bury, used in the processions on Roga-
tion Day, i. 120.
Banners, Spurs, &c., hung over the tombs of
knights, ii. 189.

Bannock, St. Michael's, i, 207.
Banseribe, in Africa, affiancing custom at, ii.
58.

Baptism, superstitions relating to in Scotland,
ii. 49.

in North Wales relat-
ing to water after Baptism, ii. 228.
Baptizing of Bells, ii. 129, 136.

Barbara, St., i. 197, 202.

BARBERS' SIGNS, ii. 218, 219.
-forfeits, ii. 220.

Gay's description of a Barber's
Shop, ii. 219.

Bargarran Witches, iii. 18.

Barguest of York, iii. 45.

"Barla-bracks about the stacks," ii. 237,
BARLEY-BREAK, ii. 236—238, i. 105.
Barnabas, St., few Churches dedicated to, ii. 4.
tempests said to be frequent on

the day of, ii. 30.
BARNABAS DAY, ST,. i. 162, 163.

court for the forest of In-

glewood kept on, i. 141.

origin of the proverb of "Bar-
naby Bright," i. 162.

30.

prognostication concerning, ii.

Barnacles, iii. 193, 194.

Barrenness, foreign charms against, enume-

rated by Bale, ii. 44.

Barring-out in Schools, i. 245.
Bartholomew Baby, ii. 272.
BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY, ST., i. 193, 194.
custom on, at Croy-

land Abbey, of giving little knives, i. 194.
Bartholomew Fair, ii. 271.
Barvas, in the Isle of Lewis, custom at on the
1st of May, i. 128.

Basil, smelling of, iii. 165.

Basil, prohibition in the Synod of, against the
Feast of Fools, i. 235.

BASILISK, OF COCKATRICE, iii. 202.
Basoche, Roy de, i. 17.

Bassett, ii. 266.

Bassianus and Geta, first cause of their con-
tention, ii. 36, 38.

Batchelors Buttons, divination by, iii. 180.
Bath Kol, iii. 178.

Beans, choice of a King and Queen by, i. 16,
17.

on Midlent Sunday, i. 62.

Erasmus's remarks on the religious
use of, i. 62.

eating of in Lent allegorized, i. 66.
Molluka, used as charms, iii. 25.

BEAR-BAITING, ii. 241.

-- a Christmas sport, i. 253.
BEARING THE BELL, iii. 214.
Bearne, or Barn bishop, i. 233.
BEARS, vulgar error relating to the Cubs
of, iii. 195.

Beasts eating greedily, an omen of bad wea-
ther, iii. 132.

BEAVER, vulgar error concerning the, iii. 198.
Beaulieu, Mary Dore, the parochial witch
of, iii. 10.

"Beccho," Italian word, ii. 115.
Becket, St. Thomas, archbishop, i. 202.

establishes the observance of Trinity
Sunday in England, i. 161.

the hall of his house strewed every day
with green rushes, ii. 191, 192.
Bed, Bridal, anciently blessed, ii. 109.
ancient charm for the, iii. 165.

Bed's head, knocking at the, iii. 121.
Bede's Well, at Jarrow, co. Northumberland,
ii. 231.

Bedfordshire, Harvest Jack and Gill in, ii. 16.
Bedlamer, a name for a fool, i. 151.
Bedwen, the, i. 139.

Bee-hives, superstitious practice of turning,

when the corpse of the owner is removed
for burial, ii. 183.

Beech, at Midsummer, i. 177.

Bees, superstitions relating to, ii. 183, 184,
iii. 118, 119.

Beesom placed at the top-mast head of a Ship
or Boat to be sold, ii. 270.
Beggar-my-neighbour, ii. 238.

Bell, the patron of the Babylonians, i. 200.
Bell, to bear the, i. 46, iii. 214.
Capon, ii. 134.

Curfew, ii. 138.
Mot, ii. 138.

Pancake, i. 50, 51, ii. 129.

Passing, ii. 128-140.

St. Adelm's, ii. 137.

Belle Savage Inn, sign of the, ii. 216.
Bells, ringing of, on New Year's Eve in Lon-
don, i. 10.

on Allhallows Day, i. 211, 213.
when women were in labour, ii. 43.
at marriages, ii, 99.

invention of, ii. 128, 129.
baptizing of, ii. 129, 136.

custom of rejoicing with, ii. 129.
Jews use trumpets for, ii. 129.

ringing of to ease the pain of the dead,
ii. 134.

monkish rhymes on the offices of, ii. 135.
ceremony of blessing or consecrating, ii.
135.

christened in honour of St. Wenefride,
ii. 136.

given to churches by St. Dunstan, ii. 136.
great objects of superstition, ii. 136.
lines on, from Googe's translation of
Naogeorgus, ii. 137.
ringing of against thunder, ii. 137.

on the arrival of Emperors,
Bishops, &c., at places un-
der their own jurisdiction, ii.
137.

funeral or dead peal, ii. 139.
Belly-blind, ii. 238.

Beltan on St. Peter's Day in Ayrshire, i. 187.
Beltan, or Baltein day, a name used in

Perthshire for the first day of May, i. 127.
Belteing, celebration of, in Cumberland, i. 182.
Beltine, La, i. 127.

Benedict, St., i. 196, 197.

'Benedictio Pomorum in die Sancti Jacobi,'
i. 190.

Benediction Posset, ii. 108.

Benshea, or the shrieking woman, death omen,
iii. 121.

"Berchot," ii. 104.

Berger, le Jeu de, et de la Bergère, i. 151.
"Berisch," ii. 181.

Berkeley, Maurice, fourth Lord, preparations
for the funeral feast of, ii. 148.

Robert, second Lord, buried in a
monk's cowl, iii. 172.

Berking, Nunnery, co. Essex, custom at on
St. Ethelburgh's Day, i. 208.
Berkshire, ring superstition in, iii. 150.
Berlin, the ringing of Bells at against Tem-
pests forbidden, ii. 137.

Berners, Lord, writes to Cardinal Wolsey for
Cramp-rings, i. 89.

Beryl, or Christal, used by sorcerers, iii. 31.
Bessy, one of the characters of the Sword-dance,

Booksellers' Shops, how formerly adorned on
St. Bartholomew's Day, i. 193.
Boon of Shearers, ii. 19.
Boossenning, iii. 149.

Borde, Dr. Andrew, account of, i. 81.
BORROWED, or BORROWING DAYs, ii. 25, 26.
Borrowstowness, co. of Linlithgow, custom at,
at the burials of poor people, ii. 134.
Boscobel, Dr. Stukeley's account of the Royal
Oak at, i. 156.
Botanomancy, iii. 163.

Bough, green, of a tree, fastened against houses
by the Irish on May Day, i. 128.
Boughs, hallowed on Midsummer Day, hung

at the stall door where cattle stand, to
prevent Witches, i. 171.
Boulogne, St. Martin the patron Saint of, i.
200.

"Bounce buckram," proverb of, i. 266, 268.
Bowed money given as a token of affection
from one relation to another, ii. 59.
BOWING TOWARDS THE ALTAR, or COM-
MUNION TABLE, ON ENTERING THE
CHURCH, ii. 194.

Bows and Bowyers, statutes relating to, ii.
159, 160.

Box garlands on St. Barnabas Day, i. 162.
Box tree confounded with the Palm, i. 71.

234.

service of the, set to music, i. 233,

elected at Eton School on St.
Hugh's Day, i. 237.

acquittance by, given to the re-
ceiver of his subsidy, i. 242.
Bracara, Council of, forbade Christians to de-
corate their Houses with Bay leaves and
green boughs, i. 284.
Braggot, i. 64, 104.
BRANKS, iii. 55.

Braughing, co. Herts, Kitchen furniture kept
at, for Wedding Entertainments, ii. 91.
Bread, physical charms by, iii. 160.
Bread baked on All-halloween Day, i. 217.
Bread and Butter, Child's, superstition con-
cerning, ii. 51.

Bread and Salt, Oath by, iii. 84.

Breaking money, a betrothing custom, ii. 59.
Breaking up, School custom of, i. 245.
Brecknockshire, the graves in, generally deco-

rated with slips of Bay or Yew, ii. 190.
Breeding wives, expenses of to their husbands
enumerated, ii. 45.

Breedon, William, a great smoker, ii. 222.

Brentford, expenses of a Whitsuntide Ale
at, in 1621, i. 160.

Brewood, co. Staff., Well customs at, ii. 229.
Brice's Day, St., massacre of the Danes on,
i. 109, 110, 111, 113.

Brickhill, co. Bucks, the Town of, formerly
decked with Birch on Midsummer Eve,
i. 177

Bridal, solemn country, at Kenilworth, to
amuse Queen Elizabeth, ii. 101.
Bridal Bed, decked with sprigs of Rosemary,
ii. 74.

formerly blessed, ii. 109, 110.
Bride and Bridegroom, kiss over the Bride-
Cakes, ii. 64.

crowned with flowers

among the Anglo-Saxons, ii. 76.
custom in Normandy for the, to throw
a ball over the church to be
scrambled for, ii. 98.
sun to shine upon, a good omen, ii.

103.

casting off the left hose of the, ii. 104.
on first entering the Bridegroom's
house to be lifted over the thresh-
old, ii. 104.

unlucky, if she did not weep on the
wedding day, ii. 104, 105.
ancient superstition that to have good

fortune she should enter the
house under two broad swords,
ii. 105.

placed bed next the left hand of
her husband, ii. 108.
sewing up of the, in one of the sheets,
ii. 108, 111.

BRIDE ALE, ii. 90-95, 158, 159.

custom of, at Hales-Owen, ii. 91.

Bride Wain, ii. 93.
BRIDGET, ST., i. 190, 202.

Cake made in Ireland upon her
Eve, i. 190.

Bridget, St., Virgin of Kildare, i. 190.
Bride's bed, i. 27.

Brine, blessing of the, at Nantwich, i. 120.
Brinkeburne Abbey, Northumberland, reputed
witch at, iii. 24.
Briony, roots of, iii. 10.

Britons, ancient, put certain girdles about
women in labour, ii. 41.

Brockenhurst Church, in the New Forest, old
oak and yew trees at, ii. 161.

Brok, name of, still in use among farmers'
draught oxen, i. 293.

Bromfield school, co. Cumb., custom of bar-
ring out the Master at, i. 45.
Haly or Holy Well at, ii. 228.
Bromley, Abbots, or Pagets, co. Staff., Christ-
mas Hobby-horse at, i. 269.
Broom, prognosticates Weather, iii. 133.
Brooms, custom of attaching, to the mast

heads of ships on sale, ii. 270.
BROOSE, RIDING FOR THE, ii. 96.
Brown, bishop of Cork, writes against drinking

memories, ii. 208, 209.

Bruges, St. Mary and St. Donatian, the patron
saints of, i. 200.

Bruisers spit in their hands previous to begin-
ning their diversions, iii. 140.
Brussels, St. Mary, St. Gudula, and St. Ursula,
patron saints of, i. 200.
Buchan, Buller of, iii. 44.

Buchanan presents a poetical New Year's

Gift to Mary Queen of Scots, i. 11.
BUCKLER PLAY, ii. 240.

Bude, Epitaph on at St. Germains, Paris,
ii. 170.

Bufonites, or Toad stones, iii. 28.
Bugs, an old word for Terrors, ii. 295.
BULL AND BEAR BAITING, ii. 241, 242.
"Bull and Gate," explanation of the sign of
the, ii. 216.

"Bull and Mouth," ibid.

BULL RUNNING IN THE TOWN OF STAMFORD,
ii. 39, 40.

Bullen, or Boleyn, Anne, wears yellow
mourning, ii. 172.

Buller of Buchan, iii. 44.

Bulls, baiting of mentioned by Fitzstephen,
ii. 241.

Misson's account of, as practised t.
Will. II. ii. 242.

Bumpers, antiquity of, ii. 250.
Bumping persons, custom of, to make them
remember parish boundaries, i. 123.
Bun, Good-Friday, i. 88.

Buonaparte, superstition of, respecting the
breaking of a Looking Glass, iii. 87.
Burcester, co. Oxford, christening custom at,
ii. 51.

Burford, custom at, of carrying a Dragon
about on Midsummer Eve, i. 168.

Burgarde, St., i. 196.

Burghley, William Lord, advice of concern-
ing unlucky days, ii. 30.

Burgundy, St. Andrew and St. Mary the
patron saints of, i. 196.

Burial, places of, supposed to be haunted by
spectres and apparitions,
ii. 178.

anciently without the walls
of Cities and Towns, ii. 178.
Burial Feasts, ii. 147.

Burials, offerings at, ii. 153.

Burning the dead, pagan custom of, abolished,

ii. 154.

Burre, or Brugh, about the Moon, iii. 74.
Bush, the badge of a country ale-house, ii.
215, 216.

Butchers, ancient regulation concerning, at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i. 36.

Butler's Box at Christmas, i. 272.
Butter, charm used in churning of, iii. 205.
Buzzards, or Kites, superstition concerning, iii.
111, 112.

BUZZA, TO BUZZA ONE, ii. 210.

Byfield church, co. Northampton, Curfew
Bell at, ii. 139.

Byson, holy, explanation of the term, i. 268,