_Swords worn in public._--Can any of your correspondents say when swords
ceased to be worn as an article of ordinary dress, and whether the
practice was abolished by act of parliament, or that they gradually went
out of fashion.

J.D.A.
April 17. 1850.


_Emblem and National Motto of Ireland._--How long has the _harp_ been
the emblem, and _Erin-go-bragh_ the national motto of Ireland? To this I
give another query,--What is the national motto of England?

E.M.B.


_Latin Distich and Translation._--Who were the authors of the following
Latin Distich, and its English translation?

"Mittitur in disco mihi piscis ab archiepisco--
--Po non ponatur, quia potus non mihi datur."
"I had sent me a fish in a great dish by the archbish--
--Hop is not here, for he gave me no beer."

E.M.B.


_Verbum Græcum._--Who was the author of