Replies to Minor Queries.
_Ell-rake_ (Vol. iv., p. 192.).--VASHTI inquires the derivation of
_ell-rake_ or _hell-rake_. In this district (the Cotswolds) we generally
suppose the derivation to be from the rake being an ell in width. In the
vale, however (_i.e._ about Tewkesbury), they are called _heel-rakes_,
from their being drawn at the heel of the person using them, instead of
being used in front, as rakes ordinarily are.