Dragon, flying, i, 321. atmospheric phenomena so DRAW GLOVES, sport so called, |Dudingston parish, near Edinburgh, Dulce Domum, Winchester song of, Dullahan, the, ii, 508. DRAWING DUN OUT OF THE MIRE, Dumb Borsholder of Chart, i, 220. ii, 416. DREAMS, iii, 127-41. ancient rhymes on the sub- interpretations of, iii, 132-3. dictionary of, iii, 134. Drinc-heile, i, 3. cake, i, 387; iii, 331. Dundonald, Ayrshire, singular funeral Dunkeld, co. Perth, diversion of Drinking, a, in some parts of Scot-Dunkirk and Douay, immense figure of basket-work annually made at, DUNMOW FLITCH OF BACON, cere- mony of the, ii, 177-80. Droitwich, custom at, on St. Ri- Dunscore, shire of Dumfries, yew tree at, ii, 263. Dunton, co. Essex, church-offering Durham, rural address to St. Agnes custom used at, of taking off shoes, or rather buckles, in tained in the grammar- celebration of church wakes riding the stang in, ii, 188-9. letter concerning gipsies and Eagle, Alexander the Great encou- [Easter Eggs, custom of making pre- raged by the flight of an, iii, 222. East, practice of worshipping toward churches not placed due east and East Indies, creeping through tolmen custom of carrying Silenus in gloves, i, 80. sents of, in the North of 176. EVE, i, 157-60. superstitions on, as related by Naogeorgus, i, 157-8. the celebration of, appointed "Ecco la fico," ii, 182-3. king, custom of the, in Spain," Echinus marinus," iii, 371. i, 167. manner of celebrating among the modern Greeks, i, 174. amusements of, on the bor- Eclipses of the moon, superstitions Eden Hall, co. Cumb., St. Cuthbert's Giant's Cave at, ii, 375. luck of, ii, 487. ders of the Solway, i, 169. Edgar, King, ecclesiastical law of, for Tuesday, custom on, mention- ed by Durand, i, 180. EASTER DAY, i, 161. shining of the sun on, i, Edmonton, witch of, iii, 23. III, ceremony of the boy-bishop IV, coronation of, why put off, VI, his alteration of the foun- dation of Christ's College, -- eating of an odd one, iii, 19. Egg-feast, name of the Saturday pre- formerly at Oxford, i, 171. "Egg at Easter," proverb of an, i, Eggs and collops, a usual dish on laid on Good Friday preserved all a usual dish on Good Friday, i, and herbs on Easter Day, i, 164. held by the Egyptians as a sa- cred emblem of the renovation in the ritual of Pope Paul V, con- sidered emblematical of the the giving of, still prevalent Elf's Kirk, cell or cave so called, ii, Elgin, and shire of Murray, Midsum- Eligius, St., particulars concerning, Elizabeth, Queen of Henry VII, ce- order of the Maunday practised dined upon goose at Tilbury portrait of, at Kirtling, co. fond of bear-sports, ii, 401. ring sent to, by Lord Chancellor Elm tree, presages drawn from the Eton school, custom at, on the day of leaves of the, iii, 248. Eloy, St., account of, i, 361. Ely, custom in the isle of, on Whir- lin Sunday, i, 114. Ember, or Ymbre days, i, 96. name unfortunate, iii, 268. "Ephesiæ literæ," iii, 323. Epithalamium, ii, 161. custom at, on Ash Wed- customs at, custom at, on the eve of bonfire at, on St. Peter's gathering of nuts at, in hunting the ram at, i, 440. Etre né coiffé,” iii, 114. Eve, Lady, wife of Sir Robert Fitz- from Herrick's Hesperides, Evergreens, carrying of, at funerals, ii, 169. EPPING STAG HUNT, iii, 395. ERRORS, VULGAR, iii, 379. Erskine, parish of, in Scotland, Ermyn, St., iii, 402. Erysipelas, amulet against, iii, 284. Eskdalemuir, co. Dumfries, annual ii, 249. Essex, money-gathering in, at a mar- Euny's well, St., ii, 370. riage, ii, 150. Dunmow bacon, in, ii, 177-80. ETHELBURGH'S DAY, ST., i, 374. Eustace's well, St., at Withersden, in Kent, ii, 371. Eutrope, St., i, 365. Eton College, double feast of St. Ni-" Evyns," origin of the observance of, cholas at, i, 430. i, 440. Montem, abolition of, in 1847, Exeter, custom of the boys at, in ii, 1. Rogation week, i, 207. Exeter, charm for agues about, iii,298. | Fairies' " Farewell," Bishop Corbett's Exorcism against worms, iii, 273. Expulsion of death, a custom so called in Franconia, i, 112. Eyam, in Derbyshire, Miss Seward's itching of the right, iii, Eyes, babies of the, iii, 47. Fabarum rex, i, 24. Fabyan, the historian, his order for his month's mind, ii, 315-6. Facers, the name for a club of Faith, spitting the, iii, 261. drinkers, ii, 334. Faddy, a, i, 223. Fags at Eton school, i, 437. Fairie, queen of the, in Scotland, Fairies, superstitions concerning, as to FAITH, ST., VIRGIN AND MARTYR, i, 373. curious love charm employed on that day in the north of England,i, 373. changeling children, Falling sickness, charms against the, ii, 484-5-6. existence of, alluded to by the supposed to steal or change of the mines, ii, 486-7. of wells, ii, 494. iii, 301. Familiars of witches, iii, 6, 10. "Farciminum convivia,” i, 400. Fast, St. Agnes', i, 35; iii, 141. Fastens seed-cake, ii, 22. domestic, called brownies, Fasterns, Fasten, or Fasting Even, a ii, 488-9. Chaucer's remarks on, ii, 498-9. Dr. King's description of a name given to Shrove Tuesday, Fasting on Midsummer Eve, i, 335. king and queen of the, ii, 499." Favilteach," or the first days of Fe- arrows, ii, 490. butter, ii, 492. bruary, ii, 44. Favours, marriage, ii, 108. |