Carlings, i. 62, 64.

Carniscapium, i. 43.

Carnival, Roman, vestiges of the, in Shrove-
tide, i. 43.

account of the, from Joannes Boemus
Aubanus, i. 43.

how celebrated at Minorca, i. 44.
Carol, Christmas, i. 262.

"Gloria in excelsis," the earliest, ibid.
Anglo-Norman, of the 13th century,
with a translation, i. 263.

for a Wassail Bowl, i. 2.

on serving up the Boar's Head, i. 264.
ancient Scottish, i. 264.

later Carols, i. 265, 266, 267.

in praise of the Holly, i. 287.

Carp eaten for supper at Hamburgh on Christ-
mas Eve, i. 257.

Carr Freytag, i. 62.

Carrier, the Witches, iii. 7.

CARRYING EVERGREENS AT FUNERALS, ii. 153.
Carthage, Juno presides over, i. 196.

Carting, ancient method of, in London, i. 52.
Carvers invoking cuckolds' names to hit joints,
ii. 125.

Casting off the Bride's left hose, ii. 104.
CASTING OF STONES, ii. 242.

Castor and Pollux, meteor so called, iii. 220.

Cat, the familiar of Witches, iii. 3.

said to have nine lives, iii. 22, 23.
barbarous sport with a, at Kelso, iii.
3, 4.

CAT AND DOG, ii. 243.

Cat in Barrel, sport of, iii. 4.

Cat and Bottle, iii. 23.

CAT I' THE HOLE, ii. 243.

Cat in Pan, burning the, iii. 211.

CATHARINE'S DAY, ST., i. 225, 226.

Camden's account of the

celebration of, in Ireland, i. 226.
"Cathedra Stercoris" of Domesday, iii. 53.
Catherning, i. 226, 237.
Catoptromancy, iii. 87.

Cats locked up in Orkney, when a corpse is
laid out, ii. 144.

their leaping over a corpse portends
misfortune, ii. 144.

reverenced by the Egyptians, iii. 3.
CATS, RATS, and MICE, superstitions relating
to, iii. 98.

Cattle, Evil Eye against, iii. 24.

CAUL, CHILD's, iii. 59-62.

Cauldron of the Witches, as described by

figure of, dressed up during Harvest in
the county of Durham, ii. 19.

Chace, pleasures of the, checked by the su-
perstitions concerning Witchcraft, iii.
3, 10.

Chacke-blyndeman, ii. 239.

Chadwell, a corruption of St. Chad's Well,
ii. 225.

Chains kissed on the day of St. Peter ad Vin-
cula, i. 191.

Chair, Groaning, ii. 45.

"Chandelles de Rois," i. 29.

Chandlers send candles to their customers at
Christmas, i. 255.

CHANGE SEATS, the KING'S COME, ii. 244.
Changelings, ii. 46.

Woman, ii. 42.

against barrenness, ii. 44.
relating to Children, ii. 50.

Rags used as Charms at Wells, ii.

224, 230, 231.

for Diseases, iii. 25, 152.

notice of, from the translation of
Naogeorgus, iii. 137, 138.

from Bale's Interlude concerning
Nature, Moses, and Christ, iii. 138, 149,
164.

in odd Numbers, iii. 142, 143.
Physical, iii. 146–162.

for diseases noticed in the Classics,

iii. 159.

poetical, iii. 137, 138, 139, 148, 155.
rural, iii. 164-168.

Chart, Dumb Borsholder of, i. 132.
Chaucer, description of Valentine's Day from,
i. 33.

Chequers, why a common sign of a public
house, ii. 218.

CHEEK, NOSE, and MOUTH OMENS, iii. 90, 91.
Cheese, aversion of some persons to, ii. 22.
Groaning, ii. 44, 45.

pieces of, tossed in the Midwife's
smock, ii. 45.

Cheese-Cakes, a principal dainty at the Feast
of Sheep-shearing, ii. 22.

CHERRY-PIT, ii. 244.

Cheshire, ceremony of lifting retained in, i.
106.

Country Wakes in, ii. 9.

custom of riding full speed at

Weddings in, ii. 97.

Chester, rood eve at, i. 42.

Shrove Tuesday customs at, i. 52.
Midsummer plays at, i. 169.

Chevalet, un, the French name for the Hobby-
horse, i. 146.

Chichely, Sir Robert, extract from the Will

of, relating to his Month's Mind, ii. 192.

Chicory, juice of, iii. 159.

CHILD-BEARING, CHURCHING, and CHRISTEN-
ING CUSTOMS, ii. 41-54.

Child-birth, French customs of, ii. 43.
CHILDERMAS, or HOLY INNOCENTS Day, i.
295, 296.

Child-Bishop's Sermon on, at

St. Paul's, i. 237.

unlucky to marry on, ii. 105.
Children dying unhaptized in Scotland, sup-
posed to wander in Woods and Soli-
tudes, ii. 44.

thought unlucky in the N. of Eng-
land to go over their graves, ibid.

watched in Scotland till the Chris-
tening is over, ibid.

superstition at their not crying when
baptized, ii. 48.

in Northumberland, when first sent
abroad with the Nurse, presented with an
Egg, Salt, and fine Bread, ibid.

earth and whiskey the first food of
children in the Highlands, ii. 49.

49.

superstitions relating to in Ireland, ii.

superstition relating to a Child's bread
and butter, ii. 51, note.

names of different warriors used to
terrify perverse children, iii. 295, 296.

CHRISTMAS CAROL from Poor Robin's Al-

manack, i. 265.

custom of singing, on
Christmas Day, in the
Scilly Islands, i. 268.

Christmas Day, account of, from Barnabe
Googe's translation of Naogeor-
gus, i. 259.

the observation of forbidden in the
time of the Commonwealth, i. 259.
custom of hunting Owls and Squir-
rels on in Suffolk, i. 268.

CHRISTMAS, DECKING CHURCHES, HOUSES, &c.
AT, WITH EVERGREENS, i. 284.
CHRISTMAS EVE, i. 254–257.

Yule Clog on, i. 254.
Wassailing custom on in
Nottinghamshire, i. 14.
superstition on in Devon-
shire, relating to the
Oxen, i. 250.
carp eaten for supper on at
Hamburgh, i. 257.
ceremonies on, noticed by
John Herolt, a Domini-
can friar, i. 257.

women strike a swinish hour
on, i. 292.

Christmas Gambols, enumeration of, i. 278.

Christmas Ivy, i. 286.

Christmas Kariles, i. 256.

CHRISTMAS LORD OF MISRULE, i. 272.
CHRISTMAS PIES, i. 288-292.

coffin of the, in imitation of the

cratch or manger in which
our Saviour was laid, i. 103.
Misson's account of the, i. 290.
Verses on, from Herrick, ibid.

Christmas Prince, or Lord of Misrule, i. 273.
at St. John's College, Ox-
ford, i. 275.

Christopher, St., i. 196, 197, 198.

name of, whence derived, iii. 195.
Christopher, St., in Touraine, a cock offered
to, to cure the white flawe in men's fingers,
i. 201.
Christ's Hospital, Queen Elizabeth's acces-
sion still observed as a holiday at, i. 225.
Chrysolite, iii. 150.

Chrysostom, St., observation of, on some
African conjurers, iii. 42.
Chrystal, sorcerer's, iii. 31, 33.

strewing of with herbs and flowers,

on days of humiliation and
thanksgiving, ii. 35.

monuments in, foretell change of
weather, iii. 130.

Churching of Women, ii. 47, 48.

Herrick's Verses relating to, i. 47.

usual offering at, at Dunton in
Essex, ii. 52.

Churching Feast, ii. 47.

Churching Sermon, ii. 47.

Church monuments indicate change of wea-
ther, iii. 130.

Church Porch, watching in the, i. 115, 170.
CHURCH YARDS, ii. 178-184.

Yew trees in, ii. 161, 162.
superstition respecting bu-

rial on the North side
of, ii. 181, 182, 183.
ghosts keeping the Gate, ii.

179.

flat stones in, ii. 184.

CHURN-SUPPER, ii. 11.

Churning butter, charm for, iii. 165.
Circles of Conjurers, iii. 32.

Circos, a sort of tame Hawk, accounted a
lucky omen at Weddings with the Ro-
mans, ii. 104.

Circumcision, custom of the early Christians
to go masked on the, i. 252.

Cities, Genii or appropriate Saints of, i.196,
200.

Ciudadella, Chapel of St. Nicholas at, i. 231.

Clack Dish, beggar's, iii. 48.

Clap-Dish, iii. 48.

Clapa, Osgod, i. 108, 112.

Clara, St., i. 196, 201.

Claret, burnt, used at Funerals, ii. 150.
Clavergrasse, weather omen drawn from, iii.
133.

Claybrook, co. Leic., Macaulay's account of
the celebration of the
Church Wake at, ii. 9.

riding for the bride-cake at, ii. 97.
custom at, of sending a garland of
willow to a disappointed lover,
ii. 97.

funeral customs at, ii. 156.

Cleansing week, i. 101.
Clement, St., i. 202, 203.
CLEMENT'S DAY, ST., i. 225.

Clergy, Benefit of, iii. 207.

Clerks, St. Nicholas's, i. 230.

"Clerk's Ale," i. 105, 158, 159.

Clerks, Commons, case of the, i. 241, 242.

Cliff, co. Kent, custom at on St. James's Day,

i. 190.

Cligne-musset, ii. 238.

Climacteric Year, iii. 143.

King of, i. 295.

ii. 289.

Clock, the old name for Bell, ii. 135.

Clocks, introduction of, ii. 135.

Clog, meaning of, i. 255.

Cloud, St., i. 202.

Cloven-Foot, the Devil's, iii. 297.

Cloveshoo, Litanies or Rogations ordered by
the Canons of, i. 116, 121.
Club-ball, ii. 243.

Coal, superstitious finding of, under the roots
of Mugwort and Plantain, i. 170.
"Coal-fire, Dance round our," i. 178.
Coal-Mine, vulgar error relating to the open-
ing of a, near London, iii. 205.
Cob, or Cobbing, ii. 267.
Cob-loaf-stealing, i. 253.
Cock, why dedicated to Apollo, ii. 32.
Cock, threshing of the, i. 49.

offered to St. Christopher in Touraine,
for the sore called a white flaw, i. 201.
COCKALL, i. 123, ii. 244, 245.

Cockatrice, iii. 116.

COCK-CROWING, Time of the morning so
called, ii, 31-34.

Cocks and Pence, offering of, at the Feast of

St. Nicholas, i. 237.

Cocks-comb, i. 143, 153.

Coel Coeth, or Coelcerth, custom of, i. 216.
Coffee-grounds, divination by, iii. 174.
Coffin of the present age described by Durand,
ii. 144.

Coffins of Christmas Pies, i. 103, 290.
Coffins called Kists, i. e. Chests, in old Regis-
ters, ii. 144.

coals flying from the fire in the shape
of, iii. 77.

Coiche-bais, iii. 35.