Westmoreland, humorous description | White rose, usually planted in South of a country wedding in, ii, charm and prayer used in, iii, 312. Wharton, monument of Thomas, first Whaup, or larger curlew, announces Wheat, sprinkled on the head of a parboiled, used at funerals by Wheel, used to denote the festival of common both to Christmas how used in the rites of the WHETSTONE, LYING FOR THE, ii, 9; Whichenovre, co. Stafford, custom of Whigmeleerie, ii, 334. Whinny Moor, song of the soul pass- "Whip-dog Day," at York, i, 374. GIGGE, ii, 447-8. Whirlin Sunday, i, 114. Whist, ii, 450. Wales on a virgin's tomb, thorn used against witches, i. witches, iii, 4. Whiteborough, co. Cornwall, Midsum- Whitson lord, the, i, 280. how anciently celebrated in Mr. Douce's account of the, at Brentford, A.D. 1621, i, 280. superstitious notions on that church-ale at, i, 279. fair in Lancashire, custom at, Whit Tuesday, ceremony of the Eton Wife, popular superstition that a man Wickham, co. Kent, custom at, in Whitbeck, in Cumberland, dead-wake Wigton, Martinmas custom at, i, 399. kept at, ii, 228. White, custom for the female attend- WILL, or KITTY WITH A WISP, iii, William Rufus, his reply upon being 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 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- garland, the, i, 121-2. tree, lines to the, from Herrick, sent to disappointed lovers, i, Willows, abundance of, in Hunting- Wilsdon, co.Middlesex, ancient mazers St. Giles's fair, near, ii, 456. at the candle, iii, 181. i, 257-8. appearance of the first days of, observed in verses, at Kirk- michael, in Banffshire, i, description of the first days of, gull, falling star referred to Wise-men, fortune-tellers so called in description of one formerly Wishing-stone at St. Winifred's well, Wishing-wells at Walsingham Chapel, Wisp, meaning of, iii, 396. drawing blood from a, iii, 15-6. Winds, selling of, among the Lap- WITCHCRAFT, iii, 1-43. 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. sabbath of the, iii, 8. of Thurso, iii, 33. Withersden, co. Kent, St. Eustace's husbands, enumerated from ancient practice of seizing by WOLF, crossing the way, iii, 201. vulgar errors relating to the, Wolsey, Cardinal, made his Maundy plant horns on his the idea met with in Ar- tenridorus, ii, 185. Woodpecker's cry, iii, 213. Worshipping towards the east, ii, Wrack, a spirit or ghost, iii, 235. 'Wred-eld," ii, 490. Wren-hunting, custom of, in the Isle supposed origin of, in the hunted on Christmas Day, iii, names of the, in different WRESTLING, ii, 449. Wrexham, co. Flint, marriage custom Wrotham, East, co. Norfolk, custom Wyrardisbury, co. Bucks, large yew 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. house at, for dressing wedding en- Yew, borne instead of palm branches branches of, among the Greeks why planted in churchyards, a funeral tree among the Celtic bows, ii, 260. trees of enormous growth, ii, and cypress at funerals, ii, 263. i, 85. Lammas custom at, i, 348. i, 423. ancient keeping of Yule at, Whip-dog Day at, i, 374. Dish fair at, ii, 469. mas, i, 513. goose-pies made in the North harvest customs of, ii, 23, 30. Youling, custom of, i, 207. Yren de Quarell, iii, 271. Icelanders date the beginning Yule cakes, i, 526. YULE gifts, i, 478. CLOG or BLOCK, burnt on lighted with the remains of a former clog, i, 471. the counterpart of the Mid- 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, 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, Christmas carols in the North Zug, in Switzerland, fête of the bishop and his scholars at, i, 427. THE END. C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. |