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331 BYE-GONES. Dec, 1875. TRINITY SUNDAY CUSTOM.-Can anyone tell me of an old cusfoni of meeting at a spring to drink sugar and water on Trinity Sunday ? E.K. [Onr co-respondent has omitted to say where this custom pre¬ vailed, lut we presume, trom another query sent with it, that the Llanvmynech district of Montgomeryshire is referred to.— Ed.] REPLIES. TALES ABOUT WALES (Nov. 10. 1875).—Will your correspondent " L.C." or some one else kindly furnish further particulars about Mrs Campbell—her Christian name, the dates of her birth, marriage and death, &c. &c.? R.W. THE WHITE HOUSE, OSWESTRY (June 26, 1872).—On June 26, 1872, I published a note in Bye-gones about the old sign of the White Horse in Church-street, Oswestry, which had then been temporarily removed for the house to be new-fronted. That note called forth the following paragraph in a letter from the late Mr Shirley Brooks, who always, as our readers know, kppt up his in¬ terest in the town of Oswestry :— "I see you notice the Oid White Horse. It gives me a sensa¬ tion, to this hour, to think of that sisn. It was opposite our house. One day I s;w a !"g tied by a rope, outside the bars of the window on the first flo->r. A man's lei? hid been badly set, and the surgeons (probably Mr Cartwrightwas one)had to break it again, in order to its being properh set. This was between 1830-33. I have seen worse things done since, but my nerves were then young, and I had a night-mare for a week." A.R. A MONTGOMERYSHIRE ELECTION SQUIB. (July 21, Aug. 11. 1875).—The " Wonderful Prophecy" given on the earlier of these dates seems to have been fol¬ lowed by another squib, of which the following is a copy :— WONDERFUL PROPHECIES FULFILLED AND FULFILLING. Wonders on wonders ! now are seen (I tell no idle story), Our " Wynn" is turned, if not to " green" At least from Whig to Tory. And by this sign it doth appear (Or I'm beside the mark) A change like this is very near— A change from " light" to " dark." And what wa3 " dark " as dark could be, (The way John Bull was rul'd) Is now so " light" that he can see How sadly he's been f Dol'd. Wonders on Wonders ! more we see ! 'Tia true—I have not forged it, One lawyer has refused a fee, Another has disgorged it: And that's the way in my belief (As sure as hops are hops) To turn their nice fat " rumps of beef" To skinny "mutton chops." That " Free-born men are bonght and sold "— Alack ! and more's the pity, It makes my very blood run cold, And so cuts short my ditty ;— Or I more wonders would rehearse Than e'er was told in story, Bat now am fain to check my verse, And sigh for England's glory. One wonder more, and I must end, It's what you'll all remember, Montgomeryshire at last will send An Independent Member. NrxON, Jtjniob. The originals are both printed in red ink, aud are pretty nearly uniform, without any date; and bear the imprint " Owen, Printer, Pool." Nemo. December 1, 1875. THE SIN EATER (Nov. 24, 1875).—In reference to this subject the writer in Blackwood states in the Academy of Nov. 27, that the Cambrian Archaeologists at Ludlow in 1852 had the matter before them, when " Mr Moggridge cited a case of this superstition as having occurred within five years at or near Llandebie, in the hill country of Carmarthenshire." (See Cam. Arch. Jour, s." 11, v." iii, p. 330). • NOTES. AN OLD OSWESTRY "STRIKE."—The jour- j neymen tailors suddenly struck for wages in Oswestry (says ! the Shrewsbury Chronicle of the period) on Saturday, June 15, 1822. Htlld. MAYORS OF WREXHAM.—Perhaps some other correspondent will give you an outline of our municipal history ; the following is our list of Mayors from the com¬ mencement :— 1857. Tnomas Edeworth, solicitor. 1858. Do. Do. (re-elected). 1859. Thomas Painter, wine-merchant. 1860. John Clark, tailor and draper. 1861. John Dickenson, surgeon. 1862. John Lewis, solicitor. 1863. Do. Do. (re-elected). 1864. Joseph Clark, brewer. 1865. William Overton, wine-merchant. 1866. Peter Walker, brewer. 1867. Do. Do. (re-elected). 1868. Thomas Rowland, brewer. 1869. William Rowland, chemist. 1870. John Beale, retired chemist. 1871. John Bernard Murless, Wynnstay Arms Hotel. 1872. James Charles Owen, solicitor. 1873. Robert Lloyd, draper. 1874. Do. Do. (re-elected). 1875. T. Eyton Jones, surgeon. Recohdeb. LICENCES TO EAT BLESH DURING LENT. The old parish books of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, which have unfortunately been lost, contained the following licence :— " Whereas John Tomkies, M.A. and public preacher of the Word in the town of Salop, is notoriously visited with sickness, inso¬ much that he is desirous to eat Flesh, for the recovery of bis former health, during the time of his sickness. " By the Minister of the parish next adjoining, according to the statutes in that behalf provided, " 1, therefore, Andrew Duker, Minister of the parish of St. Alkmonds, do licence the aforesaid John Tomkies, to eat Flesn during his sickness, and no longer, according to the true mean¬ ing and intent of the afore mentioned statute. In witness whereof I have subscribed my name this 15th day of February, 1591. "AND, Dukeb.' The foregoing shows how strictly discipline was maintained in the English Church long after the Reformation, but there is a still later instance at Wem. An entry in the register of that parish, dated 14th March, 1613, records that the Rev. Richard Sankey, rector, licenced Richard Ward) gentleman, to eat flesh in Lent for the recovery of his health. A copy of this licence is given by Gar bet, a* page 288, of his History of Wem. R.E.D.