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Westmoreland, humorous description | White rose, usually planted in South

of a country wedding in, ii,
156.

charm and prayer used in, iii,

312.

Wharton, monument of Thomas, first
Lord, ii, 183-4.

Whaup, or larger curlew, announces
the approach of spring in Scotland,
iii, 215.

Wheat, sprinkled on the head of a
bride, ii, 101.

parboiled, used at funerals by
the modern Greeks, i, 115.
seeding, custom of the monks
of St. Edmundsbury at, i,
392.

Wheel, used to denote the festival of
Christmas, in the Runic
fasti, i, 298.

common both to Christmas
and Midsummer festivities,
i, 298.

how used in the rites of the
feast of St. John Baptist, i,
298.

WHETSTONE, LYING FOR THE, ii, 9;
iii, 389.

Whichenovre, co. Stafford, custom of
married people claiming bacon at,
ii, 180-1.

Whigmeleerie, ii, 334.

Whinny Moor, song of the soul pass-
ing over, ii, 274.

"Whip-dog Day," at York, i, 374.
Whipping the cock at fairs, ii, 469.
WHIPPING THE TOP, alias WHIRLE-

GIGGE, ii, 447-8.

Whirlin Sunday, i, 114.

Whist, ii, 450.

Wales on a virgin's tomb,
ii, 310.

thorn used against witches, i.
217.

witches, iii, 4.

Whiteborough, co. Cornwall, Midsum-
mer fire lighted on the tumulus so
called, i, 318.

Whitson lord, the, i, 280.
WHITSUN ALE, i, 276.

how anciently celebrated in
Cornwall, i, 276.

Mr. Douce's account of the,
i, 279.

at Brentford, A.D. 1621, i, 280.
often supplied the place of a
poor-rate, i, 282.
Whit-Sunday, account of, from Nao-
georgus, i, 282.

superstitious notions on that
day, at sunrise, i, 283.
Whitsun morris dance, i, 283.
WHITSUNTIDE, i, 276-84.

church-ale at, i, 279.
lady at, i, 281, 283.
kyng play at, i, 278.

fair in Lancashire, custom at,
i, 184.

Whit Tuesday, ceremony of the Eton
montem now kept on, i, 437.
Whittle gait, privilege of, i, 369.
Whoohe, exclamation of, to stop a
team of horses, whence derived, ii,
15.

Wife, popular superstition that a man
may sell his, ii, 107.
Whyte pot, queen's, i, 258.

Wickham, co. Kent, custom at, in
Rogation week, i, 207.

Whitbeck, in Cumberland, dead-wake Wigton, Martinmas custom at, i, 399.

kept at, ii, 228.

White, custom for the female attend-
ants at the funeral of an
unmarried woman to be
dressed in, ii, 255.

WILL, or KITTY WITH A WISP, iii,
395.

William Rufus, his reply upon being
told of the Abbot of Gloucester's
dream, iii, 129.

used as a mourning colour for William, King of Scotland, a portion

garments, ii, 283.

plough, i, 505.

of Saturday ordered by, to be kept
holy, ii, 39.

Willow, the buds of the, vulgarly | Winter, queen of, in the Isle of Man,

called palm, i, 120.

song, earliest, i, 123.

wearing the, implies being for-
saken, i, 121-2.

garland, the, i, 121-2.

tree, lines to the, from Herrick,
i, 122.

sent to disappointed lovers, i,
123.

Willows, abundance of, in Hunting-
donshire, i, 123.

Wilsdon, co.Middlesex, ancient mazers
at, used at weddings, ii, 136.
Wiltshire, custom in, before Shrove-
tide, i, 62.
Wilpeonðunga, ii, 378.
Winchester school, song of "Dulce
Domum" at, i, 452.

St. Giles's fair, near, ii, 456.
wedding, ballad of the, ii, 162.
Wind-gun, popular error concerning
a, iii, 379.
Winding-sheet, linen shroud so called,
ii, 232-3.

at the candle, iii, 181.

i, 257-8.

appearance of the first days of,

observed in verses, at Kirk-

michael, in Banffshire, i,
394.

description of the first days of,
from the Gaelic, i, 394.
"Winter's thunder, summer's
wonder," iii, 246.

gull, falling star referred to
the, iii, 404.

Wise-men, fortune-tellers so called in
the north, iii, 63.

description of one formerly
⚫ living at Stokesley, in York-
shire, iii, 63-4.

Wishing-stone at St. Winifred's well,
ii, 367.

Wishing-wells at Walsingham Chapel,
Norfolk, ii, 370.

Wisp, meaning of, iii, 396.
Witch, mode of becoming a, iii, 2.
etymology of, iii, 2.

drawing blood from a, iii, 15-6.
riding, iii, 280.

Winds, selling of, among the Lap- WITCHCRAFT, iii, 1-43.

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Witches, fascination of, toward a Woman, false to her husband, said to

bride, ii, 169-70.

white and black, iii, 4.

blessing, iii, 4.

Lapland, iii, 5.

in the Isle of Man, iii, 5.
winds obedient to, iii, 5.
marks or tokens of, iii, 8, 15.
vulgar opinion of witches flying,
iii, 8.

sabbath of the, iii, 8.
modes of trying and detecting,
iii, 8, 13, 21.
ointment used by, iii, 9.
statutes against, and when re-
pealed, iii, 10-1, 28-9.
Bargarran, iii, 30.
spots memorable as places
where witches have been
executed, iii, 30-2.

of Thurso, iii, 33.
FASCINATION OF, iii, 44-50.
special charms against, iii,
46-54.

Withersden, co. Kent, St. Eustace's
well at, ii, 371.
Withold, St., iii, 301.
Wives, breeding, expenses of, to their

husbands, enumerated from
Poor Robin's Almanack, ii,
72.

ancient practice of seizing by
force, in Ireland, ii, 139.
Wives' feast day, Candlemas Day so
called, i, 43.
Wizards, iii, 2.

WOLF, crossing the way, iii, 201.

vulgar errors relating to the,
iii, 202-3, 381.
Wolf-fish teeth found fossil, and in
that state called bufonites or toad-
stones, iii, 50.

Wolsey, Cardinal, made his Maundy
at Peterborough Abbey, A.D. 1530,
i, 149.
Wolsingham church, co. Durham, gar-
lands suspended in, ii, 303.
Wolverhampton, custom of “ proces-
sioning at," i, 198-9; ii, 467.

plant horns on his
head, ii, 181.

the idea met with in Ar-

tenridorus, ii, 185.
why more given to witchcraft
than men, iii, 2.

Woodpecker's cry, iii, 213.
Woolwich, annual ceremony observed
by the blacksmiths' apprentices of
the dockyard at, on St. Clement's
Day, i, 408.
Worcestershire, custom observed in,
on St. Richard's Day, i, 201.
customs in, on St. Catherine's
Day, i, 412.

Worshipping towards the east, ii,
319-20.

Wrack, a spirit or ghost, iii, 235.
Wraiths, iii, 235.

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'Wred-eld," ii, 490.

Wren-hunting, custom of, in the Isle
of Man, iii, 198.

supposed origin of, in the
North of Ireland, iii, 198.
Wrens, superstitions concerning, iii,
195-200.

hunted on Christmas Day, iii,
195.

names of the, in different
countries, iii, 195-6.
singular office performed by
the, in Egypt, to the croco-
dile, iii, 197.

WRESTLING, ii, 449.

Wrexham, co. Flint, marriage custom
prevalent at, ii, 127.

Wrotham, East, co. Norfolk, custom
used in the manor of, i, 441.
Wye school, co. Kent, custom at, on
St. Nicholas's Day, i, 431.
"Wyl nôs," ii, 226.

Wyrardisbury, co. Bucks, large yew
trees at, ii, 263.

Wyth, bringing home of the, i, 120.

Xaipe, affectionate exclamation of, ii,

272.

Xenia, i, 18.

Yawning for a Christmas cheese, i, Yorkshire, sword-dance of, at Christ-

492.
Yeldham, Great, co. Essex, parish

house at, for dressing wedding en-
tertainments for the poor, ii, 144.
Yellow mourning worn by Anne
Boleyn for Catherine of Arragon,
ii, 283.

Yew, borne instead of palm branches
on Palm Sunday, i, 120.
Shakespeare's magic use of, ii,
264.

branches of, among the Greeks
and Romans, used to denote
a house in mourning, ii,
259.

why planted in churchyards,
ii, 255-66.

a funeral tree among the Celtic
tribes, ii, 261.

bows, ii, 260.

trees of enormous growth, ii,
263-4.

and cypress at funerals, ii, 263.
York, ringing of the pancake bell at,

i, 85.

Lammas custom at, i, 348.
boy-bishop at the cathedral of,

i, 423.

ancient keeping of Yule at,
i, 348.

Whip-dog Day at, i, 374.

Dish fair at, ii, 469.

mas, i, 513.

goose-pies made in the North
Riding of, at Christmas,
i, 530.

harvest customs of, ii, 23, 30.
garlands in churches in, ii, 302.
riding the stang in, ii, 188.
superstition in, concerning the
seventh son of a seventh
son, iii, 266.

Youling, custom of, i, 207.
Young, Dr., imitation of the style
of, ii, 365.

Yren de Quarell, iii, 271.
YULE, formerly the word used to
signify CHRISTMAS, i, 474-8.
· etymology of, i, 474-6.
account of the, anciently kept
at York, i, 477.

Icelanders date the beginning
of their year from, i, 475.

Yule cakes, i, 526.

YULE

gifts, i, 478.

CLOG or BLOCK, burnt on
Christmas Eve, i, 467-74.
lines on, from Herrick's Hes-
perides, i, 470-1.

lighted with the remains of a

former clog, i, 471.

the counterpart of the Mid-
summer fires, i, 471.

marked by bandages, i, 468.

Yorkshire, celebration of Twelfth Eve YULE DOUGHS, MINCE PIES, CHRIST-

in, i, 31.

procession on St. Blaze's Day,

in, i, 52.

custom of carlings observed

in, i, 114.

MAS PIES, and PLUM PORridge,
i, 526-32.

Yules, person's age reckoned by, i,

478.

watching on St. Mark's Eve, Ziz, fabulous bird so called, i, 171.

retained in, i, 192.

hogmena song, i, 461.

Zopata, ceremony so called in Italy,
on St. Nicholas's Day, i, 420.

Christmas carols in the North Zug, in Switzerland, fête of the bishop
Riding of, i, 491.

and his scholars at, i, 427.

THE END.

C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

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