Curious Old Attack On Freemasonry.

CURIOUS OLD ATTACK ON FREEMASONRY .

( Continuedfrom- tagc 160 J A SHOUT DICTIONARY EXPLAINING THE PRIA'ATE SIGNS OR SIGNALS USED BY THE MEMBERS OP THE SOCETY OF FREEMASONS UPON PARTICULAR OCCASIONS , DIGESTED IN AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER .

Ancle—A member to touch the right leg as ho goes along the streets , brings a member ( if ho sees him ) from his Avork on the top of a steeple . To touch the ancle of the left log , brings him down to talk from any other part of the church . Bade . —To put tho right hand behind

him , fetches a member C 1 OAV . II from any other edifice that is not built to an holy use ; and to put the left hand behind him , signifies that the member must come to tho public-house nearest the place Avhere he is at Avork , whether it bo tavern , ale-house , or

the like . Belly . —To put tho right hand on it is a sign for the member to bo in the Mall , in St . James ' s Park , in an hour ; and to put the left hand upon tho belly , is a sign for his being in Westminster Abbey in two hours . Breast . —To clap the right hand upon

the right breast , is a signal for a member to meet him that makes it in St . Paul's Cathedral at tho time of morning prayer ; and to clap the loft hand upon tho left breast , signifies you Avill be in St . Paul ' s Cathedral at the time of evening prayer . Button . —To rub tho right hand doAvn

tho coat buttons , is a sign for a member to be upon tho Eoyal Exchange at the beginning of Change time ; and to rub tho left hand doAvn tlie coat buttons , signifies he shall be at tlie Sim Tai orn , in Threadneedle Street , as soon as Change is over .

Also to rub tho right hand down the waistcoat buttons , signifies he must be at the Horns ale-house , in Gutter Lane , at nine of the clock the next morning ; and to rub tho left hand down the Avaisteoat buttons , signifies that you must bo at the same ale-house at eight of the clock next night .

Calf . —To rub tho calf of tho leg Avith either hand , the member to Avhom tho signal is made must bo Avalkiug , precisely at tAvo , by tho fountain in tho Middle Temple ; and to rub the calf of the left

leg with either hand , signifies you must meet him at four in the afternoon , on the King ' s Bench Walk in the Inner Temple . Cane . — -To swing it , signifies the memher must be at home at his own house at seven in the evening ; and to hold the

ferrule of the cane upAvards , he must bo at home at his OAVII house next morning , till nine of tho clock . Cheek . —To scratch your right checkwith either hand , signifies the member must bo in Lincoln ' s Inn Walks at eight of tho

clock next morning ; and to scratch his left cheek Avith either hand , signifies lie must bo walking under the Chapel of the same Inn next day , about dinner-time . Chin . —To touch tho chin Avith tho riht handsignifies the member must

g , bo at Old Man ' s Coffee-house at one of the clock past noon ; and to touch the chin with tho loft hand , signifies ho must meet him at Young Man ' s Coffeehouse at five , of the clock in the afternoon .

Coat . —To hold up the lappit of the right side of the coat , signifies the member must be in ( Iray ' s Inn Walks at seven of the clock next morning ; and to hold up tho lappit of tho loft side of the coat , signifies you must be at the sa n e placo next day , about four of the clock in the afternoon .

Dog . —If the member that makes the sign lias a dog Avith him and calls him to him to stroke him , it signifies that tho Member to Avhom the sign is made must bo in tho long Piazza in Covent Garden , at IAVO of tho clock in the afternoon . Ear . —To take hold of the riht ear Avith

g either hand , signifies the member must bo at St . James ' s Coffee-house at three of the clock in the afternoon ; and to take hold of the loft ear Avith either hand , signifies ho must bo at the same p lace by six in tho evening .

Eye . —To rub the rig ht eye Avith either hand , signifies the member must come to his house that makes the sign by seven o ' clock next morning ; and to rub the loft eye Avith either hand , signifies that he must go to the same place at dinner-time .

Foot . —To shake your right foot , signifies that ihe member must be at the Dial in the Privy Gardens at Whitehall , at nine of the clock next morning ; and to shake the left foot , signifies he must be at tho same place next day , about four in the afternoon .