Spring Gardens, Feb. 1850.
_Golden Frog_ (No. 14. p. 214.).--Sir John Poley's frog may have been a
device alluding to his name; I imagine that Poley is an appelative of
frogs. I find in Halliwell's _Dict. of Archaic Words_, "_Polly_wig," and
in Jamieson's _Scottish Dictionary_, "_Pow_lick," both meaning
_tadpole_, and both _diminutive_ forms; and Rowley _Poley_ is closely
(though not very logically) connected with the _frog_ who would a-wooing
go. The word has probably the same root as _poole_, _puddle_, &c.