Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851, page 39 by Various Authors
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--"Going the whole hog"--Expression in Milton--Haybands in Seals--King John at Lincoln--Handbell--Vineyards--Mazer Wood.
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Errata.--P. 236, Col. 2. l. 26, for Hanse town read hamlet; p. 238, col. 1. l. 27, for "cratus" read "natus"; p. 217, col. 1. l. 29. for "Count" read "Court"; p. 250, col. 1. l. 4, for "Tedley" read "Sedley," col. 2. l. 23, for "tantus" read "tantas."
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