Faw, John, Lord and Earl of Little FINDING OR LOSING THINGS, iii, Egypt, iii, 100. Faws, gipsies so called in the north of England, iii, 100. February set apart for Parentalia, or Feet, happy and unhappy, iii, 167. Felicitas, St., i, 364. Fens, superstition of the, iii, 19. Feriæ, ii, 459. Ferioll, St., i, 365. Fern-seed, gathered on Midsummer Festum fatuorum, i, 137. Festum stultorum veterum," i, 137. FETCH LIGHTS, iii, 237-8. Fête des Rois, i, 22. Fever, charm against, iii, 271. Fian, Dr., torture and death of, Fiery dragons, and fiery drakes, me- FIGURES, ASTROLOGICAL, DIVINA- Fillan, river, pool in the, famed for Fillets, bride's, ii, 169. 250-1. FINGER NAILS, Divination by the, Finns, superstitions of the, relating feast of Allhallows said to throw a piece of (money into the trough out of which Fir tree, superstition concerning the, 66 cleaving and hanging on the Fire-brand Sunday, i, 100. customary on particular eves, on the four great festivals of omens in the burning of, iii, of St. Peter and St. Nicholas, Fishwomen spit upon their handsel, Fitzwalter, Lord, the originator of the at FIVE SCORE of MEN, MONEY, and Fool, a character in the morris dance. Fleabane, seed of, used as a charm, Fools, festival of, i, 13, 131, 135, 139, iii, 313. Fleas, merry conceit for preventing the increase of, ii, 198. FLIES considered as omens, iii, 189. Flintshire, marriage custom prevalent Flitch of bacon, claiming of, by Flower seeds sown on Palm Sunday, Flowers, strewed at weddings, ii, 116. ceased persons with, ii, 252. 310-11. or boughs put upon the heads money, ii, 156. prohibited in Scotland, ii, 417. Footman, Sir Thomas Overbury's Forfar, Martinmas custom at, i, 399 in barbers' shops, ii, 361. other superstitions at, iii, 111, Fortingall, co. Perth, yew tree at, ii, Fortune-teller, description of the, in FOLLOWING THE CORPSE TO THE Fortune-tellers still called GRAVE, ii, 249-54. Fond Plough, i, 505. Fontinalia, feast of, ii, 368. Fool of the May games, i, 263-5. King Charles the First's, i, men" in the North, iii, 63. "wise Fountain on the shores of the Bos- phorus, ii, 368. Fountains, superstitions, ii, 374-5-7, 380. forbidden, ii, 374. Four, superstition relating to the Friar Tuck, i, 262-3. number, iii, 268. Fowl, offering of a, ii, 375. merry-thought of a, iii, 220. Fowls, omens from, ii, 219. Fox and geese, ii, 354. Fox tayles, crown of, iii, 392. Froise, i, 393. France, Ash Wednesday how distin- custom in, on Midsummer St. Denis and St. Michael the hunting the wren in, iii, 195-6. Frances, St. de Sales, forbids the cus- tom of valentines, i, 59. Francis, St., i, 365. girdle of, iii, 311. Franciscans, supposed to have at- tended May games, i, 262. unlucky for marriage, ii, 50. Frideswide, St., i, 364. Frindsbury, co. Kent, May-day cus- procession of the men of, to Frogs, omens of weather, iii, 244. Fugalia, Roman, feast of, i, 185. Funeral or dead peal, ii, 219. 237-45. Pie, ii, 243. ii. rites, parody on, in Dunbar's song, formerly used in York- etymology of, ii, 276. sermons, ii, 279. tokens, ii, 286. Franconia, rites celebrated in, at Ro- FUNERALS IN THE CHURCH-PORCH, ii, 245. psalmody used at, ii, 267. music at, ii, 267-76 Roman, ii, 267. Irish, ii, 269. howling at, ii, 270. torches and lights at, ii, invitations to, ii, 287. used at country wakes in Furry Day, in Cornwall, supposed Fye, or fye-token, iii, 228. ག MAID MARIAN, or QUEEN of the Man, Isle of, superstitions in, referred MAY, i, 253-8. the mistress of Robin Hood, Maiden assizes, gloves given at, ii, 126. Maiden feast upon the finishing of Maidens, gathering of the, on St. Malkin, a name for Maid Marian, i, Mamertus, Bishop of Vienna, litanies Mammard, St., i, 365. Man, Isle of, customs in the, on III. on the 1st of May, i, to the second sight, iii, 159. bulls, &c., iii, 411. home of the spell-bound local superstitions in, iii, 411. Mangunel, William, his divination by tion of the new moon among the, iii, 260. MANDRAKE, iii, 12, 375. Mapouder, co. Dorset, curfew bell Marble, dampness of, an omen of on St. Stephen's Day, custom of the quaaltagh in, of hunting the wren in, March, borrowed days of, ii, 41-2. Marchpanes, i, 13. Marching-watch, in London, temp. superstitions in, relating to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, her changelings, ii, 74. christenings in, ii, 81. prayer to St. Nicholas, and conse- wedding ceremonies in, ii, MARGARET'S DAY, ST., i, 345. 114-51-60. wake kept in, with the dead, funeral customs in, ii, 240. fairies asserted by the Manks witches in the, iii, 5. Mariach Shine, ii, 377. Marigolds, weather omens drawn MARK'S DAY, or EVE, ST., i, 192. MARRIAGE CEREMONY PERFORMED MARRIAGE CUSTOMS and CEREMO- 30 Marriage, privy contracts of, ii, 88, 89. | Mary Queen of Scots, bells rung at psalm, ii, 138. divination at, ii, 165. prohibited times of, ii, 168. vulgar error concerning mar- nuts used in, among the Romans, i, 164. "Marry," origin of the expression, i, Marseilles, custom at, of interring the carnival, on Ash Wednesday, i, 100. Mart, etymology of, i, 400. Martilmas beefe, i, 399. Mary Edinb. in 1566, on account of Aquisgrana, St., i, 365. Matching, co. Herts, house built Matilda, daughter of Robert Lord Maturin, St., i, 364-5. Martilmasse Day, old ballad of, i, 403. MAUNDAY THURSDAY, i, 142-50. "Les Martinales, ou Descrip- MARTINMAS, i, 399, 404. the time when winter pro- Martin's rings, St., ii, 95. why so called, i, 142-3. notices of the distribution of, in England, i, 143-5. custom of "washing the feet" customs observed by Cardinal ceremony of, in Russia, i, 149. Maurice, Emperor, superstitions of Martin's stone, at Strathmartin, i, 322. Mawe, ii, 450. Martinsall-hill, i, 401. Marus, St., i, 364. Mary Queen of Scots, Buchanan's ceremonies at her marriage May, derivation of the word, i, 221. King or Lord of, i, 259. |