J. YEOWELL.

Hoxton.

_George Herbert and the Church at Leighton Bromswold.--Little
Gidding._--Some of your readers may not be aware that George Herbert built
the church of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts as well as that of Bemerton. The
church stands about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the road from
Huntingdon to Thrapston, and a view of it is given in Zouch's 4to. edition
of Isaac Walton's _Lives_; it is stated, in a note, to be near Spalding,
for which read _Spaldwick_. Herbert desired the pulpit and reading-desk to
be placed on opposite sides of the church, and of the same height; to show
that "preaching ought not to be esteemed above praying, nor praying above
preaching."

Query, What is the state of the interior _now_, as to pews, &c.?

The nuns, if I may so call them, in the monastery at Little Gidding, Hunts,
employed themselves in covering or in ornamenting the covers of books, in
patterns, with silver and coloured-silk threads: a friend of mine in Surrey
has a small volume so ornamented by them.

E. H.

Norwich, Jan. 20.

_Etymology of Kobold._--At page 239. of Mr. Bohn's edition of Keightley's
_Fairy Mythology_, we find that Mr. K., after heading a chapter with
"Kobolds," says in a note:--

"This word is usually derived from the Greek [Greek: kobalos], a knave,
_but as this is only found in lexicographers_, it may in reality be a
Teutonic word in a Greek form."

Surely, Mr. Keightley has forgotten the following passages--

1. Ar. Equites, 450. Dindf. [Conf. Ranae, 1015.]

"[Greek: KLEON: KOBALOS ei.]
[Greek: ALL. panourgos ei.]"

2. Ejusdem fab., 635.:

"[Greek: Bereschethoi te kai KOBALOI kai Mothon.]"

3. Plutus, 279.:

"[Greek: hos mothon ei te kai phusei KOBALOS.]"

4. Aristotle, _H. A._ 8. 12. 12. [Bekker Oxon.] says of a bird,

"[Greek: kobalos kai mimetes.]"

In the 2nd passage Liddell and Scott call [Greek: kobaloi] "_mischievous
goblins_," which is exactly equivalent to "kobolds."

The word is also used adjectively for "knavish tricks," "rogueries."

See _Equites_, 419.:

"[Greek: Kai, ne Di', alla g' esti mou kobala paidos ontos.]"

Ranae, 104:--

"[Greek: he men kobala g' estin, hos kai soi dokei.]"

In _Equites_, 332. we find [Greek: kobalikeumata], "the tricks of a [Greek:
kobalos]."

P. J. F. GANTILLON.

_Judas Cup_ (Vol. ii., p. 298.).--In the _Ancient Monuments, Rites, and
Customs of Durham_, published by the S