QUESTIONS

Q : Did an Elizabethan law restrict the colour of clothing depending on rank?

Naomi Strachan, Jedbergh, Borders.

Q: Why do we call an umbrella a ‘brolly’ and not a ‘brelly’?

T. Nichols, Basildon, Essex.

Q : In South America, there are ruins of great civilisations. Are there any such ruins in North America?

Stuart Russell, Porthcurno, Cornwall.