Bull-baiting at, 195;
Old manorial measures at, 160
Knitters, Famous, 228
Knur and spell, 199
Lancaster, Execution and gibbeting of Thomas, 95
Lanercost Abbey, Tragic origin of, 111
Langdale, Curate of, as alehouse keeper, 41
Langwathby Church, Armour in, 13, 34
Lawyers, Restrictions upon, 167
Leather searchers, 89
Legend of St. Bega, 131;
Kirksanton, 131;
Fisherty Brow, 132;
Arlecdon, 133;
Kirkby Lonsdale Bridge, 133;
Concerning wolves, 135;
Warthol Hall, 135;
Calgarth skulls, 146;
Armboth Hall, 147;
Machell family, 142;
Radiant Boy of Corby, 146
Legends and Superstitions, Some, 131-147
Leper windows, 45-46;
Hospitals, 46
Lepers in Cumberland and Westmorland, 45-46
Levens, Luck of, 153
Levens Radish Feast, 208
Life in the old gaols, 122
Little Salkeld, Desecration of church at, 58
Long Marton, An infant rector of, 39
Lucks, 148-154
Manorial laws, 64-90
Market bells, 167
Markets and fairs customs, 155-168
Maskers, 202
Meat selling at church doors, 156;
On Sundays, 165;
Bequest, A, 177
Milling laws, Old, 76, 82, 83
Mill lookers, 89
Millom, Manorial jurisdiction at, 64;
Penance at, 112
Minstrel galleries, Old, 181
Miracle workers, Supposed, 138
Mock Mayors, 200
Moor lookers, 89
Moota, Beacon at, 14
Morland, Manorial custom at, 75, 82
Mortuary rights of the Church, 100
Multuring, 83, 84
Muncaster, Luck of, 149
Musgrave Church font in private grounds, 50
Needfire superstition, 143-146
Newbiggin (Dacre), Curious custom at, 79
Newton Arlosh, Fortified church at, 30
Night watch, 245
Nunnery, Privileges of prioress and nuns of, 67
Nutgeld service, 71
Nut Monday, 225
Nutting days, School, 255
Old-time Home Life, 169-187
Old-time school life, 240-255
"Orders of the Watch," 11
Ormside, A probable fortified church at, 33
Orton, Probable fortified church at, 33;
Sworn men at, 230;
Stocks, 125
Pack-horses, 209, 210, 217, 219, 220, 221, 238
Parsonby, Manorial customs at, 77
Paupers hired to contractors, 234
Peat silver, 78
Peculiar contrivances, 171
Penance, Excommunication and, 98-119
Penrith Beacon, 12, 13
Penrith Church font in private grounds, 50;
Plague-stones at, 235-237;
Excommunication at, 103;
Stocks and pillory at, 124;
Races, 192-194;
Badge of poverty at, 235
Penrith Fell, Ludicrous incident on, 27;
Burial of excommunicates on, 104
Penthouses at Orton, 229
Peppercorn rents, 87
Pie Poudre Court at Kirkby Stephen, 161
Pillar, Countess's, 223
Pillions, Riding on, 217, 220
Pillory and stocks, 124, 125
Plague-stones, Old, 235-238
Plumpton, Manorial custom at, 82
Plowbote, 75
Poor people let out to contractors, 234
Porridge, A tribute to the value of, 169
Posset cups, 202
Pot fairs, 156
Poverty, The badge of, 235
Proclamations at fairs, 160-162
Punishments, Old-time, 91-129
Quakers, Punishment of, 107-109
Racing, Curiosities in horse, 190-193
Radiant Boy of Corby Castle, 146
Radish Feast at Levens, 208
Rapier dancers, 202
Ravenglass, Proclamation of fair at, 161
Ravenstonedale, Holding a Court in church at, 58;
Sanctuary bell at, 114;
Penance at, 110;
Stocks at, 125
Rebel's Cap at Kendal, 35
Rector, An infant, 39
Refuge bell at Ravenstonedale, 114
Renwick tithe exemption, Curious, 88
Riding the stang at Ambleside, 128
Road, On the, 209-222
"Robin the Devil's" escapade, 35-37
Rod, Surrendering by the, 247
Rose tenure, 70, 72
Rowan tree superstition, 137
Running Gressom, 85
Rush-bearing custom, 224
Rushes and bents for churches, 59-61
Rushes, Curious belief about, 170
Rushlights, Old-time, 170
Sacrilege, Punishment at Appleby for, 113
Sales in churchyards, Announcing, 158
Salmon, Abundance and cheapness of, 177;
as apprentices' food, 178
Sanctuary at Ravenstonedale, 114;
Nunnery, 115;
Greystoke, 115
Scale Houses, Peculiar tithe exemption at, 88
Scholars' badge of poverty at Penrith, 235
School customs, Old, 240-255
Schools in churches, 248-251
Schoolmasters, Old-time, 240-255
Scolds' bridles, 115
Seawake, Service of, 15, 71
Sebergham, A protest in rhyme at, 48;
School in a mud hut at, 248
Sexton, A female, 45
Shearing days, 203
Sheriffesses of Westmorland, 2-4
Sheriffs' law suits with Appleby burgesses, 6
Sheriffwick, An Unparalleled, 1-8
Shrovetide festival at Wreay, 201
Silver-penny fines, 79
Skirsgill well custom, An old, 206
Skirwith, Manorial customs at, 76
Snow on Midsummer's Day, Legend of, 131
Soar-hawk tenure, 69
Sparket Mill, Peculiar obligation at, 86
Sports and Festivities, Old, 188-208
Spur service, 71, 72
Stang, Riding the, at Ambleside, 128
St. Bega, Legend of, 131
Steading stone at Thirlmere, 121
Stirrup tenure, 68
Stocks, 124, 125
Stockings, Curious method of treating, 171
Sunday markets, 156-158
Sunday observance, 225-226
Superstitions and Legends, 131-147
Surrendering by the rod, 247
Swine in churchyards, 60;
Ringers, 89
Tailors, Rules for, 164
Tea, Curious methods of dealing with, 178
Telling the bees, 138
Tenures, Curiosities of, 64-90, 247
Thirlmere, Steading stone at, 121
Threlkeld, Manorial customs at, 76
Timber-lode, 75
Tithe exemption, Curious, 88
Toll-free, Rights of tenants and burgesses to go, 67
Tolls, An old dispute about, 83
"Tom Candlestick," 170
Toothache, Charm for, 136
Torpenhow, Old Council at, 230-244
Town and village watch and ward, 16-21
Trading Laws and Customs, Old 155-168
Traditions, 131-147
Troutbeck dole custom at Dacre, 55
Troutbeck (Windermere), Manorial jurisdiction at, 64
Tummel wheel'd carts, 218
Uppies and Downies at Workington, 200
Village schoolmasters, Old-time, 244-253
Waberthwaite Church, Dog-whippers at, 63
Warthol, Watching station at, 14
" Hall, Legend concerning, 135
Warwick, Old school-days at, 249
Watch and Ward, 9-21
Watch, Orders of the, 11
Watermillock, Manorial custom at, 81;
Head Jurie, 51, 231
Webstone at Armboth, The, 238
Well festivals, 206-208
Wetheral, Manorial customs at, 78
Whipping of criminals, Public, 124-128
Whitbeck, Old customs at, 227
Whitehaven, Society of Archers, 198;
Watch and ward at, 19;
Public whipping at, 125
Whittlegate, The old custom of, 43, 44, 251
Wigton, Curious epitaph at, 157;
Selling meat at parish church, 156
Wine, Curiosities concerning church, 54-55
Witch, Drowning of a supposed, 91;
Mary Baynes, the Orton, 139;
Lizzy Batty, the Brampton, 141
Witness man, Service of, 15
Woful Bank, Legend concerning, 135
Women as judges, 2
Workington Easter football play, 200
Wotobank, Legend concerning, 135
Wreay, Mock mayoral festivities at, 201
Wreck of the sea privilege at Millom, 84
Wrestling, 188-190
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Paper communicated by Sir G. Duckett, July, 1879.
[2] "Sir Ewain; or, the Giant's Cave." Penrith, 1860.
[3] Historical Manuscripts Commissioners' Ninth Report.
[4] At Kirkby Stephen, September, 1871.
[5] "Annals of Kendal," 1832.
[6] 8th series, vol. 9, 1896.
[7] "Survey of the Lakes," 1789.
[8] Sayer.
[9] Sayer.
[10] "Bygone Punishments," 1898.
[11] "History and Traditions of Ravenstononedale," 1877.
[12] "Beneath Helvellyn's Shade," 1892.
[13] At Cockermouth, October 10th, 1867.
[14] The Rev. E. H. Sugden's "History of Arlecdon and Frizington," 1897.
[15] "Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands."
[16] "Traditions of Lancashire."
[17] _Carlisle Journal_, May, 1895.
[18] "Church Treasury of History, Custom, and Folk Lore," 1897.
[19] "The Manners and Customs of Westmorland, etc., in the Former Part of
the Eighteenth Century."
[20] "Romantic Richmondshire," 1897.
[21] "The Parish Registers of Dalston," 1893.
[22] "Survey of the Lakes," by James Clarke. Penrith, 1789.
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