Cake, iii. 175.

Dundonald, Ayrshire, singular funeral custom
at, ii. 175.

Dunkeld, co. Perth, diversion of "Riding at
the Ring" at, ii. 257.

Little, fountain and chapel at, ii.
226, 227.
Dunkirk and Douay, immense figure of bas-
ket-work annually made at, i. 185.
DUNMOW FLITCH OF BACON, ceremony of the,
ii. 111, 112.

form of the Oath when claimed, ii.
113.

Dunscore, shire of Dumfries, Yew tree at, ii.
163.

Dunskey, cave near, iii. 75.
Dunstan, St., i. 202.

Dunton, co. Essex, church-offering at, ii. 52.
Durham, custom used at, of taking off shoes,
or rather buckles, in the Easter holidays,
i. 103.

custom of "Orders" still retained
in the Grammar School in the city of, i.
238.

Yule Cakes in the county of, i. 288.
celebration of Church Wakes in the

county of, ii. 7.

ii. 19.

Harvest customs in the county of,

riding the stang in, ii. 118.
Garlands in Churches in the county

"Ecco la fico," ii. 116.
"Echinus marinus," iii. 200.

mentioned by

Eclipses of the Moon, superstitions concerning,
iii. 77, 78.

Eden Hall, co. Cumb., St. Cuthbert's Well
at, ii. 225.

Giant's Cave at, ii. 228.
Luck of, ii. 284.

Edgar, King, ecclesiastical law of, for keeping
a part of Saturday holy, ii. 23, 24.

R 2

"ald Stok image " used at, i.

drinking custom at, after St.
Cecilia's concert, ii. 209.

spot at, where supposed Witches
were burnt, iii. 21.

old Houses in, with Talismanic

characters, iii. 170.

Edine, St., i. 196.

Edmonton, Witch of, iii. 3, 14.
Edmundsbury, St., custom of the monks of, at
wheat seeding, i. 217.

Edmund's Well, St., at Oxford, ii. 229.
Edward I. lifted in his bed by the ladies of
the bed-chamber and maids of honour,
on Easter Monday, i. 106.

ceremony of the Boy Bishop pre-
sented before, A. D. 1299, i. 228, 232.
Edward IV., Coronation of, why put off, i.
295.

Edward VI., his alteration of the Foundation
of Christ's Coll. Cambr., iii. 143.
Egelrick, abbot of Croyland, casts a ring of
six Bells, ii. 129, 136.

Egg, an emblem of the Universe, i. 97.
eating of an odd one, iii. 12.
Druid's, iii. 148.

"Egg at Easter," proverb of an, i. 97, 100.
Egg-Feast, name of the Saturday preceding
Shrove Tuesday, i. 43.

formerly at Oxford, i. 97.

Eggs laid on Good Friday, preserved all the
year, i. 89, 102.

a usual dish on Good Friday, ibid.
and herbs on Easter Day, i. 96.
sports with, i. 97.

proverb of an egg at Easter, i. 97, 100.
in the ritual of Pope Paul V. considered
emblematical of the Resurrection, i. 98.

the giving of, still prevalent among the
modern Greeks and Russians, i. 98.

held by the Egyptians as a sacred em-
blem of the renovation of mankind after
the Deluge, i. 99.

Eggs laid on the Annunciation of the Virgin
Mary put by, i. 102.

given to infant Children, ii. 48, 51.
superstitions respecting, ii. 51.

and Collops, a usual dish on Collop
or Shrove Monday, i. 35, 50.

EGGS, EASTER, i, 97–103.

Egg-shell broken after the meat is out, iii. 12,
13.

Egidius, the patron saint of Edinburgh, i.
196.

Egyptians, belief of the, that every man has
three angels attending him, i. 199. See
GIPSIES.

Elder, sprigs of, used as a charm, iii. 147, 148,
155, 156.

Elegy, funeral, among the Irish, ii. 172.
ELEPHANT, vulgar error concerning the, iii.
199.

Elf, etymology of, ii. 279.
Elf-Arrows, ii. 385.
Elf-Cake, ii. 286.
Elf-Fire, ii. 285; iii. 218.
Elf-Knots, ii. 286.
Elf-Locks, ii. 286.
Elf-Shots, ii. 285.

Elf or Fairy Stones, ii. 285.

Elf's Kirk, Cell or Cave so called, ii. 287.
Elgin, and Shire of Murray, Midsummer cus-
tom in, i. 178.

Eligius, St., particulars concerning, i. 203.
Elizabeth, Queen of Henry VII., Ceremony

used by, at taking her chamber, in order
to her delivery, ii. 42.

ELIZABETH, QUEEN, ACCESSION OF, i. 223,
224.

extempore reply of, to the Span-
ish ambassador, i. 192.

ii. 212.

-portrait of, at Kirtling, co. Cambr.,

fond of bear-sports, ii. 242.

magical practices against, iii. 9.
her expressions in her last illness,
when dissuaded by her courtiers from
looking at a Comet, iii. 129.

ring sent to by Lord Chanc. Hat-
ton, "to be worn betwixt the sweet dugs,"
iii. 160.

Elizabeth, St., day of, i. 224.

Elm Tree, presages drawn from the leaves of
the, iii. 133.

Eloy, St., account of, i. 203.

Hunting the Ram at, i. 244.
Plays acted at, in the Christmas

Holidays, i. 275.

"Etre né Coiffé," iii. 60.

Eve, Lady, wife of Sir Robert Fitzharding,
Anniversary of the, i. 67.

Evergreens, carrying of at Funerals, ii. 153.
Evesham, co. Worc., custom among the mas-
ter gardeners to give their work people a
treat of baked pears on Holy Thursday,
i. 124,

Evil, King's, touching for the, iii. 160, 161.
Evil Eye, iii. 24, 26, 172.
Euloge, St., i. 202.

Euny's Well, St., ii. 226.

Eustace's Well, St., at Withersden, in Kent,
ii. 226.

Eutrope, St., i. 204.

Evyns," origin of the observance of, ii. 3.
Exeter, custom of the Boys at, in Rogation
week, i. 123.

charm for Agues about, iii. 149.
Exorcism against Worms, iii. 146.

Expulsion of Death, a custom so called in
Franconia, i. 62.

Eyam, in Derbyshire, Miss Seward's descrip-
tion of the Paper Garlands suspended in
the Church of, ii. 186.

Eye, enchanting or bewitching, iii. 24, 26, 172.
itching of the right eye, iii. 88.
Eyes, babies of the, iii. 25, 26.

Fabarum Rex, i. 17.

Fabyan, the historian, his order for his Month's
Mind, ii. 192, 193.

Face-cloth, antiquity of the, ii. 144.

Facers, the name for a club of drinkers, ii. 204.
Faddy, a, i. 133.

Fags at Eton School, i. 243.

Fairie, Queen of the, in Scotland, ii. 291.
Fairies, superstitions concerning, as to change-
ling children, ii. 44, 46, 47.

existence of alluded to by the most
ancient British bards, ii. 276.

popular creed relating to, imported
from the East, ii. 276.

supposed to steal or change children,
ii. 276.

Fillan, river, pool in the, famed for curing
madness, ii. 230.

Fillan, St., co. Perth, superstitions practised
at the springs of, iii. 158, 159.
Fillets, Bride's, ii. 104.

Findern, in Derbyshire, custom at, of lighting
fires on the Evening of All Souls Day,
i. 216.

FINDING OR LOSING THINGS, iii. 135.

FINGER NAILS, Divination by the, iii. 92.
Finns, superstitions of the, relating to St.
George's Day, i. 114.

Finns, feast of Allhallows said to drive them

out of their wits, i. 211.

throw a piece of money into the trough
out of which horses drink on St. Stephen's
Day, i. 292.

Monday and Friday held to be unlucky
days with, ii. 28.

Finsbury, riot in, about Christmas Holidays,
i. 268.

Fir Tree, superstition concerning the, iii. 125.
Fire, superstition concerning, at Rome on New
Year's Day, i. 9.

"hallowed" on Easter Eve, i. 92.
an emblem of Immortality, i. 216.
"cleaving and hanging on the parts of
men and beasts," iii. 224.
Fire-brand Sunday, i. 55.

Fires, dancing round, in Inns of Court, i. 178.
customary on particular Eves, i. 186,
187.

on the four great festivals of the Druids,
i. 191.

St. John's, i. 167, 171, 172.
Omens in the burning of, iii. 95, 96.

of St. Peter and St. Nicholas, iii. 220.
Firmin, St., i. 196.
Fishwomen spit upon their handsel, iii. 140.
Fitzharding, Sir Robert, anniversary of, at

St. Augustine's Monastery, Bristol, i. 67.
Fitzwalter, Lord, the originator of the claim

for a Flitch of Bacon at Dunmow, ii.
112.

FIVE SCORE of MEN, MONEY, and PINS, SIX
SCORE of ALL OTHER THINGS, ii. 274, 275.
Flanders, ceremony in, on Saturdays between
Christmas and Candlemas, i. 28.

St. Peter the patron Saint of, i. 196.
FLAT STONES, custom of laying over Graves in
our Churches and Churchyards, ii. 184.
Fleabane, seed of, used as a Charm, iii. 191,
192.

Fleas, merry conceit for preventing the in-
crease of, ii. 123.
biting of, iii. 107.

FLIES considered as Omens, iii. 100.
FLINGING THE STOCKING, a species of divi-
nation used at Weddings, ii. 107.
Flintshire, marriage custom prevalent in, ii.
78.

Flitch of Bacon, claiming of, by married
people, ii. 111, 112, 113.
Floralia, Roman, i. 127, 129, 140.

Florian, St., i. 197, 198, 202.
Flowers, strewed at Weddings, ii. 72.
on Graves, ii. 184-192.
ancients used to crown deceased per-
sons with, ii. 138.

sweet scented, only, permitted to be
planted on graves, ii. 189, 190.

or boughs put upon the heads of
horses for sale, ii. 215.

FLOWERS, DIVINATION BY, iii. 191, 192.
Fly, custom of fetching in the, at Oxford, i.

50.

Folkstone, co. Kent, fishermen's custom at, on
Christmas Eve, i. 262.

FOLLOWING THE CORPSE TO THE GRAVE, ii.
153-168.

Fond Plough, i. 280.

Fontinalia, feast of, ii. 225,

Fool of the May Games, i. 143, 144.

a character in the Morris, i. 154.
King Charles the First's, i. 154.

the keeping one in families for enter-
tainment formerly common, i. 144, 277.
FOOL PLOUGH AND SWORD DANCE, i. 278-
284.

FOOL PLOUGH, representation of the, as used
in Yorkshire, i. 279.

also called the Fond, or White Plough,
i. 280.

Fools, festival of, i. 10, 76, 77, 82, 279.
made on the 1st of May, i. 131.
"Fool's Fair," at Lincoln, ii. 273.
Foot-Ale, ii. 204.
FOOT-BALL, ii. 247.

game of, on Shrove Tuesday, i.
42, 45, 82.

prohibited in Scotland, ii. 248.
Money, ii. 98.

Footcloth, fool's, in the Morris Dance, i. 145,