Hesket, in Cumberland, court for the | HOBBY HORSE, the, i, 267. forest of Englewood kept at, on St. Barnabas's Day, i, 245. Heston, co. Midd., custom of cock- gathering of fern seed at, on 315. Hexham, form of inviting to burials "Hiccius doctius," iii, 61. funeral customs of, ii, 240. make anything a sign of rain, Highlands of Scotland, weather i, 10. custom of, at Minehead, on the 1st of May, i, 227. dialogue concerning, in the HOBGOBLIN, ii, 514. verses on, from Herrick's Hockey cake, ii, 22. passages in the old historians Hoc Tuesday, i, 186. HODENING, GOINGA, i, 474. Beltein custom retained in the," Hoisting," ceremony of, ii, 195. i, 224. girdles used in the, for women in labour, ii, 67. superstitions in the, respecting children, ii, 79. charms practised in the, iii, Hindostan, the gipsies supposed ori- Hiring fairs in Scotland, ii, 455. HOB or NOB, ii, 348. HOKE DAY, i, 184-91. etymologies of, i, 185-7. Holidays, law of King Alfred con- Holland, St. Mary the patron saint childbirth custom in, ii, 72. Holy Island, custom of "petting" in, HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY, i, 535. HOLY THURSDAY, procession on, i, Ascension Day, so called rites performed at wells on, Holy water, casting of, upon a corpse, Holy wells, ii, 366. recipe for making a holy well, Hop-pickers in Kent, custom among Hopkins, Matthew, the witch-finder, HOPPINGS, ii, 1, 15. derivation of the term, ii, 8. Horace promises presents to a foun- 411. Horn of abundance, ii, 185. Horses blooded on St. Stephen's Day, charms and superstitions re- still seen at doors in Mon- mouth street, iii, 17. 170. 66 HOT-COCKLES, i, 516; ii, 421. never stricken by thunder, iii, "How to know what trade your hus- Howdy, or howdy wife, the midwife Howling at funerals, ii, 269-71. Hornedness of the new moon, iii, 150, Huldryche, St., i, 364-5. 241. Horn fair, held at Charlton, in Kent, Hornie, a name for the Devil, ii, 521. blowing of, on May Day, i, 213. Huli festival among the Hindoos, i, "Hulluloo," ii, 269. HUMPHREY, DUKE, DINING WITH, Huniades, titular King of Hungary, HORNS, vulgar saying of husbands HUNT the SLIPPER, i, 517; ii, 422. wearing, ii, 185-6-7. Horoscopes, iii, 341. Hunter's-hoop, a drinking term, ii, "Horse and Hattock," a term used Hunting the gowk, i, 140. by fairies, ii, 504. the ram at Eton School, i, 440. Hunting the wren, custom of, in the Hurley hacket, riding the, ii, 407. Ice fairs among the ancient northern on the Thames, ii, 459. description of, from Fawkes's Illuminations on Queen Elizabeth's Images of wax made by witches, iii, Incantations of witches, iii, 9. Infants passed through the fire, i, 309. INGATHERING, FEAST OF, ii, 16. INNOCENTS' DAY, i, 535. superstition concerning, ii, Inns, customs at, in the time of Charles Inns of court, dancing round the fires Christmas customs at the, Intempestum, nocturnal vigil of the Inverness, custom at, on Shrove-Tues- Iona, superstition in, iii, 319. on May Eve, i, 227. St. Patrick the patron saint of, a sheep killed in, in every fa- celebration in, on Allhallow celebration of the Church - harvest customs in, ii, 37. custom of setting salt upon a month's mind in, ii, 316. Irish, ancient manners of the, i, 110. i, 152. customs among the, on May keep St. Catherine's Day lamentations among the, on deaths, ii, 208-9. wake, account of the, ii, 227. dead to the grave, ii, 269. funeral, form of an, ii, 269. Irish, funeral elegies among the, Jack and Gill, harvest in Bedford- ii, 281. game so called, ii, 422. 149. relating to salt, iii, 165. a candle, iii, 182. Islip, custom at, on Shrove Tuesday, May Day, i, 219. the 5th of November, i, 300. 466. Italians, their mode of scoffing and saying, "Ecco, la fico," ii, 182-3. shire, ii, 24. JACKDAWS, superstitions concerning Jack-stones, game of, in Ireland, i Jackall, vulgar error concerning the, Jacks, drinking vessels so named, ii, Jacob's stone, iii, 294. his Counter-blast to Tobacco, extracts from his Dæmonology, James II, King, omens at his coro- nation, iii, 112. JAMES'S DAY, ST., i, 346. Italy, Spain, and Provence, sports January, first night of, superstition with eggs in, i, 170. May customs in, i, 228. custom in, on St. Nicholas's Day, i, 420. on, at Kirkmichael, in Banff- sports among the heathens on harvests in, earlier than with January 30th, i, 10. us, ii, 24. ITCHING OF THE RIGHT EYE, iii, 172. used as the vintners' sign, girl, i, 68. bells at Newcastle-upon- Japanese weddings, lamps and flam- Highlands for the cure of, iii, 299. sport of, in East Kent, Jesmond, St. Mary's well at, ii, 380. i, 68. Jesters, i, 263-4. IVY-LEAF, GREEN, DIVINATION BY Jeu de merelles, ii, 430. A, iii, 357. Jack-in-the-green, on May Day, i, Jack with a lantern, iii, 397. JEW, WANDERING, iii, 360-1. Jewes eare, a mushroom or excre- Jewish wives, at the Feast of the JOHN table, i, 171. Jews, the ring used by the, as a cove- - modern, matrimonial customs of used trumpets for bells, ii, 213. -pluck grass as they return from Jimmal, or gimmal rings, ii, 96. Jimmers, explanation of, ii, 96. BAPTIST'S DAY, sermon at extract from a curious ho- divinations on, cited from charm with nails made on, JOHN THE EVANGELIST, ST., customs on his day, i, 534. John Port-Latin, St., i, 365. "Joan Sanderson, or the cushion-John's College, St., Oxford, description John, King, custom at Alnwick said John XIII, Pope, consecrates a large implored for a benediction on JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY, VIGIL of, i, Gebelin's account of the account of from an ancient of the Christmas Prince ancient candle-socket of John's wort, St., stuck over doors at Joint, hitting the, by thinking on a Joseph, St., i, 364. eares, iii, 283. Iscariot, effigy of, on Good Julbock, i, 514. June, ancient mezzotinto represent- |