A. W.

Kilburn.

_Punch and Judy._--Are any of your readers of "N. & Q." not aware that

_Punch and Judy_ is a corruption, both in word and deed, of _Pontius cum

Judæis_, one of the old mysteries, the subject of which was Pontius Pilate

with the Jews; and particularly in reference to St. Matt. xxvii. 19.? I

should be glad to hear of some similar instances.

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