An alarm is originally the signal to arm: Query, Is it not
formed from the cry _a l'arme_, which in modern times is _aux armes_?
The judge said that from the courage of her family, most likely the
Queen was not alarmed, meaning, not frightened. But the illegal intent
to alarm merely means the intent to make another think that it is
necessary to take measures of defence or protection. When an _alarm_ is
sounded, the soldier who is _not_ alarmed is the one who would be held
to be frightened.
M.
_Taking a Wife on Trial_.--The following note was made upon reading _The
Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan of Maclean_, by a
Seneachie, published by Smith, Elder, and Co., London, 1838. It may be
thought worthy of a corner amongst the Notes on Folk Lore, which form so
curious and entertaining a portion of the "NOTES AND QUERIES."
In the beginning of the year 1608 a commission, consisting of the
Archbishop of Glasgow, the Bishop of the Isles (Andrew Knox), Andrew
Stewart, Lord Ochiltree, and Sir James Hay of Kingask, proceeded to the
Isles with power to summon the chiefs to a conference, for the purpose
of intimating to them the measures in contemplation by the government.
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