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Apl., 1876. BYE-GONES. 47 SHROPSHIRE SUPERSTITION.-A writer in Notes and Queries. Apr. 1, 1876, says that a clergyman's wife in Shropshire hurting her foot by treading on a nail sticking in a piece of wood in the garden, was told by the village " doctress " that had she put the nail into a piece of fat bacon her foot would have quickly healed. Did any of your Shropshire readers ever hear of the custom in our county ? Salopian. REPLIES. WELSH DECAMERON (Mar. 29, 1876.)—It ap¬ pears that Dr Downes died ''on the Bank" in Builth in the spring of I860, and by bis request was buried under some particular tree in Aberedw churchyard. He was a native of London, his father was the clergyman who officiated at the marriage of the late Duke of Sussex. Dr Downes was in the habit of going about the country, and living in a small tent, which he took along, and often his two sons accompanied him in these rambles. He was twice married, had two sons by the first and two daughters by the last wife. Dr Downes was a frequent contributor to the periodicals of the day. One of his sons is now in practice as a surgeon at 13, White-street, South¬ ward. J.J. Brecon. SHEEP EAR MARKS (Mar. 1, 1876.)—I do not know whether the custom of marking sheep's ears is preva¬ lent through Wales, but it is so in Merionethshire, Cardi¬ ganshire, and Carnarvonshire. Many farmers have a col¬ lection of these ear marks, with the names of the farms to which they belong. I have seen many of these books from time to time. I believe that Mr D. Evans of Cae-einion, near Dolgelley, has a very complete book ; and if I am not mistaken, Mr D. Jones, jun., of Caergai, near Llanuwch- llyn, showed me a very complete one some years ago. Both were very ingenious, and were, if my memory serves me right, constructed on a different plan; but were very simple. Some shepherd also, whose name I cannot remember, showed me some time ago, a thick book of ear marks made of old newspapers, cut with a scissors in close imitation of sheep's ears, and the marks cut out. I believe that many farmers and shepherds in this county have a collection of these ear marks, and some of them so constructed that they might easily be copied and printed by lithography. Dolgelley. Owen Rees. BANGOR MONACHORUM. (April 12, 1876). Sir,—Some of the assertions made in a letter on this sub¬ ject in your last issue are worth weighing. It may be known to some that Bangor means " Chief Court," the usual name of the chief seat of a mission, from which radiated smaller houses (the names of which are still traced in the words Gower, Gore, Gordon, Corton, Corfaeld, &c, &c), 30 that it may be concluded that there were as many Bangors as mission centres. 1—Caa the Bangor in question be the most ancient, and %1U8Tit3 foun(ier» seeing that it is mentioned in the Triads that Lleirwg (or Lucius) built the first church at Llan- aatt which was the first in Britain." Moreover, the lands ot Bangor Dunawd were granted about AD. 500, by iSa1 Regulu3> of Powisi to Dunawd Mawr, its reputed ?~Aa to the conversion of Lucius, it should not be for- ll At u he was of a Christian family, for his great A? f k i Caridw8 h»d brought over, amongst others, ^.nstabul, who, according to the Greek martyrology, was ordained a bishop for the Britons. 3—Could the illustrious Pelagius have studied at Bangor Dunawd, when it is known that he was at Rome in 400? 4—Is it likely that Dunawd was still president in the year 600; or more probable that Dunawd was a title of the then president, distinguishing his from other courts? It is a remarkable fact that the majority of the ministering Christians of the fifth and sixth centuries have one ot tbs words " du," " di," " ty," and ': ti" (house) in their names, which would support the latter theory.—I am, &c, Yr Eglwts Hen. THE DOMESDAY BOOK. In continuation of the extracts which we have published from the new DomesSay Book, we now give the following:— LANDOWNERS IN MERIONETHSHIRE. The list contains the names o£ those who own 200 acres and over. The extracts are taken direct from the Blue Book, but. it '"s faulty, and we shall be glad to receive corrections, especially for re-publication in Bye-gon.es:—- Population in 1871 .. .. 46,593 Inhabited Houses......10,006 No. of Parishes...... 85 Gross Estimated Owner Address Acre 3 Rental Ansell, Charles..........Llanbedr............ 4,365 .. 1,196 Anwvl, Mr ..............GaeTberllan, Towyn.. 552 .. o5 Anwyl, Mr ..............Llanelltyd .......... 626 .. 81 Anwyl, Owen ............Bala ................ 560 .. 303 Anwyl, Mr R C ...-.......Peimal .............. 266 .. 178 Anwvl, Rice Owen........Brvnvgroes, Bala .... 496 .. 732 Anwvl, Thomas Lloyd.... Ervl Aran, Bala...... 2,230 .. 625 Anwyl, Watkin..........Pwllheli ............ 450 .. 183 Bagot. Lord..............Pool Park, Denbigh¬ shire .............. 2,003 .. 1,152 Biddulph, RM..........Chirk Castle ........ 1,170 ... 474 Bonsall, P ..............Aberystwyth ........ 757 .. 134 Breese, Edward..........Portmadoc .......... 413 .. Ill Bucklev, SirE ..........Mallwyd ............ 8,737 .. 3,924 Bunbury, W HE ........Abergwynant........ 477 .. 196 Carreg, Rt ..............Trawsfvuydd ........ 270 .. 26 Carson, Miss ............Egrvn Abbey, Dyffryn 409 .. 218 Casson, Mrs..............Festmiog .......... 2,069 .. S37 Casson, William..........Corwen.............. 200 .. 101 Clarke, Mrs.............Abergele ............ 230 .. 197 College, Jesus............Oxford.............. 715 .. 512 Corbet, Atliebtan J S ....Towyn ..............9,347 .. 8.241 Coulson, E F............Market Dray:un......4,578 .. 1,184 Coulson; John............Barmouth............ 1,949 .. 413 Davies, Edward ........Trefaen, Newtown___ 330 .. 53 Davies, Hugh............Portmau-square, W.\ . 493 .. 385 Davies, Hugh............Trawsfynydd ........ 453 .. 56 Davies, Humphrey ......Abenvrris, Machyn¬ lleth ............... 239 .. 133 Davies, Miss Jane........Towyn ..............1,469 .. 592 Davies, Janet'............Llandderfel.......... 2,ii5a .. 1,351 Davies, Rev John........Abergele ............ "204 .. 152 Davies, Morris ..........Pennal .............. 262 .. 127 Davies,Mrs............. Coed Cochion........1,462 .. 338 Davies, Mrs..............Ffriddbryncoch......1,000 .. 99 Davies, Mrs..............Hendreclochydd...... 281 .. 239 Davies, Thomas L........Dyffryn............... 4)7 .. 133 De Morella, Countess___Corwea.............1,334 .. 847 Dudley, Earl of..........Crogen, Corwen...... 4.472 .. 3,114 Edwards, Charles........DoU'f lley............ 3,818 .. 1,384 Ellis, RevJW.............Glasfryn ............ 649 .. 291 Ellis, William.............Tyddynmawr........ 677 .. 40 Evans and Roberts, MessrsHafodgan, Dyffryn .. 20).. 30 Evans, Owen ............Pwllheli.... .......... 225 .. 109 Fletcher, Philip LI ......Festiniog............2,133 .. 1,196 Foulkes, Rev Thos B ....Oswestry............ 289 .. 124 Gibbett, J ..............Llanaber............ 379 .. 27 Gibson, Mrs...............Nestoti ............... 1,031 .. 158 Gillott, Joseph ..........Birmingham ........ 445 .. 69 Gore, Mrs................Tanybwlch ..........1,431 .. 689 Gore.WO ..............Brogyntyn, Salop___5,436 .. 2,294 Griffith, David ..........Barmouth............ 309 .. 130 Griffith, E W ............Gam, Denbighshire.. 1,050 .. 225