The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-12

many-wived King Hal made his name feared
A rerycuiious illustration of how the mean
ings OF well.known proverbs may In course
| Of time be changed is found i'm the old bal.
lad OF the Babes in The Wood, where, OF The
parents of the babes, we read:
"No love between these two was lost,
Each was 10 other kind:
And icf, e Two ' SaSe ss S 'SSf ,aS 'se''
This is the origin OF "Thsre is no love
lost between thcm"; which we use In 4
sense directly the reverse OF that OF the bal
!ad.writcr. Gao is an old word for mouth,
and hence "The gift OF the CAB" Gob
also means mouth, and hence comes qobbie
in the same way as gable from gao. Chau-
Ger makes one OF his characters say, "No,
though say it, l am not icie to gable"
This also gives us the origin Of the common
saying, Though l say it, as shouldn't"
Raising cane mot Cdin-recalls the
confusion caused by the medieval DR..
Birch when he elevated his rod for the chas-
f'semcnt Of his pupils. To "iake down n
peg" has been ascribcd to custom of the
time Of Edward the ConiesSor, when "the
loving cup" was marked with pegs to show
each guest how much liquor to "takc
down."
The Bible furnishes us with q very re-
markahlc change In the meaning OF two
words. In the first epistle OF Timothy.
5ih chapter and 18th verse, we read But
il any widow have any children or nephe,cS,
let them first learn to show piety mt home"
Nephc,cS here means grandchildren, in
which sense the word was employed by
Spen$cr and many other old writer's. PietY
in the verse quoted is used to express duti-
tuidTection. 4 great many words in the
Bible are obsolete, or in process OF time have
gained meaning very different to that in
tended by the translators.
Protestant was used as 4 synonym for
champion, and thus Hcrrick,wrote:
'Eid me to live, and will live
Thy Protestant to be-.
Or bid me love- and Will give
A loving heart to thee"
The phrase Robbine Peter to pay Paul I"
originated in certain transactions relating to
the Cathcdrals Of 81. Paul in London and
st. Peter i'll Westminster. Henry VIII.
created Westminster bishopric in 1540.
In 1850 Edward VI. "translated" the
Bishop OF Westminster to the See OF Nor
wich, and summary transferred some OF
the cndowmcnts Of Westminster Abbey to
st. PaufS Cathedral. Thus St. Peters was
" robbed" for the benefit OF st. Paui'S.
The EXPLANATIONS '.Plaguc on it" or
"Paguc take it" are constant reminders
at present is Il terror to the minds OF many
people in consequence OF the rcappcarance
OF the plague in Russia and its rapid pro-
rrcSS il European direction.
Southern editors are fond OF quoting
:. How we apples do SWIM" which comes
from 4 poem by Dr. Ml'ctt
willie tumbi:ny down The turbid stream.
Lord, love us. how we apples swim"
MaIlctt wrote the life Of Lord Bacon, and
is said to have forgotten to mention that
Bacon was philosopher. "Gloriors,' as
in adjective. was used by our ancestors
pretty much As in the Slang OF our day. In
one OF the sermons Of Thomas Adams, a
Puritan divine. he denounccs Rome rs Il
GLORIOUS harlot." Adams uses the WORD
| correspondence rs synonym for Tore
This shows that a notorious coored brother,
whom the Rev. Judge Watkins, OF Prince
Edward, once had 10 admonish, was not al
together wrong in his Use OF the word du-
ring 4 certain cause cetebre.
Or. Bagby may be interested in knowing
that q" bacon and greens" were favorte
dish in Yorkshir long before old Virginia
was discovered. "Doughnu;s are an
other ancient Yorkshire institution peculiar
to Ash Wednesday. "Apple frittcrs" are
OF great antiquity. "OySter patties have
been sold at one famous confectioncry-store
in Cornhil, London, since the reign OF
Queen Anne. Pork and beans" were
carried from Lincolnshire into New Eng
land by the Pilgrim Fathers. The following
is list of special articles still cooked in
England In honor Of certain anniversaries:
Shrove Monday: Bacon collops.
Shroye Tuesday: Pancakes.
Ash Wednesday: Doughnuts.
Good Friday: Hot Cross buns.
Easter Monday: Boiled eggs.
Nlicbaelnas Roast goose.
Guy Fawkes Day: Parkin.
| Christmas Day: Plum pudding, spice
cake, mince pies, roast beef, and boar's
head.
"Hot Cross" buns are large currant buns
upon which sugar cross is displayed.
:" Parkin " is made OF Dat. meal sugar, trea-
clc and butter. and may be considered the
"parient" OF ordinary gingerbread. The
boiled eggs used at Easter are called
'peacc eggs" and a present thereof is re-
garded as pcace-otfering when friends have
| been cStranged. ST. ANDREW.