GHOSTS or APPARITIONS, iii, 67, 90. | Give-ales, i, 181, 277.
conversation concerning, from Addison's comedy of the
Haunted House, iii, 74. of unburied persons described
Giuoco della Cieca, ii, 398.
Glacach, a disease so called among the Highlanders, iii, 273.
Glain Nedr, iii, 274.
by Virgil as wandering up Glamorganshire, custom in, of strew-
and down on the banks of
the Styx, iii, 68.
laying of, iii, 72, note.
Giants, practice of carrying about, on Midsummer Eve, i, 323-45. used in the city pageants, i, 323. origin of the, in Guildhall, i, 324.
Dr. Milner's explanation of the statues of, burnt at Dunkirk, Douay, &c., i, 325.
ing a corpse with flowers, ii, 309.
graves newly dressed in, at Easter and Whitsuntide, ii, 310.
whitening of houses in, to
keep out the devil, ii, 521. Glasgow, donations made at, at fune- rals to the poor, ii, 289. Glashtin, the, or water-horse, iii, 414. Glass, eating the apple at the, i, 382.
Gibbet, or gallows, superstitions con- Glastonbury, miraculous walnut tree
| Goose, Michaelmas, i, 367.
popular saying concerning eat- ing, on Michaelmas Day, i, 367, 370.
origin of the custom of eating, on Michaelmas Day, i, 368. an emblem of "mere modestie," i, 370.
jest respecting hitting the joint
of a, i, 371; ii, 199, 200. at harvest home, i, 370; ii, 26. St. Martin's Day marked with a, on the Norway clogs, i, 401.
eaten on the Continent at Martinmas, i, 402.
a chief ingredient in the com- position of a Christmas pie, i, 530. plucking at a, iii, 40.
custom on, in the North of Goose-grass, i, 369.
England, of eating passion-" Goose intentos," i, 367.
dock pudding, i, 150. hallowing of cramp-rings and creeping to the cross on, i, 150-1.
eggs laid on, preserved, i, 151. and bacon a usual dish
one constant day for a general meeting of witches, i, 151. fasting custom on, in Con- naught, i, 152. customs observed on, in the Spanish and Portuguese navy, 1810, i, 153. Naogeorgus's account of the ceremonies on, i, 153-4. cross-buns on, i, 154. loaf of bread baked on, i, 155. Chelsea "royal bun-houses," i, 157.
watching the sepulchre on, i, 159.
GOODING, GOING A, ON ST. THOMAS'S DAY, i, 455.
Goodman, St., i, 365.
"Goodman's croft," iii, 317-8.
"Good wine needs no bush," ii, 351. Goose at New Year's tide, i, 12.
GOOSE RIDING, ii, 419. Gospel trees, i, 199. Gospels, why four, iii, 268. Gossamer, iii, 223. Gossip's bowl, i, 1.
cake, ii, 80-1.
Gosteg yr Halen, or the prelude of the salt, iii, 161.
Gowk, hunting the, in Scotland, on the 1st of April, i, 140. Grace-cup, in our universities, origin of the, i, 4.
Grass, strewing of a church with, on Whitsunday, i, 278.
Grates, omens at the bars of, iii 183-4. Grave, position in the, as adopted for interment by different nations, ii, 295-6. -stumbling at a, iii, 249. anciently called pyttes, ii, 249. Graves, position of, ii, 295-6.
custom of strewing flowers on, ii, 307-8.
- fenced with osiers in the south of England, ii, 308. illustration of the passage in Hamlet, "make her grave straight," ii, 296.
Graves, in Brecknockshire, sometimes | Groom-porter, silver token passed at the benefit of the, i, 33. Gudula, St., i, 364.
strewed with slips of bay
Graydon, Charles, his lines on nuts Guernsey, betrothing custom of giv burning, i, 379.
Greece, houses decked with ever- greens in, in December, i, 525. Greek Church, pancake feast, pre- ceding Lent, used in the, i, 88.
celebration of Easter in the, i, 171-4.
tapers used at weddings in the, ii, 158.
Greeks, had a method of preparing fighting-cocks for battle, ii, 59. modern, use parboiled wheat at funerals, i, 115. buried their dead towards the east, ii, 318.
GREEN IVIE LEAF, divination by a, iii, 357. Greenlanders keep a sun-feast at the winter solstice, i, 475. Greenvill, Sir Fulk, ii, 512. Greenwich-hill,
festivities of, at
Easter and Whitsuntide, i, 181. Gregory, St., i, 364-5.
the great patron of scho-
lars, i, 417-8. superstitions on the night of, ii, 130.
Gresham, Sir John, dinner at the fu-
Grey, Lady Catherine, the circum- stances of her death, ii, 206.
ing a flouncing, ii, 98. witchcraft in, iii, 66.
"Guest," the word ghost so pro-
Guidhel, or mistletoe, how described in the Edda, i, 524. Guildford, Lord Keeper, checks the superstitions concerning witchcraft, iii, 13-4. Guildhall, London, origin of the figures of giants in, i, 323-4. colours taken at Ramilies put up in, i, 324. Guisearts, Scots Christmas Carol by the, i, 458.
Gule, etymology of, i, 347. GULE of AUGUST, commonly called LAMMAS DAY, i, 347.
GUNPOWDER PLOT, Anniversary of the, i, 397.
Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, plays at blindman's buff with his colonels, ii, 397.
Gute Freytag, i, 113. "Guy-l'an-neuf," i, 17, 458. Gyar Carlins, ii, 495. Gyl burnt tayle, iii, 397.
GROANING CAKE and CHEESE, I, HAGMENA, i, 457-61.
chair, ii, 71.
Groat, drunken, ii, 334.
Groats, or oats hulled, etymology of, i, 400.
proverb concerning, in the North of England, i, 400. Groom-porter, hazard played at, at court, for his benefit, on the night of Twelfth Day, i, 33.
a corrupted word from the Greek αγια μηνη, 1, 460. custom of, in Scotland, i, 460. Haguillennes, i, 460. Haguimento, i, 460.
Hair, sudden turning of, gray, iii, 176. Hairs, spitting on those which come out in combing, iii, 263. Halcyons, iii, 222. Hales-Owen, Salop, bride-ale custom at, ii, 143.
HALLE E'EN, or NUTCRACK NIGHT, | Harlequin and columbine, origin of,
Burns's account of Scot- tish sports on, i, 380.
Hallow-even fire, i, 389.
Harrow School, silver arrow at, shot for, i, 454.
Harry Hurcheson, game of, ii, 415.
Hallowmasse, ringing of bells on, Harvest queen, ii, 20.
Hallowing of bells, ii, 214.
of Saturday afternoon, ii, 39. Halter, superstition concerning a, iii, 276.
Halves," crying out, iii, 251. Hamburg, custom of the inhabitants
of, giving carp for supper to their servants on Christmas Eve, i, 473. Hammer, use of a, in calling the monks to church in ancient times, ii, 214. Hampshire, Colt-pixy, the name of a supposed fairy in, ii, 512. Hand-ball, game of, at Easter, i, 176. Hand-fasting, or handfæsting, ii, 87-8. HAND and FINGER NAILS, omens
concerning, iii, 177-80. popular belief relating to the size, softness, &c., of the, iii, 179.
custom of kissing the, derived from the ancient Persians, iii, 179.
Hand of glory, foreign superstition of the, iii, 278-9. practised in Ireland, iii, 279.
HANDICAP, GAME OF, ii, 420. Handkerchiefs, given by gentlemen to their favorites, temp. Elizabeth, ii, 92.
Hands, right, joining of the, in mar- riage, ii, 105. HANDSEL, iii, 262.
Monday, i, 19. HANDY-DANDY, ü, 420. Hardicanute, King, original of Hock Tuesday derived from the death of, i, 185.
HARE crossing the way, iii, 201. Hares, vulgar error concerning, iii, 381.
doll, or kern-baby, in Northum- berland, ii, 20.
dame, in Yorkshire, ii, 24. dinners, in Cornwall, ii, 26. gosling, ii, 26.
HARVEST HOME, ii, 16, 33.
geese eaten at, i, 370. rejoicings of, on Hallow Eve, i, 388.
song of the Suffolk pea- santry, ii, 19. Thomson's description of, ii, 25.
how celebrated in France, ii, 26. song, ii, 27. MOON, the, ii, 33.
love divination during its continuance, ii, 33. Harvey, the conjuror of Dublin, i, 377. Hascka, St., ii, 492.
Hats worn whilst sitting at meat, i, 486.
congregations sitting during ser- vice with them on, ii, 323. Haunted house, Gay's description of one, iii, 80.
form for exorcising one, iii, 72.
"Hawkie," harvest custom so called in Cambridgeshire, ii, 22. Hawsted, co. Suffolk, partiality at, for burying on the south and east sides of the churchyard, ii, 293. Hay used in strewing churches, ii, 14. Hay-thorn, gathered on May Day, used against witches, i, 217. Hazel, vulgar notion concerning, iii, 333.
nuts, Gay's spell with, i, 378. HEAD OMENS, iii, 176-7. HEADS AND TAILS, ii, 421. HEALTHS, or Toasts, ii, 338.
Healths, mode of drinking, as de- | Henry II, bled at the nose when his
scribed in Rich's Irish
Hubbub, ii, 328. custom for gallants to stab themselves in the arm or elsewhere, in drinking of their mistresses', ii, 335. Misson's account of the man- ner of drinking in England, ii, 339.
Heam, explanation of, iii, 119.
Hearne, Thomas, his orders for his
grave, ii, 295.
Hearnshaw, iii, 214.
son Richard came to view his corpse, iii, 230. III, New Year's gifts extorted by, i, 5.
IV, Christmas mummings in honour of, i, 464. VI, superstitious bleeding of the corpse of, iii, 231. VIII and Queen Katherine ride "a Maying," i,
wears white mourning for Anne Boleyn, ii, 283.
Heaviness considered as an omen, iii, Hens thrown at, at Shrovetide. i, 80.
Heaving, on Easter Monday and Tuesday, i, 181-2. See Lifting. Hebrides, harvest song in the, ii, 27. Hectors, ii, 350. Hederiga, St., i, 364.
Hedgehogs, omens of weather, iii, 243.
Heifer's tail, prognostication of wea- ther from a, iii, 242. Heil, an idol so called, i, 3.
Heit, or heck! the carter's term, ii, 15.
Hélène, feu d', St. Helen's fire, iii, 401.
Heliotropes and marigolds, weather omens, iii, 247.
Helpers, saints so described in Nao- georgus's Regnum Papisticum, i, 363.
Helstone, Cornwall, May custom re- tained at, i, 223.
made presents of, at Shrove- tide, i, 80.
put on an odd number of eggs, iii, 263.
Heralds of private gentlemen, i, 465. Herbert, George, funeral of, ii, 286. Herbs and flowers, strewing of, at weddings, ii, 116.
at bride-ales, ii, 145. at funerals, ii, 249. power of, as charms, iii, 20, 270-97.
Herculaneum, picture found at, re- presenting a marriage, ii, 165. Herefordshire, wassailing custom in, on Twelfth Day, i, 30. singular morris dance in, i, 258.
soul-mass cakes in, i, 392.
custom of the sin-eater in, ii, 247.
Hermes' fire, St., iii, 401.
Helvetia, custom in, at Shrovetide, Herolt, John, a Dominican friar, ex-
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