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CONTENTS.

NOTES:--
Etymology of "Whitsuntide" and "Mass." 129
Folk Lore:--Sympathetic Cures--Cure for Ague--Eating
Snakes a Charm for growing young. 130
Long Meg of Westminster, by E.F. Rimbault. 131
A Note on Spelling,--"Sanatory," "Connection." 131
Minor Notes:--Pasquinade on Leo XII.--Shakspeare
a Brass-rubber--California--Mayor of Misrule and
Masters of the Pastimes--Roland and Oliver. 131

QUERIES:--
The Story of the Three Men and their Bag of Money. 132