Welsh Journals

30 BYE-GONES. Mar., 1882, MARCH 15, 18S2. NOTES. RHAIADR-Y-WENNOL-,SVatfow Water Fall.— (SeeHistoryofGioydir Family). Y Wennolis anabrevment —in Llafar Gwlad—of " Ewynol "—foaming, or the Foaming Cataract. Disdadl. DOLGELLEY COFFIN PLATES.—The custom, once so common in North Wales, of placing coffin-plates on the walls and pillars of the churches, has been more than once referred to in Bye-goncs. I remember, at Dolgelley, when it used to be the custom merely to place initial letters (which were prepared in metal for the purpose, and sold by the undertakers) on the coffins. Where coffin plates were used, they were only used by the better class, and as soon as the funeral was over they were detached from the coffins and placed on the pillars in the church. Before the church was altered these pillars were completely covered with them; and several of these old plates are stored away, I believe, in the building. In all cases, whether plates were used or not, initials were placed on the coffin. O. R. JOHN HULME OF OSWESTRY.—The following marriage which I copy from the registers of Sandbach, co. Chester, may possibly be of interest to some of your readers. Why the parties went bo far from home to be married is difficult to say, unless the bridegroom was a native of Sandbach, which is quite possible, as the name j occurs in the register there, " 1707-8. Jan. 8. John Hulme of Oswestry co. Salop Schoolmaster and Mary Hancock of Chesterton co. Stafford, married." Pensarn, Abergele. J. P. Earwaker. SHREWSBURY AND LONDON COACH (Feb. 22, 1882).—The London and Shreivsbury Machine began the 1st April 1773 to go three times a week during the summer season. Sets out from the Red Lion Inn on the Wyle Cop Shrewsbury every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights, exactly at twelve o'clock, and from the Swan with 2 necks in Ladd Lane, London, the same nights and hours, will, in going up breakfast at Walsall, dine at Meridian, and lye at Donchurch, where the coaches meet and return. Prices to and from each place as usual: each inside passenger to be allowed 141b. weight of luggage, all above to pay two pence per pound. Places, and Parcels taken in and entered at Shrewsbury by John Gittings on the Wyle Cop. *#* The proprietors beg leave to inform the public that they will spare no expense to make everything as agreeable and commodious as possible; every gentleman and lady who will please to countenance the same, their favours will be gratefully acknowledged. Performed if God permit, by Messrs. Hawforth and ) Fairbank j Turvill Drayson Francis Preston William Kaye Mary Jones Robert Cope, and John Gittings N.B. The proprietors will not be answerable for Money, Bank Notes, Plate, Jewels, Watches, Rings, Deeds, Writings, or Valuable Goods, if lost or damaged unless entered as such and paid for accordingly.—(An advertise¬ ment in " Wood's British Gazetteer," Shrewsbury, February 6th, 1773). T.W.H. QUERIES. WELSH CURATE AT WELSHPOOL.—The late Bishop Selwyn writing from New Zealand to Lady Powis in 1843, says, " Some of our settlers are in a great hurry to abolish the native language and substitute English ; to them I cite the example of Oswestry, an English town with Welsh service in the parish to this day. It is true that in Welshpool it was supposed to be so completely abolished that the refined ears of the con¬ gregation objected to a certain curate's Welsh accent, but this is a rare case." The good Bishop seems to have for¬ gotten that pure Welsh and a Welsh accent are two very different things. The latter is often offensive to English¬ men and Welshmen alike. How long have Welsh services been given up in the parishes of Pool and Oswestry ? F. CATTLE CALLS.—Cattle cries, and the words used in the management of domestic animals, in Glamorgan¬ shire :— Horses are called by, " Cup ! cup !" Cows ,, ,, " Dewch! dewch !" ,, to put the right hind leg in a proper position for milking, " Cenus !" Sheep are called by "Lock! in lock !" Pigs ,, „ "Biwcs! biwcs!" Little pigs ,, "Pics ! pics!" Pigs are driven with a " Swch y moch !" Fowls are called by " Cu ! cu !" Ducks „ „ "Nic! nic!" A dog is driven away with a " Cw !" and a cat with " skut!" or " scut y cath !" In Cardiganshire the calls are as follows :— Horses, " Hwthiabach!" Cows, "Trwdabach!" ,, To put the leg in position for the milker, "Tro." Sheep, "Maybach!" Pigs, " Biwca bach !" Fowls, "Dick! dick!" Ducks, "Bill! bill!" Cat is driven away with " Whiscit!" Perhaps some of your correspondents will give the calls of other counties. D.J. THE BOWLING GREEN INN, OSWESTRY - In some of the Records of the Oswestry Quarter Sessions last century I find the Court "adjourned to the Bowling Green House," and on one occasion (17 July 1776) " to the house of Mary Salusbury, widow." Was she the landlady of the Bowling Green Inn ? The house was then, as now, I presume, the property of Sir Watkin, and it is within the recollection of some living that Mr. Richard Salisbury, once either steward or in some such household office at Wynnstay, resided in Brook-street, Oswestry, and was active in Corporation matters. Was he any relation of the widow who at an earlier period had at her house the Court of Quarter Session ? When Mr. Salisbury was first * elected a councilman, in 1784, he was described as " of the Bowling Green," but his name appears at a later period as a performer at the Wynnstay Theatricals, without the prefix of "Mr.," leading one to suppose that he was still a servant there. He was Mayor of Oswestry in 1786-7; and we find the name, as deputy-mayor, down to 1819. I» 17831 find an entry in Oswestry Races of " Mr. Salisbury's Bay Mare Mistletoe." Jarco. REPLIES. CAENISTINY (Feb. 15, 1882)—or (as called in the neighbourhood) CaenSst, is situate between Har'lech and Aber-maw, Merioneth. The present owner is Mr. W. T. Poole, Caernarvon. D.