ETYMOLOGICUS _will find a full reply to his Query, under the word
_"Aiguillette,"_ in the _Dictionnaire Infernal_ of M. Collin de Plancy; and
by so doing he will also learn why we do not here enter into a fuller
explanation_.
MARCH. _There is no question but that we derived the name _April fool_ from
the French _Poisson d'Avril_. See Ellis'_ Brand, vol. i. p. 82 (ed. 1841).
INVESTIGATOR _is referred to Lowndes' _Bibliographer's Manual_, under the
title "Huloet," for an account of Huloet's _Abecedarium_, as well as of the
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of the _Monasticon_, published in_ 1718.
J.K. (Medical Use of Mice) _is thanked for his friendly Postscript. He
will, we trust, see a great alteration in future_.
CURIOSUS. _The best account of the Domestic Fool is in Douce's
_Illustrations of Shakespeare_, and Flägel's_ Geschichte der Hofnarren.
PHILO-STEVENS. _Rask's _Anglo-Saxon Grammar_, by Thorpe; and Vernon's
_Guide to Anglo-Saxon_, are considered the best elementary books_.
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