palatum
Sunt tibi; sed nasus, Trimbale, dic ubi sit?'

By which it appears he had a very small nose; and this day, July
13, 1739, I hear that there is one Mr. R. Trimble of an English
family, an apothecary at Lisburn in Ireland, who is remarkable
for the same."

As "NOTES AND QUERIES" circulate in Ireland, are there any of the family
of "Trimble" now in that country, and are they distinguished by any such
peculiarity?

J.H.L.


_The Word "Brozier."_--my brother Etonians will feelingly recollect the
word "Brozier," used by the boys for nearly a century to denote any one
who had spent his pocket-money; an event of very frequent occurrence
shortly after the holidays. There were also sometimes attempts made to
"_brozier my dame_," in case a suspicion had arisen that the good lady's
larder was not too well supplied. The supper table was accordingly
cleared of all the provisions, and a further stock of eatables
peremptorily demanded.

I spell the word "brozier" as it is still pronounced; perhaps some of