Bull-baiting, Misson's account of, as | Byfield church, co. Northampton,
practised temp. Will. II, ii, 401.
Bumping persons, custom of, to
make them remember parish boun-
daries, i, 206.
of carrying a dragon about
on Midsummer Eve,
i, 320.
Burgarde, St., i, 366.
Burghley, William, Lord, advice of,
concerning unlucky days, ii, 48.
Burgundy, St. Andrew and St. Mary,
the patron saints of, i, 364.
Burial, places of, supposed to be
haunted by spectres and ap-
paritions, ii, 290.
anciently without the walls of
cities and towns, ii, 291.
Burial feasts, ii, 237.
Burials, offerings at, ii, 240, 248.
Burn or scald, charm for a, iii, 272, 311.
Burning the dead, pagan custom of,
abolished, ii, 252.
Burns's poem' Halloween,' i, 380.
Burre, or Brugh, about the moon,
iii, 145.
Bush, the badge of a country ale-
Butchers, ancient regulation concern-
ing, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i, 63.
Butler's box at Christmas, i, 496.
Butter, charm used in churning of,
iii, 312-3.
Buxton well-dressing, 1846, account
of, ii, 373.
BUZZA, TO BUzza One, ii, 343.
Buzzards, or kites, superstition con-
cerning, iii, 213, 214.
Byson, holy, explanation of the term,
i, 487.
Caermarthen, custom of bidding at,
ii, 147.
Caerwis, in Wales, custom at on the
eve of Thursday after Trinity Sun-
day, i, 293.
"Cagg, to cagg," a military term,
explained, iii, 263.
Xaupe, the parting exclamation of the
Greeks, ii, 272.
Caistor church, singular custom at,
on Palm Sunday, i, 130-1.
Cake at Twelfth-tide, i, 22-8.
baked in honour of the Virgin's
lying-in, i, 25.
groaning, ii, 70.
or bannock, St. Michael's,
i, 372.
night, the eve of All Saints,
so called at Ripon, in York-
shire, i, 392.
Calamint, used as a charm, iii, 314.
Caldelia, sea monster so called,
iii, 222.
Calf, superstition in the co. of Stir-
ling, of forcing cow-dung into its
mouth as soon as calved, iii, 257.
Callander, co. Perth, Baltein custom
retained at, i, 225.
Callot, etchings of gipsies by, iii, 98.
Calypso, iii, 5.
Cambridge, May-day custom at, i, 221.
Lord of Misrule at, i, 497, 504.
custom of blowing horns in,
on the 1st of May, ii, 22.
harvest-home customs at, ii, 22.
riding the Stang at, ii, 188-9.
cucking-stool in use at, iii, 104.
Cambuca, the Latin name of golf,
ii, 418.
CAMELEON, THE, iii, 368.
CAMP, game of, ii, 404.
Campana, etymology of, ii, 213.
Campsie, co. Stirling, Lyke-wakes at,
ii, 229.
Candle, holy, used at childbirths, | Carnival, Roman, vestiges of the, in
CANDLE OMENS, iii, 180-1.
CANDLEMAS DAY, i, 43, 51.
traditions relating to the wea-
ther on, i, 50.
account of, from Naogeorgus,
i, 46.
proverbs relating to, i, 50.
weather omens on, i, 51.
Candlemas Eve, ceremonies for, from
Herrick's Hesperides,' i,
Candles, hallowing of, on Candlemas
Day, i, 45.
wax, lighted at wheat seeding
by the monks of St. Ed-
mundsbury, i, 392.
burning of, over a corpse,
ii, 234.
dead men's, iii, 237, 238.
Canisbay, co. Caithness, superstition
of the Sinclairs in, ii, 50.
Canker, charm for a, iii, 271.
Canopy, velvet, used at marriages by
the Jews, ii, 142.
Canterbury, the celebration of Christ-
mas first put down at, i, 518.
Canute, St., i, 365.
"Canum Ululatus," iii, 184.
Capon bell, ii, 210.
Capons, a usual present from tenants
to their landlords on New Year's
Day, i, 11.
Cappy-hole, ii, 407.
Shrovetide, i, 64.
account of the, from Joannes
Boemus Aubanus, i, 64.
how celebrated at Minorca,
i, 69.
custom of interring, at Mar-
seilles, on Ash Wednesday,
i, 100.
Carol, Christmas, i, 480.
"Gloria in excelsis," the earli-
est, i, 480.
Anglo-Norman, of the 13th
century, with a translation,
i, 481.
for a wassail bowl, i, 5.
on serving up the boar's head,
i, 484.
ancient Scottish, i, 487.
later carols, i, 488-9-90.
in praise of the holly, i, 522.
Carp eaten for supper at Hamburgh
on Christmas Eve, i, 473.
Carr Fryetag, i, 113.
Carrier, the witches, iii, 7.
CARRYING EVERGREENS AT FUNE-
RALS, ii, 249.
CARTER'S INTERJECTIONS, ii, 15.
Carthage, Juno presides over, i, 365.
Carting, ancient method of, in Lon-
don, i, 89.
Carvers invoking cuckolds' names
to hit joints, ii, 199, 200.
Casting off the bride's left hose,
ii, 170.
CARDS, POPULAR NOTICES CONCERN-CASTING OF STONES, ii, 406.
CAT I' THE HOLE, ii, 408.
Cat in pan, turning the, iii, 388.
CATHARINE'S DAY, ST., i, 410-14.
Camden's account of the cele-
bration of, in Ireland, i, 410.
Catharine, St., charms of, i, 411.
"Cathedra Stercoris" of Domesday,
iii, 103.
Catherning, i, 411-12.
Catoptromancy, iii, 170.
Cats, their playfulness at sea portends
a storm, iii, 188.
locked up in Orkney, when a
corpse is laid out, ii, 232.
their leaping over a corpse
portends misfortune, ii, 233.
reverenced by the Egyptians,
iii, 38.
CATS, RATS, and MICE, superstitions
relating to, iii, 187.
"Cattaring a," custom of, in Worces-
tershire, i, 412.
Cattle, evil-eye against, iii, 46.
Caldron of the witches, as described
by Olaus Magnus, iii, 9.
CAUL, CHILD's, iii, 114-19.
Cawood, ancient gold ring found at, Charm, derivation of the word, iii,
CHARMS, upon St. Blaze's Day, i, 52.
against St. Vitus's dance,
and spells in Scotland on All-
hallow Even, i, 380-4.
bound to the thigh of a lying-
in woman, ii, 67.
against barrenness, ii, 69.
relating to children, ii, 77, 81.
rags used as charms at wells,
ii, 380-1.
for diseases, iii, 49, 269.
notice of, from the translation
of Naogeorgus, iii, 255.
from Bale's Interlude concern-
ing Nature, Moses, and
Christ, iii, 256, 297, 310.
in odd numbers, iii, 263-9.
physical, iii, 269, 306.
for diseases noticed in the
classics, iii, 300.
Charms, poetical, iii, 256-7-8, 271, | Children, thought unlucky in the
Chart, dumb borsholder of, i, 220.
Chaucer, description of Valentine's
Day from, i, 53.
Chequers, why a common sign of a
public-house, ii, 353.
CHEEK, NOSE, and MOUTH OMENS,
iii, 174-6.
Cheese, aversion of some persons to,
ii, 37.
pieces of, tossed in the mid-
wife's smock, ii, 71.
Cheesecakes, a principal dainty at
the feast of sheep-shearing, ii, 37.
Chelsea royal bun-houses, i, 156.
Cherry fairs, ii, 457.
CHERRY-PIT, ii, 409.
Cheshire, ceremony of lifting retained
in, i, 182.
country wakes in, ii, 11.
North of England to go
over their graves, ii, 73.
watched in Scotland till the
christening is over, ii, 73.
superstition at their not crying
when baptized, ii, 78.
in Northumberland, when first
sent abroad with the nurse,
presented with an egg, salt,
and fine bread, ii, 81.
earth and whiskey the first
food of, in the Highlands,
ii, 80.
superstitions relating to, in
Ireland, ii, 78.
superstition relating to bread
and butter of, ii, 81.
names of different warriors
used to terrify perverse, ii,
custom of lustrating by spittle,
iii, 259.
custom of perambulation in, CHILD'S CAUL, iii, 114-19.
in Rogation week,
i, 206.
riding full speed at wed-
dings in, ii, 153.
Chester, Shrove-Tuesday customs at,
i, 92.
Midsummer plays at, i, 329.
Chevalet, un, the French name for the
hobby-horse, i, 270.
Chichely, Sir Robert, extract from
the will of, relating to his month's
mind, ii, 314.
Chicory, juice of, iii, 298.
CHILD-BEARING, CHURCHING, and
CHRISTENING CUSTOMS, ii, 66,86.
Childbirth, French customs at, ii, 68.
advertisements in news-
papers for, iii, 116-17.
Chilham, co. Kent, May custom at,
i, 220.
Chimney-sweepers, May-day custom
of the, in London, i, 231.
China, famous for its bells, ii, 214.
Chincough, how cured, iii, 272.
Chinese, ploughings of the, i, 510.
CHIROMANCY, iii, 348-50.
" Chorea gladiatoria, de, vel armifera
saltatione," i, 511.
"Chorus armatus," i, 514.
Chrisome, meaning of, ii, 83.
pie, ii, 83.
"Christ, ane song on the birth of,"
i, 487.
CHILDERMAS, or HOLY INNOCENTS Christchurch,
DAY, i, 535-7.
Child-Bishop's sermon on,
at St. Paul's, i, 431.
unlucky to marry on, ii, 167.
co. Hants, extract
from the register of, ii,
299.
curious recipes in the parish
register of, iii, 306.
Children dying unbaptized in Scot-Christ College, Cambridge, singularity
land, supposed to wander in
in the foundation of, iii, 264.
woods and solitudes ii, 73. CHRISTENING CUSTOMs, ii, 77,
Christening entertainments, ii, 80.
Christenings, presents at, ii, 78, 86.
sermons formerly preached at,
ii, 85.
Christian IV. of Denmark practises
riding at the ring, ii, 437.
Christians, early, custom of, upon the
Circumcision, i, 15.
of Mesopotamia, customs of,
on Easter Day, i, 171.
ancient, divination among the,
by opening the Old and New
Testament, iii, 337.
CHRISTMAS, Customs a little before,
at, or about, i, 454.
the word YULE, formerly used
to signify, i, 474.
continuance of the days of,
i, 21
marked by a wheel in the
Runic Fasti, i, 298.
block, i, 467.
candles, i, 467.
kariles, i, 469.
called the Feast of Lights in
the Western or Latin church,
i, 471.
named by Gregory Nazianzen
and St. Basil the Theophany,
i, 473.
gambols, enumeration of, i,
505.
ivy, i, 520.
CAROL, i, 480-91.
an Anglo-Norman, i, 481.
of the time of Henry VI,
i, 483.
ancient, sung in bringing
up the boar's head, i, 484.
ancient Scottish, i, 487.
from Withers's Juvenilia,
Christmas Carol, custom of singing,
on Christmas Day, in the
Scilly Islands, i, 490.
Day, early MS. poem illustra-
ting the popular belief
regarding, i, 478.
account of, from Barnabe
Googe's translation of
Naogeorgus, i, 518.
the observation of, forbidden
in the time of the Com-
monwealth, i, 518.
custom of hunting owls and
squirrels on, in Suffolk,
i, 489.
DECKINGCHURCHES,HOUSES,
&c., AT, WITH EVERGREENS,
i, 519.
EVE, i, 467-74.
wassailing custom on, in
Nottinghamshire, i, 31.
Yule clog on, i, 467.
superstition on, in Devon-
shire, relating to the oxen,
i, 473.
carp eaten for supper on,
at Hamburgh, i, 473.
ceremonies on, noticed by
John Herolt, a Domini-
can friar, i, 473.
women strike a swinish
hour on, i, 532.
LORD OF MISRULE, i, 497.
PIES, i, 526-32.
coffin of the, in imitation
of the cratch or manger
in which our Saviour was
laid, i, 178.
Misson's account of the,
i, 528.
verses on, from Herrick,
529.
prince,or Lordof Misrule, i,498.
at St. John's College, Ox-
ford, i, 498.
sung to the king at White-Christopher, St., i, 359, 364-5.
in Touraine, a cock offered to,
to cure the white flawe in
men's fingers, i, 356.
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