May, 8th of, celebrated at Helstone, May-poles, taken down by an ordi-
in Cornwall, i, 223. MAY DAY CUSTOMS, i, 212.
supposed to be derived from the Roman Floralia, i, 222.
blowing with, and drinking in, horns on, i, 213. allusions to customs on, in Herrick's Hesperides, i, 214.
divination on, by white- thorn, i, 217. customs from "Funebriæ Floræ," i, 242. mode of celebrating in Lon- don, i, 231-2. at Oxford, i, 232-3. great festival of the sweeps, i, 231-2.
Old, extracts from the Tears of, i, 247.
May-dew, custom of bathing the face with, on the 1st of May, i, 218. May-eve, customs of, in Ireland, i, 227.
May-fair, ii, 467. May-games, rolling down Greenwich- hill referred to, i, 181. preachings and invectives of the Puritans against, i, 241.
May-gosling, i, 219. Mayers, song of, at Hitchin, i, 230. Maying, custom to go out a, i, 212.
King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine go a, i, 214. Mayings, practice of, temp. Hen. VI, i, 215. May-morning, Milton's sonnet i, 215.
MAY-POLES, i, 234-47.
nance of the Long Parlia- ment, i, 241-3.
after the Restoration per-
mitted to be erected again, i, 242.
Sir Aston Cokain's verses on, i, 241.
origin of the, i, 237. MAY, TWENTY-NINTH of, i, 273-6. Mead-mowings, i, 277. Meadow verse, from Herrick's Hes- perides, ii, 30. "Med-syp," ii, 28.
Meigle, sepulchral monument of Va- nora at, iii, 274.
MELL SUPPER, ii, 27-8-9.
Eugene Aram's account of the, ii, 27.
Melshach, spring in the moss of, ii, 381.
Memories, the drinking of, ii, 341-2. Menagiana, story in, on the subject of sneezing, iii, 124. Mendicant friars, pageants exhibited by the, on Corpus Christi Day, i, 296. Mantz, St. Martin and St. Boniface the patron saints of, i, 365. "Mercheta mulierum," ii, 177. Mermaid, story of, in notes to Collins's Ode to Liberty, iii, 412. capture of a, in the Isle of Man, iii, 412-3.
MERMAIDS, Water-bulls, &c., iii,
superstitions respecting, in the Isle of Man, iii, 411-2.
MERRITOT, otherwise SHAGGY-SHEW, or a SWING, ii, 428.
fetched into London an- Merrythought of a fowl, iii, 220.
Michael St., buckler of, preserved in a | Midsummer Eve, gathering of fern-
castle in Normandy, i, 355. well of, at Kirkmichael, co. Banff, ii, 376.
MICHAEL'S CAKE, or BANNOCK, ST., i, 372-3.
MICHAELMAS, i, 353-6.
custom of the cooks of Oxford
seed on, i, 314-5. custom in France on, i, 316.
at Alcala, in Spain, i, 317. divinations on, by the or- pyne plant, i, 329-30. watching in the church- porch and fasting on, i, 331.
dipping of children on, in Bede's well, near Jarrow, ii, 383.
nail charms on, iii, 301.
superstition respecting the Midsummer men, i, 329.
pageants in London, i, 323. shift, experiment of, i, 333. shows, abolished at Chester, i, 323. Midwives, oath anciently taken by, and injunctions relating to, ii, 69. Milkmaid's Life, ballad of, i, 214. Milkmaids, festivities of the, in Lon- don, on the 1st May, i, 231. Milk-score, round O of a, i, 156. MILLER'S THUMB, iii, 387. MINCE PIES, i, 526-7. Minchiate, ii, 450.
custom of sawing the figure" of an old woman in two on, at Seville, i, 118.
Midsummer ales, i, 277-9. Day, boughs hallowed on, against witches, i, 335.
MIDSUMMER EVE, 298, 337. "how to know what trade your husband will be," on, i, 336. experiment of the Midsummer shift, on, i, 333. formerly thought a season pro-
ductive of madness, i, 336-7. bonfires on, i, 299, 300-1-2-3-4 Court de Gebelin's account
of the fires on, i, 301.
Pagan rites of, i, 302.
Mind," in month's, signifies re- membrance, ii, 315.
MINNYNG DAYS, MYNDB Days, or MONTH'S MYNDE, ii, 314. Minorca, celebration of the carnival at, i, 69.
harvest customs in, ii, 30. ceremony at, of throwing nuts and almonds at weddings, ii, 155.
hatred borne by the inhabi- tants of, to the sight and name of a horn, ii, 186. vines not pruned in, iii, 315. burial custom in, iii, 325.
Miracle, pretended, performed at St. Winifred's well, ii, 367.
fire, print of, entitled "le feu Mirrors used by magicians, iii, 61.
de la St. Jean," i, 310. account of the watch anciently kept in London on, i, 326-7. | gathering the rose on, i, 332.
MISRULE, LORD of, i, 497.
account of, from Stubs's Ana-
tomie of Abuses, i, 501. Abbot of, i 504.
Missa ad prohibendum ab idolis, | Monquhitter, other superstitions for- i, 465. merly encouraged at, iii, 73, 228.
Missals, variation of the, in the an- cient form of the marriage cere- mony, ii, 134-5.
Mistletoe sacred to the Druids, i, 109. gathering of, i, 459.
churches said to be decked with, at Christmas, by Gay, i, 521-2.
- fact of this disputed, i, 523. Sir John Colbach's account of the virtues of, i, 524. described by Virgil, i, 524. considered the forbidden tree
of Eden, i, 524. Stukeley's account of the in- troduction of, into York cathedral, i, 524.
called "All-heal," i, 525. grown on to two standard apple trees at Kilcarlitz, in Scotland, i, 525.
Montacute, William de, Earl of Salis- bury, ii, 277. will of, ii, 287.
Montem at ETON, i, 432-41.
ceremony of the chaplain at the, omitted, i, 433.
sums collected at the, i, 435, 440.
origin and descriptions of the procession of the, i, 437. account of the ceremony of
the, from Huggett's Manu- script Collections, i, 436-7. mottoes of the tickets for, i, 439.
account of the Montem pro-
cession of 1793, i, 439.
Month, perilous days of every, ii, 47-8. names of our months, borrowed from the Romans, i, 475.
a charm against witches, ii, 20. MONTH'S MIND, ii, 314.
on the body, iii, 252-5.
Moll Dixon's round, i, 182. Molluka beans, iii, 46.
Monday reckoned an unlucky day
throughout Caithness, ii, 50.
and by the Finns, ii, 50. Fasting, iii, 236.
Money, digging for, how revealed by dreams, iii, 130. Money-spinners, iii, 223.
Monkland, East, co. Lanark, witches burnt at, iii, 30.
Monmouthshire, custom of mothering in, i, 112.
Monmouth street, horseshoes nailed against the thresholds of doors in, iii, 17. Monquhitter, penny bridal at, ii. 147. superstitious notions at, relat- ing to the dead, ii, 233.
Montrose, Christmas visiting at, i, 532.
Monuments, church, foretell changing weather, iii, 243.
Monzie, co. Perth, superstition at, re- lating to days, ii, 50. Moon, the, iii, 141-53.
superstition respecting the, on Michaelmas Day, i, 356. Butler's Question, why painters never represent it at the full, ii, 351.
superstitions concerning the, iii, 142-3-4.
hornedness of the new, iii, 145. verses relating to the new, iii, 146.
eclipses of the, iii, 152-3. swearing by the, iii, 153. Moon-calf, iii, 143.
Moonwort used as a charm, iii, 314. Moors, wedding among the, described from Park's Travels, ii, 152. Mop, or statute fair, ii, 454-5.
Moray, physical charms used in the Mugwort, superstitious search for the
province of, iii, 286.
"More sacks to the mill," ii, 422. More, Sir Thomas, the early wit of, shown in Cardinal Morton's family, i, 500.
Morgengabe, or gift on the morning after marriage, ii, 176. Morian, i, 249.
Morisco, dance so called, i, 252. Spanish, i, 252-3.
MORNING AFTER THE MARRIAGE, ii, 175-7.
Morrice-bells, i, 247-64. Morris dance, descriptions of the, from Cobbe's Prophecies and Cotgrave's Treasury, i, 251.
origin of the, from the Spa-
nish morisco, i, 253. when introduced into Eng- land, i, 253. accompanies different festi- vals, i, 253. represented in a picture from the old palace at Rich- mond, i, 268.
MORRIS DANCERS, i, 247.
drama played at Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, in 1779, i, 513.
nine men's, ii, 429. Mortagne, in France, singular murder at, iii, 309.
MORTUARIES, ii, 248. Mot-bell, ii, 219. Mothering cake, i, 111-2. Mothering, practice of, on Midlent Sunday, i, 111.
"Mother-night," the night of the winter solstice, i, 475. Moulin, co. Perth, custom at, on New Year's Day, i, 19.
Mourning garments, colour of, in most instances black, ii, 281-2.
Mouse-ear, the herb, iii, 313.
roots of, i, 334. "Mulieres præficæ," ii, 269. Mumbo jumbo, the bugbear employed in the interior of Africa to keep women in subjection, ii, 193. Mummer signifies a masker, i, 461. Mummery, in 1377, by the Londoners, Stow's account of the, i, 463. MUMMING, Christmas custom of, i, 461-6.
in King Henry the Fourth's time, i, 464.
Henry the Eighth's order against, i, 465. Muncaster, co. Cumberland, custom at, on New Year's Eve, i, 8. Murderer, bleeding of a dead body at
the presence of the, iii, 229. Murray, shire of, Midsummer fires in, i, 310.
MUSIC AT WEDDINGS, ii, 158. Music and singing anciently made a part of funerals, ii, 267-8. MUSS, GAME OF, ii, 429. Myrtle, the, strewed on tombs by the Greeks, ii, 308.
MY Sow's PIGGED, GAME OF, ii, 429.
NAMES, Omens relating to, iii, 251. Nantwich, blessing of the Brine at, i, 200.
Naples, ceremony at, on Thursday in Passion Week, i, 150.
St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Januarius the patron saints of, i, 364.
Mouswald, co. Dumfries, ancient har- Narses, the name by which the Assy-
vest superstition at, ii, 33.
rian mothers terrified their infants,
"Narthick," ii, 103. "Natal or natalitious gifts," ii, 84. NECK, Superstitions relating to the, iii, 173.
NECK VERSE, iii, 382.
Neithe, the spirit presiding over water
Newton, Sir Isaac, on the ignis fatuus, iii, 404.
New River, source of, at Chadwell, ii, 366.
New Year celebrated at the vernal equinox, i, 170.
in the Celtic mythology, ii, 376-7. Newbury, feast held at, of bacon and beans on Mace Monday, i, 347. Newcastle-under-Lyme, punishment of the branks at, iii, 108. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, regulation con- NEW cerning the butchers at, in Lent, i, 63.
carnival of Shrove Tuesday at, i, 82.
Easter eggs given at, i, 172. custom at, at the feasts of Easter and Whitsuntide, i, 178. perambulation of the town of,
on Ascension Day, i, 206. custom at, on May Day, i, 219. rhymes used by the boys at, on May 29th, i, 274. fellowship of cooks at, i, 318. ceremony of the boy-bishop at, A.D. 1299, i, 422. crying hagmena at, i, 458. obsolete phrases, used at, i, 487.
sailors use a song at, in heaving
their anchors, ii, 27. wedding customs at, ii, 127. burgesses of, convened on guild
days by the bell of St. Ni- cholas's church, ii, 218-9. thief and reever bell at, ii, 220. annual fairs at, ii, 458-9. punishment of the branks and
drunkard's cloak at, iii, 108.
Newchombe, John, of Newbury, his marriage, ii, 158.
New College, Oxford, custom at, on Holy Thursday, ii, 378.
New Forest, formerly famous for the production of yew trees, ii, 260. Newnton, co. Wilts, custom at, on Trinity Sunday, i, 285.
eggs given on the feast of the, i, 169-70-1.
of the Persians opened with agricultural ceremonies, i, 510.
YEAR'S DAY, i, 10, 20. Naogeorgus's account of, i,
festival of fools held on, at Paris, i, 13.
lines repeated by the common people in France upon, i,
superstition on, at Lincoln, i, 15. Prynne's invective against, i, 18.
early Christians ran about masked on, i, 19. sayings in the North of Eng- land on, i, 20.
practice of opening the Bible on, i, 20.
weather omens on, i, 42. NEW YEAR'S EVE, i, 1-10.
wassailers' song on, i, 7. sports on, in the western islands of Scotland, i, 8. custom of apple-howling on, i, 9. Year's gifts, i, 10, 20.
custom of, noticed in the time
of Henry III, i, 15.
Polydore Vergil's account of the origin of, i, 16. used in France, i, 17.
Nicholas, St., i, 415-30.
the patron saint of Aberdeen, i, 364-5. legend of, i, 416.
metrical life of, by Maitre Wace, i, 417. Knights of, i, 418.
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