The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSwERs.

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obscure as TO me. HELEN BARErs.
Two instances OF turmoil IN Wales In the last
century ne linked with the Welsh Rebecca.
She was not really Welsh herself but patriarchal.
IL began In an Interpretation OF Scripture, private
Of course. The verse 4 Genesis xiv. 90: And
they blessed Rebekah.' and said unto her. Thou
art our sister: be thou the mother Of thousands
Of millions. and let thy seed possess the gate
Of those which hate them" BY the ignorant
this was Interpreted to neon that the toll gs.eS
very numerous In Wales. were TO be destroyed.
In February. ISS. the Rebecca riots broke out
In Carmarthen. and parties Of several hnnd red
armed with guns and farm utensils traversed
carmarthen. Pembroke. Cardigan and Brecon
destroying the toll gates. On September 10
an old woman was murdered while defending the
toll gate In her charge. These raids were man
aged with such secrecy that II was months
before the magistrates. aided by police and
large bodies OF soldiers. could check the riots.
In all these disturbances The Rioters were led ny
4 man CARRIED In woman's clothing to represent
Rebecca. A generation later the name OF Re-
becca riots was revived for disturbances 10 the
winter Of 1873 70. The people of Rhayader on
the Wye killed nsh gu, OF season and resisted the
water baiirs sent 10 arrest them.
What is Shelta or the tinker ton que mentionoA
In your discussion OF the word yeegl The Cen
slways supposed to be a corruption Of aypsE or
NOIHauy tdtk. To-. 4 p'
Since the dictionaries have omitted the word
n will be by no means out OF order to cite the &C
count given 6y Farmer and Henley in their
Dictionary Of Slang and ColloQuial English. "
Sheita Is q kind OF cryptic Irish spoken by thinkers
and confirmed tramps. a secret iargon composed
chiefly OF Gaelic words disguised by changes Of
Initial. transposltion of letters. backslanging and
similar devices. II, was discovered BY Charles
Godfrey Leland and announced TO the world In
his book The Gypsies" u8s2 In 1855 there was
q correspondence on the subject In the Academy:
In 1850 the Gypsy Lore Society WAS started and
several articles on Shelta appeared In It's Journal:
finally. In Chambers's Encyclopedia 1909. there
is . long account Of this once mysterious but
now fully explained speech.
In answer to the query q s; G. 3. Allyn ! pre-.
which have not read-has reference TO the cole.
DRAFTED polemical discussion between Father
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preserved z temperate and diInined altitude.
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most int resting example Of the way In which
myths Geological may arise. OF course Father
Tom and the Pope had no relation to this long
forgotten controversy but remains . happy
specimen Of bubbling JOY. This leaves st.
Jarlath's sud Its giant still TO seek. except In SO
far as the following note elucldates:
The title Giant Of 81. J.rla,h's- which your
correspondent wishes. clucida,ed as applied In
siVen 70 The RisSi Rev. Hreh6isaop of rusm. John
M.chale' IN his day probably ne greatest mental
Of judah or the Lion Of the west terms a..
sp. ilSs Z, sSe a GIani pS Of s !n' Js srsai sS because thai ns .s Tns
s.. the founder OF the sec. oyer which he pre-
Has ut: country :, ever Joined es.si , 10 any ~ intel msT.
+. ". SULLIVAN.
The nrst article OF the Declaration of Paris. April
Ia 1850. Is "privatee ring Is and remains abolished
To this declaration the United States has never
acceded. In April. 1891. the United States pro
posed to the Powers q treaty which contained the
ssme declaration as 70 privateerng. but because
Of failure TO agree upon Its other provisions the
negotiations CAM to naught. A proclamation
Al the beginning OF the Spanish War tAprl -,
1899 set forth that the United States would not
resort TO priVsteerng. Spain. which also had not
sig ned the Declaration Of Paris, had anticipated
this proclamation with the declaration that II
reserved the right to Issue letters Of marque, but
Of this reservation IL took NO advantage.
In wha, year was gas introduced In New York;
CARLTON.
In 1924 permission TO lay pipes south Of Canal
street wss given TO the New York Gas Light Com
pauy. which had been Incorporated the previous
year In 1879 . similar franchise for the city north
of Canal street was given TO the Manhattan Gas
Light Company: these were parent companies
Of the original Consolidated Gas Company. Gas
li~h tipU m ade IT, WAY slowly. The date of the
Introduction Of the new light into Brooklyn Is
definitely n1ed as March -. Is+s.
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htor! NJ. {.
Il has been said that II Is an abbrevlstiou of
fanatic. That looks much like "a s.tessp, 10
excuse and explain the ineIpilcable. II Is far
more probable that the word has been caught
In the medley OF street speech where all sorts
OF candidates are being tried out. where but
few survive and when they do arc long past the
possibility Of identification A. to origin.
Where can 1 nnd the proverb a fool and his
II Is recorded In Rays collection. an eighteenth
century assembling Of the body OF English
gnomic literature which very unfortunately
omi,s the source and date Of the material there
gathered. The Idea In slightly different
phraslnz Is found In "A fool and his money be
tDuu nv ucpAtt IN u , pVOu VI
baud by Lessons OF the third quarter Of the
sixteenth century.
Please nnd out for me the exact location OF
the Rarldoin OF Efinghsm In England.
WILLIAM THohA1 kEELISo.
There is no exact loo alton of any English peer
age, for they are not territorial. The title OF
Enangham was Grst granted by Queen Mary
In 1854 70 Lord william Howard. eldest son OF
the second Duke OF Norfolk. as Baron Howard |
OF Efnngham. His son. the second Baron. was
created nrst Esri OF nottingham In 1880. The
earidom became extinct In 1881 and The barony
Of Ennnghan continued In a collateral line. The
The earlcom running out In 1910 at
the death Of the fourth Earl. The eleventh Baron
was created Earl Of Eninghsm In 1897 and the iiile
Is now borne by tho fourth Earl OF this new series.
Is In the county OF Surrey. but bis
seats are In Oxiordshtre at Tnsmore
Park, Bicester. and In Yorkshire al ThuuiercliGe
Rotterdam,
In re Stockings and Shoes" II hysteron-
proteron Is an easy translation for The cart be.
lore the horse your explanation Is lucid-Othor.
Wise further information is asked for. So
far as ancient NebuchadnezzAr Ia concerned In
the well known couplei- his stockings or hosen
1. e. in hose days their hosiery was barr fooed.
This Ia merely snrmise and better authority Is
niece ssary: this Important matter" should be set
tied. like the tArii. Y.
!. Kindly tell me the names Of the daughters Of
KIM John OF EnEland and whom they married
those OF them who did marry. The few authorities
I have st hand do not agree In their statements.
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