Rogation Days, extracts from church- | Rose, Red, appropriated in Glamor-
wardens' accounts illustrative of,
ROGATION WEEK, PAROCHIAl Per- AMBULATIONS in, i, 197-212. gospels read during, in the corn-fields, until the civil wars, i, 201.
"Roi de la Fève," i, 24. Rois, fête de, i, 22. "Roman d'Alexandre," i, 76.
account of the games, &c., represented in the mar- gin of the, ii, 387-9. Romans, gave presents on New Year's Day, i, 17.
custom among, of drawing lots at our Twelfth-tide, i, 24. practice of cock-fighting among the, ii, 60.
admitted but five torches in
their nuptial solemnities, ii, 157.
practice among the, of laying out their dead in the porches of their houses, ii, 246.
Romanus, St., i, 364. Rome, New Year's Day, superstitions at, i, 12.
rape of the Sabines at, i, 136. Mars the tutelar god of hea-
St. Peter and St. Paul the
patron saints of, i, 364. marriage ceremonial at, ii, 157. Rona, chapel in the Isle of, ii, 298. Ronaldshay, North, large stone in the Isle of, i, 19.
Rood, description of the, i, 352. when taken down in churches, i, 353. eye, Chester, Shrove Tuesday customs on the, i, 93. Rope, with which a criminal has been executed, used as a charm, iii, 276. Rose, the symbol of silence, ii, 345-6.
ganshire to the graves of persons distinguished for benevolence of character, ii, 310.
ROSE OF JERICHO, iii, 375. Rose-buds, divination by, on Valen- tine's Day, i, 59.
ROSE, UNDER the, ii, 345-6. ROSEMARY and BAYS at WEDDINGS, ii, 119.
used for decking churches at Christmas, i, 521. Rosemary, at funerals, ii, 251, 303. used as a charm, iii, 283.
Roses, gathering of, on Midsummer Eve, i, 332.
strewed on tombs by the Ro- mans, ii, 308.
formerly suspended in parlours and dining-rooms, ii, 347. and violets prognosticate wea- ther, iii, 248.
Rose trees formerly planted on graves at Oakley, in Surrey, ii, 312. Rosse, Henry Lord, bewitched, iii, 28.
Rosyth, castle of, at Inverkeithung,
inscription at the door of, ii, 220. Rotherham, Archbishop, bequeaths a mitre, &c., for the Barne Bishop, i, 424.
Round about our coal-fire, i, 310. dock, iii, 314.
Routing well at Inveresk, ii, 372. Rowsa, Danish, ii, 330. Royal oak, state of the, in Dr. Stuke- ley's time, i, 275.
ROYAL OAK DAY, i, 273. Roytelet, iii, 195.
Rudduck, iii, 191-2.
Rudstone, Sir John, mayor of Lon- don, articles of expense at his fu- neral, ii, 288.
Rue, an amulet against witchcraft, iii, 315.
White, usually planted in Gla-Runic calendar, St. Simon and St.
morganshire upon a virgin's tomb, ii, 310.
Jude's Day marked in the, by a ship, i, 376.
RUNNING THE FIGURE OF EIGHT, Saints, tutelar, to ranks of people, ii, 439. "Rural Dance about the May-pole," Salamander, vulgar error relating to ballad of, i, 235.
Rural charms, iii, 309-19.
omens, iii, 191, 247.
Rush-bearing, order of its arrange- ment, ii, 14.
RUSH-BEARINGS, ii, 13-4.
whence named, ii, 13.
RUSH RINGS, ii, 107.
Rushes anciently used for strewing churches and houses, ii, 13. Hentzner states Queen Eliza- beth's presence-chamber at Greenwich to have been strewed with, ii, 13. strewing of, at weddings, ii, 116.
Russeaulx, allowance of, at Barking nunnery, on Shere Thursday, i, 64. Russia, celebration in, of Palm Sun- day, i, 130.
Easter customs in, i, 174-5. St. Nicholas, St. Mary, and
St. Andrew, patron saints of, i, 364.
Ruttle, dead, iii, 232.
Salisbury, custom in 'the neighbour- hood of, before Shrovetide, i, 62.
cathedral, order in the Statutes of, respecting the boy- bishop, i, 422.
the boy-bishop at, had the power of disposing of pre- bends falling vacant during his episcopacy, i, 424. service of, in the "Proces- sionale ad usum Sarum," i, 424-5.
SALIVA, or SPITTING, iii, 259-63. Salt, the emblem of wisdom and learn- ing, ii, 234-5.
goes for money in Prester John's country, i, 436.
setting of, upon a dead body, ii, 234.
an Egyptian hieroglyphic for life, ii, 236.
used in sacrifices, iii, 161.
Salt-bearers at the Eton Montem, i,
Sabines, April fooleries derived from Salt-silver, i, 403.
Sabbath of witches, iii, 10.
SALT FALLING, iii, 160-6.
"Saltatio armata," i, 511.
Sackcloth and ashes, substitute for, Saltzburg, St. Rupert the patron saint
Sailors, St, Nicholas the patron of, Salve, or salutation, at sneezing, iii,
their dread of apparitions, Salute royal, iii, 263.
omens among, iii, 239-41.
Saint Thomas's onions, iii, 357. Saints, patrons of countries, &c., i, 364-5.
names of those invoked against
disease, i, 356-62. Naogeorgus's enumeration of those called Helpers, i, 363.
Saman, vigil of, i, 395.
Sandwich, the little cold collation, whence named, ii, 192.
Sandwick, co. Orkney, superstitious observance at, on December 17th, i, 400.
singular parochial customs at, ii, 8. Sans-culottes, fête de, i, 22.
Saphies, or charms, among the Afri- | Scotland, superstitions in, relating to
Sardinia, St. Mary the patron saint
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ii, 37.
Saturnalia, Roman, i, 470-5, 500.
affinity of the, with New Year's
'Saving the ladies," custom of, at Edinburgh, ii, 342.
Saul or soul, spitting the, iii, 261. Sauveurs, iii, 270.
Sausages, feast of, in Germany, i, 400. Saville, Sir Henry, curious notice of cock-fighting in his correspondence, i, 79.
Sawyer, Elizabeth, the witch of Ed- monton, iii, 23, 37.
Scadding of peas, a, ii, 100. Scandinavia, custom of riding the stang, supposed to have been known in, ii, 189. Scaramouch, ii, 471.
SCARLET, one of the characters in the morris dance, i, 266.
SCARVES, POINTS, and BRIDE-LACES AT WEDDINGS, ii, 129. Sceàlfing-rrole, iii, 102.
School customs on Shrove Tuesday, i, 76, 83.
in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland, i, 441. Schoolboy, song of the, at Christmas, i, 453. Scilly Islands, custom at, of singing carols on Christmas Day in the church, i, 490. superstitions of the, iii, 19. Scolds, cucking-stool the punishment for, iii, 102. Scone, co. Perth, Shrove Tuesday customs at, i, 91.
stone of, iii, 294-5.
Score, the cled, ii, 475.
the New Year, i, 9. New Year's gifts in, i, 15. custom of handsel-money in, i, 19.
custom of nog-money in, on New Year's Day, i, 14. Shrove Tuesday customs in, i, 87, 91.
hunting the gowk in, i, 140. beltan or baltein in, i, 337. customs in, on Allhallow Even, i, 378, 380, 388-9, 391. Martinmas customs in, i, 399. singed sheep's heads one of the homely dishes of, i, 415. observation of Christmas in, i, 518-9.
New Year's customs in the Western Islands of, i, 8, 9. sword dance in, i, 512. superstitious opinions in, re- garding days, ii, 49. girdles used in the Highlands of, for women in labour, ii, 67. superstitions in, respecting children, ii, 73-4, 77-8. superstitions in, relating to marriages, ii, 78.
first food given to new-born babes in the Highlands of, ii, 80.
marriage ceremonies in, ii, 147. riding the stang in, ii, 189. funeral entertainments in, ii, 241, 242.
instances of persons burnt for
witchcraft in, iii, 29-30-1. Scottish proverb, "Ye breed of the witches," &c., iii, 10.
Scots Christmas carol, by the Gui- searts, i, 458.
Scratch, Old, a name for the devil, ii, 520.
Scorpion, vulgar error concerning the, Screech owl, iii, 206-10.
Scot-ale, i, 279.
SCOTCH and ENGLISH, ii, 439. SCOTCH HOPPERS, ii, 440.
Sea, roaring of the, predicts a storm, iii, 247.
Sea-gulls, superstitions concerning, iii, 218-9.
Sea-mews, augury by, iii, 219. Seamroy or shamrock, i, 108-9. Sea-urchins, omens of weather, iii,241. SECOND SIGHT, iii, 155-60. SEED-CAKE at Allhallows, i, 393. at Fastens, ii, 23. SEE-SAW, ii, 440.
Seic scona, Irish game of, ii, 165. Selden on wassels, i, 3.
Selling a wife, superstition of its be- ing lawful, ii, 107.
Sena, or "Ile des Saints," on the coast of Gaul, witches of, mentioned by Pomponius Mela, ii, 5. Senecca Indians, superstition among the, ii, 314.
Sepulchre, watching of the, on Good Friday, i, 154.
Sergius, Pope, institutes the ceremo- nies of Candlemas Day, i, 44. Sermons at christenings, ii, 85.
at weddings, ii, 138.
at funerals, ii, 279.
Serpents, water and land omens, iii,
charm against the stinging of, iii, 270.
Servants rewarded by fairies, ii, 495. warning for, iii, 379. "Service without salt," a cuckold's fee, ii, 199.
Services, ludicrous, i, 477. Serving-man, description of a, i, 370. SETTING SALT or CANDLES UPON THE DEAD BODY, ii, 234-5. Seventh son of a seventh son, iii, 265. Seville, custom at, of sawing the figure of an old woman in two, on Mid-Lent Sunday, i, 118.
riding the stang at, ii, 181. Sewers, common, foretell change weather, iii, 243.
Sewing into the sheet," ii, 175. Shadar, in the Isle of Lewis, St. Andrew's well at, ii, 383. Shaftesbury, co. Dorset, custom at, on the Monday before Holy Thurs- day, i, 208.
Shamrock, why worn by the Irish, i,
Shearers, boon of, ii, 33.
Sheep, to be shorn at the moon's in- crease, iii, 142.
— omens of weather, iii, 243. SHEEP SHEARING, FEAST OF, ii, 34-7.
account of, from Dyer's Fleece, ii, 35.
by Thomson, ii, 36. Sheep's heads singed, borne in the procession before the Scots in London, on St. Andrew's Day, i, 415.
Sheepskin drum, vulgar error concern- ing a, iii, 379. Shefro, the, ii, 508.
SHERE THURSDAY, or MAUNDAY THURSDAY, i, 142-50.
Sheriffs, presentation of, in the Court of Exchequer at Michaelmas, i, 354.
Shetland, spring called Yelaburn in, ii, 385.
spirit called Browny, in the Isles of, ii, 489. Shinty, or shinty match, ii, 419. Shivering, omen of, iii, 177. Shoe omens, iii, 166-9.
spitting in the right, by way of charm, ii, 263. Shony, sea-god so named, sacrificed to, at St. Kilda, i, 391. Shoeing the wild mare, i, 516. SHOOTING THE BLACK LAD, ii, 441. Shot-stars, substance so called, iii, 404.
SHOVE GROAT, ii, 441. Shreving pewe, i, 64. Shrew ash, iii, 292-3. Shrewmice, superstitious cruelty to- wards, iii, 292.
Shrewsbury, custom of lifting at, at Easter, i, 183. Shrid-pies, i, 527.
Shropshire, lifting retained in, i, 182. soul cakes used in, at Allhal- low-tide, i, 527.
Shropshire," crying the mare in," ii, | SHYING AT COCKS, i, 81-2.
Siamese wish long life to persons sneezing, iii, 124.
custom in, at first hearing the "Sicinium," i, 512.
cuckoo, ii, 198.
Shroud, woollen, ii, 233.
stuck with yew, ii, 253.
SHROVE MONDAY, i, 62-3. SHROVETIDE, or SHROVE TUESDAY, i, 63, 94.
explanation of the name of, i, 63. festivities of, as related by
Naogeorgus, i, 65-6. description of, from the tract entitled Vox Graculi, i, 65. custom of carrying garlands" on, i, 68.
Fitzstephen's account of the customs of, i, 70, 90. throwing at cocks at, i, 72-3-4, 82.
customs in Hertfordshire on, i, 81-2.
pancake customs on, i, 82-8. indignities formerly shown to freshmen at Oxford on, i, 84. Taylor the Water Poet's ac- count of, i, 86. the particular holiday of the apprentices, i, 88. customs in Oxfordshire, i, 88.
Side, right, rising on the, iii, 173. Side-thrift, or shove-groat, ii, 441. Sien Sluai, a supposed fairy habita- tion in Argyleshire, ii, 504. SIEVE and SHEARS, divination by, iii, 351. Sigillaria, i, 462.
Signs, whimsicalities of, ii, 355. change of weather prognosti- cated from the swinging of, iii, 242. Silicernium, ii, 238.
Silly How," the fortunate cap or hood, iii, 114-9.
SIMON, ST., and ST. JUDE'S DAY, i, 375-6.
marked in the Runic Calendar by a ship, i, 376.
love divination on, i, 376. Sinclair, superstition among persons of the name of, in Caithness, ii, 50. SIN-EATERS, ii, 246-7. Singen-Een, i, 8.
Sitting cross-legged, iii, 261. Six score to the hundred, ii, 474-5. Sixes and sevens, ii, 475-6. SIXTUS, ST., i, 349.
Skarves at weddings, ii, 129.
custom of searching for per-"Skimmington," representation of,
sons of ill fame on, i, 89-90. custom of rope-pulling at Ludlow, i, 92.
fires lighted up at, in Helvetia, i, 93.
no fire or candle may be kin- dled on the eve of, among the Finns, i, 93. summary of the customs of, from Pasquil's Palinodia, i, 93.
weather omens on, i, 94. "Shrovings," i, 63. SHUFFLE BOARD, ii, 441. SHUGGY-SHEW, ii, 428. Shy for shy, i, 82.
in Hoefnagle's Views in Spain, ii, 194. description of, from Hudibras, ii, 190.
notices of, from various other authors, ii, 191-2. Skinner's Company of London, custom of, on Corpus Christi Day, i, 297. Skiviog, North Wales, funeral customs at, ii, 285.
SKY OMENS, iii, 241.
Skye, miscellaneous customs observed in the Isle of, i, 372. harvest customs in, ii, 24. lunar superstitions in, iii, 151.
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