[MR. ROBERT SNOW and several other correspondents have also
suggested that the origin of the phrase "apple-pie order" is to
be found in the once familiar "cap a pied."]
_Durham Sword that killed the Dragon_ (Vol. iii., p. 425.).--For details
of the tradition, and an engraving of the sword, see Surtees' _History
of Durham_, vol. iii. pp. 243, 244.