Cheshire, 69, 169, 195, 210, 234, 283, 314, 324, 405, 409, 441, 446
Childermas Day, 498
Children’s Day, 177
Chimney Sweepers’ Dance, 231
Chopping at the Tree, 167
Christ’s Bed, making of, 158
Christ’s Hospital, London, 179, 311, 374, 422
Christ’s Presentation, 54
Christmas under the Commonwealth, 454
Christmas Book, 456
Christmas Box, 19, 493
Christmas Candles, 456
Christmas Carols, 457
Christmas Clog, 52, 452
Christmas Day, 452
Christmas Decorations, 457
Christmas Drink, 473
Christmas Eve, 446
Christmas Presents, 19
Christmas Sports, 403
Christmas Tree, 463
Clome, the, used in wassailing, 21
Cloth Fair, 363
Church-porch, watching in the, 200
Churches decorated, 157, 162, 280, 281, 457
Claudius Mamertus, Bishop of Vienne, 204
‘Clavie,’ the burning of, 507
Clement’s (St.) Day, 423
Clipping the Church, 176
Cob loaf stealing, 451
Cobbs, given away on St. Thomas’ Day, 442
Cocks and Dumps, 67
Cock Crower, 92
Cock Fighting, 65, 177
‘Cock in the pot,’ 39
‘Cock on the dunghill,’ 39
Cock Penny, 79
Cock running, 78
Cock throwing, 78
Cocque’els, 81
Coelcoeth, 398
Coffin Crusts, 458
Cold Possett, 502
Collar of Brawn, 468
Collop Monday, 57
Columbkill, 310
Columb’s (St.) Well, 310
Commencement Day, 334
Compostella, Shrine of St. James at, 345
Coquerells, 81
Coquilles, 81
Corn Showing, 172
‘Corning, going a-,’ 443
Cornwall, 47, 58, 73, 120, 121, 128, 162, 216, 235, 275, 279, 302,
315, 324, 338, 339, 378, 395, 431, 446, 468, 501
Corpus Christi Day, 297
Corpus Christi Eve, 297
Coteswold Games, 292
Court of Array, 287
Coventry Show Fair, 300
Crab-Apples, gathered on Michaelmas Day, 376
Crabbing the Parson, 341
Crack-nut Sunday, 375
Cracklin Friday, 153
Cramp Rings, 49
Cresset-light, 317
Creeping to the Cross, 148
Crispin’s (St.) Day, 388
Cross, Invention of the, 275
Cross Day of the Year, 500
Crowdie, 88
Crowning of the Cock, 487
Croyland Abbey, knives given away at, on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 367
Cuckoo, 187, 192
Cuckoo Ale, 192
Cumberland, 29, 72, 159, 163, 279, 291, 310, 315, 356, 419, 469, 501
Curfew Bell, 78
Cushion Dance, 253
Cuthbert’s (St.) Day, 371
‘Cutting off the fiddler’s head,’ 34
Cymhortha, 110
Cypress, used as decoration at Christmas, 458
Daft Days, 505
‘Dart, throwing the,’ 370
David’s (St.) Day, 110
‘Dead and Living Ford,’ 17
Decoration of Churches, 157, 162, 280, 281, 457
Deptford Fair, 296
Derbyshire, 30, 39, 74, 99, 105, 128, 165, 170, 211, 237, 283, 302,
404, 409, 412, 446, 469, 502
Desmas, one of the thieves crucified with our Lord, 499
Devils’ Knell, 452
Devonshire, 20, 59, 76, 100, 152, 212, 217, 237, 302, 308, 324, 348,
446
‘Dipping,’ 5
Dipping Day, 235
Dirge Loaf, 410
Dish Fair, 387
Dismal Day, the, 275
Distaff’s (St.) Day, 36
Doggett, Thomas, 349
Dogs, Whipping of, 386, 387
Dole Bread, 401
Doleing Day, 443
Dorsetshire, 30, 55, 152, 159, 205, 385, 441, 470
Dough-nut Day, 78
Dover, Robert, 292
Drinking Sowins, 489
Druids, 1, 223
Duck-under-water, 253
Dulce Domum, sung at Winchester School, 284
Dumb-cake, 199, 312, 384
Durham, 303, 371
Dutton, family of, privileged to license the Cheshire minstrels, 324
Dyzemas Day, 499
Easter Day, 161
Easter Eve, 159
Easter Monday, 169
Easter Tuesday, 179
Eccles Cakes, 369
Eccles Wake, 369
Edward IV. of England, his Coronation, 498
Eel Fair, 293
Egg-hopping, 329
Egg Saturday, 52
Elecampane, 171
Election of kings by beans, 24
Elizabeth, Queen of England, her accession observed, 422
Epiphany, 24
Epping Hunt, 171
Erconwald’s (St.) Day, 422
Essex, 6, 94, 153, 171, 212, 237, 280, 378, 416, 470
Eton Montem, 290
Eve of the Epiphany, 20
Eve of Paul’s Tide, 47
Evelyn, John, 183, 454
Evil May-day, 248
Execution of Charles I., King of England, 50
Fadé-dance, 276
Fag-pies, 119
Fairchild Lecture, 291
Faith’s (St.) Day, 384
Farthing Loaf Day, 319
Fastren’s E’en, 88
Fastyngonge Tuesday, 81
Fern, superstitions connected with, 312
Ferrers, George, 460
Festival of Kings, 20
Fiddler’s Head, cutting off of the, 34
Fig-one, 15
Fig-pies, 119
Fig-pie Wake, 119
Fig-sue, 15, 153
Fig-Sunday, 128, 133
Fires, lighting of, on Eve of the Epiphany, 22;
on St Blaize’s Day, 61;
on St. John’s Eve, 313;
on Hallow Eve, 395
‘First Foot,’ 5, 17, 483
Flag Day, 332
Flap-dragon, 463
Flap-jack, 63
Flitting Day, 301
Floralia, 223, 245
Flower of the Well, 17
Flower Sermon, 291
Flowering Sunday, 134
Font-hallowing, 159
Fool-plough, 37
Foot ball, 75, 83, 87, 401
Freemen’s Well, the, 201
Friars’ Girdles, worn by ladies, 94
Friday in Lide, 120
Fritter Bell, 78
Fritter Thursday, 96
Fruttors Thursday, 96
Funeral of the Alleluia, 45
Furmity, 117, 472, 483
Furry Festival, 275
Gammon of Bacon, eaten at Easter, 162
Gang Monday Land, 210
Gangweek, 204
Ganging Day, 380
Garland Day, 243
Garland Sunday, 376
Garlic Sunday, 376
Gaunt, John of, 358
George’s (St.) Day, 192
Gerard’s Hall, 247
Gestas, one of the thieves crucified with our Lord, 499
Giants, display of, at Chester, 314
Gregory’s (St.) Day, 125
Glastonbury thorn, 34, 454, 467
Gloucestershire, 22, 238, 280, 292, 379, 388, 447, 470, 499, 502
Gloves, at Fairs, 297, 348
Glove Money, 4
Glove Silver, 348
God Cakes, 12
Goddes Day, 148
God’s Day, 148
God’s Friday, 148
‘God speed the Plough,’ 41
Goluan, 315
Good Friday, 148
Good Friday Bread, 149
‘Gooding, going-a,’ 438
Goodish Tuesday, 86
‘Good Morrow, Valentine,’ 109
Good Pas Day, 118
Goose, eaten at Michaelmas, 376
Goose Fair, Nottingham, 383
Goose-pies, 196
Gosling, May, 233, 265
Gospel Trees, 208
Gowk, hunting the, 188
Grace Cup, 450
Grass Week, 204
Green Bower Feast, 289
Greenock Fair, 337
Grimaldi, Joseph, 461
‘Grotto, pray remember the,’ 345
Guisards, 488
Guisings, 181
Gule of August, 347
Gunpowder Plot, 410
Guy Fawkes, his day, 410
Gyst Ale, 181
Hackin, the, at Christmas, 456
Hailing the Lamb, 212
Halgaver Court, 389
Hall’ Monday, 58
Hallow Eve, 394
Hampshire, 77, 119, 187, 238, 281, 284, 296, 304, 305, 372, 448
Handsel Monday, 19, 488
Harlequinade, 461
Harrow School, shooting at, 357
Hay, strewn in churches, 327, 338
Hays, the, 34
Heaving, 173, 177
Heaving Days, 175
Heavy Cake, 216, 236
Helen’s (St.) Day, 274, 360
Hempseed, divination by, 99, 313, 400
Hen-threshing, 68
Hentzner, Paul, visits Bartholomew Fair, 361
Herb-pudding, 151
Herefordshire, 7, 22, 106, 128, 281, 409, 441, 448, 471
Heriot’s Hospital, 309
Hertfordshire, 78, 128, 181, 238, 380, 442
Het Pint, 15
Hilary’s (St.) Day, 44
Hirings, for servants, 279
Hobby-horse, 236, 461, 463, 486
Hobby-horse Dance, 480
Hobby-horsing, 262
Hock Day, 180
Hock Money, 191
Hock-tide, 188
Hocktide play at Chester, 189
Hock Tuesday, 188
Hodening, 472
Hogmanay, 488, 505
Hoke Day, 189
Holiday of St. Simeon, 54
Hollantide Eve, 396
Holly, used as a decoration at Christmas, 458
Holly, its derivation, 457
Holly Boy, 107
Holly Bussing, 180
Holly Night, 35
Holy Cross Day, 372
Holy Innocents’ Day, 497
Holy Rood Day, 372
Holy Thursday, 215
Holy Saturday, 160
Honey Fairs, 469
Hood, throwing the, 32
Hoofing-place, 12
Horns, blown on May Day, 260
Horses, bled on St. Stephen’s Day, 492
Horses, decorated on May Day, 243
Hot Cockles, 463
Hot Cross Buns, 150, 157
Hot Pint, 15, 17
Hunting the Gowk, 188
Hunting the Ram, 354
Hunting the Squirrel, 404, 429, 430, 463, 481
Hunting the Wren, 494
Huntingdonshire, 40, 78, 217, 241, 334
Inns of Court, 396, 473
Ireland, 23, 75, 91, 96, 125, 136, 139, 158, 160, 168, 178, 183, 198,
222, 270, 282, 300, 310, 321, 329, 337, 340, 344, 370, 375, 383, 403,
408, 420, 452, 491, 497, 500, 508
Irving, Washington, his remarks on seeing a Maypole, 234
Isle of Axholme, 30
Isle of Man, 8, 33, 80, 154, 221, 246, 316, 325, 348, 395, 431, 442,
449, 472, 494, 503
Isle of Thanet, 183, 428
Isle of Wight, 87, 504
Ivy, used as a decoration at Christmas, 458, 478
Ivy Girl, 107
Jack and Joan Fair, 385
Jack of Hilton, 10
Jack O’Lent, 93
Jack of May, 264
Jack-pudding, 463
James’ (St.) Day, 344
James (St.) the Less, his day, 234
James’ (St.) Palace, 153
Jeu-nhydn, 468
John’s (St.) Day, 323
John’s (St.) Eve, 311
John O Gaunt’s Day, 191
Jolly Lads, 134
Joseph of Arimathea, legend regarding his staff, 467
Judas Iscariot, flogging of, 155
Jough-ny-nollick, 473
Juniper, burnt before cattle, 18
Kenelm’s (St.) Day, 341
Kenilworth Castle, Queen Elizabeth’s visit to, 189
Kent, 78, 107, 165, 207, 242, 296, 332, 339, 345, 385, 423, 427, 429,
448, 471
Ket Bank, 220
Kill Bull, the, 477
Kings created by Beans, 20
King’s Cock Crower, 92
King of the Bean, 26
King of Cockneys, 498
King of the Millers, 285
Kit-dressing, 231
Knappan, 184
Knives, given away on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 367
Knotting-sowins, 489
Laa’l Brushey, 51
Lad’s Valentine, 99
Lady Day, 180
Lady Godiva, 280, 300
Lady of the Lamb, 297
Lamb Ale, 278
Lambert Simmel, 115
Lambs’ Wool, 23, 449, 483
Lammas Day, 347
Lammas Towers, 351
Lamprey-pies, 470
Lancashire, 7, 79, 119, 134, 153, 181, 213, 217, 243, 284, 316, 334,
345, 355, 368, 369, 384, 385, 395, 406, 472
La Sheachanna na bleanagh, 275
Lating or Leeting the Witches, 395
Laurel, used as a Christmas decoration, 458
Lawless Court, at King’s Hill, 378
Lawless Hour, at Kidderminster, 379
Leaping the Well, 201
Leeks, worn on St. David’s Day, 110, 113
Leek Pasties, 83
Leet Ale, 278
Leicestershire, 40, 79, 197, 284, 338
Leith Races, 335
Lent Crocking, 76
Leonard’s (St.) Day, 416
Lide, Friday in, 120
Lifting, 173
Lincolnshire, 30, 40, 128, 154, 220, 245, 294, 367, 372, 412, 421
Loaf Mass, 347
Looe Fair Day, 236
Long Rope Day, 157
“Looking through the keyhole,” 105
Lord Mayor’s Day, 417, 459
Lord Mayor of Pennyless Cone, 487
Lord of Misrule, 339, 459, 474, 478
Louis XI. of France, his superstition regarding Holy Innocents’ Day,
498
Lotts, the, 350
Low Easter Day, 184
Low Sunday, 183
Luke’s (St.) Day, 386
Mace Board, 246
Mace, burying the, 380
Mace Monday, 346
Mainstyr Fiddler, 34
Mallard Night, 44
Mandate Thursday, 140
Margaret’s (St.) Day, 343
Mari Lwyd, 486
Mark’s (St.) Day, 200, 203
Mark’s (St.) Eve, 199, 200
Marlings, 181
Marlocking, 181
Mart, its meaning, 418
Martinmas, 347
Martin’s (St.) Day, 418
Mary’s (St.) Day, in Lent, 180
Matthew’s (St.) Day, 373
Maternus (St.), 463
Maundy Loaves, 140
Maundy Money, 140
Maundy Thursday, 139
May Bough, 243
May Day, 223
May Dew, 225, 242
May Dolls, 216
May Eve, 215
May Fair, 249
May Feast, 263
May Gads, 245
May Games, 225
May Gosling, 233, 265
May Lady, 234
May Music, 216
Maypoles, 228
May Queen, 238, 246, 251, 255
May Songs, 232, 233, 238, 240, 242, 251, 255, 257, 259, 261, 262, 263,
273
May Syllabub, 257
‘Maying, going a,’ 224
Michael (St.), Apparition of, 275
Michaelmas Cake, 383
Michaelmas Day, 376
Michaelmas Eve, 375
Michaelmas Goose, 376
Michael’s (St.) Bannock, 383
Middlesex, 32, 48, 80, 113, 147, 154, 160, 166, 174, 179, 187, 213,
247, 291, 297, 305, 316, 326, 344, 345, 316, 349, 355, 357, 361, 374,
396, 406, 413, 429, 473
Midlent Sunday, 113, 116
Midsummer Day, 323
Midsummer Eve, 311
Midsummer Men, 312
Midsummer Watch, 316, 318
Milk Maids’ Dance, 231
Millers, King of the, 285
Mince-pies, 458
Minched pies, 458
Minstrels’ Festival, 358
Miracle Plays, 283, 298, 343, 478
Mischief Night, 217
Misrule, Lord of, 339, 459, 474, 478
Mistletoe, 458, 459
Mock, the, 446
Modwen’s (St.) Day, 390
Molly Grime, figure in Glentham Church, 154
Monmouthshire, 407
Morris-dancers, 30, 227, 258
Moseley’s Dole, 10
‘Mothering, going a,’ 116
Mothering Sunday, 116
Mummers, 430, 461, 469, 478, 480
Mumping Day, 441
‘Mumping, going a,’ 441
Mutton-pies, 458
Myche, a kind of bread, 96
Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 372
Newark Raffling Day, 51
New Year’s Day, 1
New Year’s Eve, 501
New Year’s Gifts, 1
New Year’s Ode, 4
New Year’s Offerings, 509
New Year’s Song, 19
Newton, Sir Isaac, on the time of Christ’s birth, 453
Nicholas (St.), tradition relating to, 436
Nicholas’ (St.) Day, 432
Nicholas’ (St.) Eve, 432
Nickanan Night, 58
Nicking, of Swans, 346
Nod Beuno, 295
Nog Money, 506
Norfolk, 42, 81, 95, 100, 107, 166, 183, 293, 298, 344, 370, 449, 475,
496
Northamptonshire, 42, 82, 108, 132, 199, 213, 251, 281, 286, 305, 306,
327, 332, 340, 413, 427, 430, 449, 476, 499, 503
Northumberland, 9, 83, 175, 180, 201, 214, 257, 282, 294, 298, 306,
318, 327, 332, 335, 389, 476
Nottinghamshire, 9, 51, 54, 83, 109, 124, 175, 214, 257, 306, 318,
380, 383, 397, 413, 442, 449, 476
Nut Crack Night, 394
‘Nutting, going a,’ 373
Oak Apple Day, 301
Offering Days, 5
Offering Silver, 481
Oiel Verry, 449
Olave’s (St.) Day, 346
‘Old Ball,’ 486
Old Christmas Day, 30, 34, 467
‘Old Clem,’ 432
Old Michaelmas Day, 380
Old Midsummer Day, 328
Old Year, burning out the, 506
Onion Fair, 373
Oswald’s (St.) Day, 355
Oxen, superstition regarding, 447
Oxfordshire, 9, 43, 52, 84, 97, 110, 113, 123, 124, 133, 134, 156,
167, 208, 214, 222, 258, 282, 287, 297, 319, 327, 414, 442, 450, 476,
496, 504
Oysters, eaten on St. James’ Day, 344
Pace Eggs, 163
Pack Monday Fair, 385
Paganalia, 493
Paignton Fair, 308
Palm Saturday, 126
Palm Sunday, 126
‘Palming, going a,’ 127
Pan-burn-Bell, 82
Pancakes, 63, 375
Pancake Bell, 62, 87
Pancake Month, 65
Pantomime, 461
Parish Clerks’ Meeting, 177
Parkin, 416
Paschal Day, 148
Paschal Taper, 159
Passion-dock, 151
Passion Sunday, 121
Paste-Egg Day, 118
Patrick’s Crosses, 136
Patrick’s (St.) Day, 135
Patrick’s Pot, 137
Paul’s (St.) Cathedral, 49
Paul’s (St.) Day, 49
Paul’s (St.) Eve, 47
Paul Pitcher Night, 48
Penderell, Richard, his monument decorated on Oak Apple Day, 305
Penny Hedge, the, 209
Penny Loaf Day, 125
Pepper Cake, 483
Pershore Fair Day, 192
Peter’s (St.) Day, 331
Peter-Pence, 347
Philip’s (St.) Day, 234
Picrous Day, 431
Piepowder, Court of, 364
Pin-money, 4
Pippins, divination by, 397
Piran’s (St.) Day, 121
Plough Bullocks, 39
Plough-lights, 37
Plough Monday, 37
Plough Witchers, 40
Plough Witching, 40
Plowlick Monday, 42
Plum porridge, 462
Plumb-pudding, 462
Plumb-pudding Money, 482
Poisson d’Avril, 184
Pope Joan, 181
Pope-Ladies, 181
Pork Acre, 413
Pot-fair, 323
Preston Guild, 368
‘Progging, going a,’ 414
Procession Week, 204
Processioning, 208, 213
Psalm Caking, 406
‘Pudding-pieing, going a,’ 172
Pulgen, 487
Purification of the Virgin Mary, 54
Push-penny, 303
Quaaltagh, 8
Raffling-Day, at Newark, 51
Ram, hunting the, 354
Ram Feast, 257
Ravenglass Fair, 356
Rayer, or Rahere, founder of Bartholomew Fair, 361
Ream of the Well, 17
Red Spear Knights, 291
Reed Day, 332
Relic Sunday, 340
Restoration Day, 301
Rhyne Toll, the, 390
Richard’s (St.) Day, 188
‘Riding of the George,’ 197
‘Riding the Marches,’ 292, 307
‘Rising Peter,’ 333
Robin Hood, 220, 257
Roche’s (St.) Day, 350
Rock Day, 36
Rogation Sunday, 204
Rope-pulling, at Ludlow, 85
Rosemary, used as decoration at Christmas, 458
Rowan-tree, use of, 154, 394
Rowan-tree Day, 274
Rowan-tree Gads, 274
Royal Oak Day, 301
Rumbald Night, 448
Running Lands, 242
Rushes, strewn in churches, 280, 294
Rush-bearing, 334, 367
Salmon, superstition regarding, 270
Salt-Silver, 418
Saturnalia, 458, 463
Sauin, 395
Scalding Thursday, 375
Scambling Days, 95
Scarlet Days, at Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 278
Scholastica’s (St.) Day, 97
Scilly Isles, 84, 479
Scotland, 14, 19, 43, 46, 56, 88, 120, 126, 177, 188, 267, 275, 292,
301, 307, 309, 320, 334, 335, 351, 382, 394, 399, 408, 410, 430, 437,
438, 487, 505
Scrutiny Night, 504
Septuagesima, 45
‘Setting the Colne,’ 213
‘Seven joys of the Virgin,’ 464
Shaftesbury Bezant, 205
Shamrock, 136, 139
Sharp Tuesday, 86
Sheelah’s Day, 139
Sher, Shere, Sheere, Thursday, 146
Shier Thursday, 146
Shig-Shag, 305
Shrewsbury Show, 300
Shrid-pies, 458
Shropshire, 82, 262, 287, 301, 407, 410
Shrove Tuesday, 39
Shying at Leaden Cocks, 67
‘Shy for Shy,’ 67
Simeon (St.), holiday of, 54
Simnel Bread, 115
Simnel, Lambert, 115
Simnels, 114
Simnel Sunday, 113
Singed Sheeps’ Heads, carried on St. Andrew’s Day, 430
Singing E’en, 501
Slap-dragon, 463
Sloe Fair, 351
Smock Race, 214
Smuchdan, 18
Smugging, 68
Snap-dragon, 462
Sollaghyn, 80
Somersetshire, 34, 86, 95, 262, 282, 328, 479, 500
Song of the Mallard, 44
Song of the Wren, 35
Sonsy-haggis, 491
Soul Cakes, 405
Souling, going a, 405, 407
Soul Mass Cakes, 409
Sow Day, 438
Sowans-bowie, 490
Spirit Fire, 463
Squirrels, hunting of, 404, 429, 430, 481
Staffordshire, 10, 23, 34, 86, 203, 208, 215, 263, 287, 340, 358, 390,
407, 425, 443, 480
Stagg, offering of, on St. Cuthbert’s Day, 371
Staylaces, given to the Clergy on Ascension Day, 213
Stephening, 493
Stephen’s (St.) Day, 492
Stephen’s (St.) Pudding, 494
Stir-up-Sunday, 431
Subterranean Christmas Bells, 476
Suffolk, 86, 215, 263, 481
Sugar-Cupping, 165
Surrey, 86, 133, 156, 263, 293, 341, 357, 373, 375
Sussex, 11, 157, 264, 381, 389, 414, 430, 443, 450
Swan-upping, 346
Swarf Penny, 420
‘Sweeping the Girls,’ 106
Swig, 113
Swithin’s (St.) Day, 341
Swithin’s (St.) Farthings, 341
Sword-dance, 485
Tander, Tandrew, name given to St. Andrew’s Day, 430
Tansy Cake, 167
Tenbury Fair Day, 192
Terminalia, 204
Tharve Cake, 30
Thomas’ (St.) Day, 438
Thomas’ (St.) Onion, 439
‘Thomasin, going a,’ 441
Threshing the Hen, 68
Throwing at Cocks, 66
‘Throwing the Dart,’ 370
‘Throwing the Hood,’ 32
Tibba’s (St.) Day, 438
Timber Waits, 203
Timbrel Waits, 203
Tindles, 409
Tinley, 405
Toothache, remedy for, 464
Tooting-horn, 352
Trap and ball, 86
Trinity Monday, 296
Trinity Sunday, 294
Trolollay, derivation of, 505
Trundling of Eggs, 178
Turkey, 148, 465
Tuth Day, 192
Twelfth Cake, 24
Twelfth Day, 24
Twelfth Night, 24
Twelfth Night Cards, 25
Tynwald Day, 325
Usque-Cashrichd, 488
Valentine’s (St.) Day, 375
Valentine’s (St.) Eve, 98
Valentines, 101
Valentine dealing, 105
Valentining, 105
Vessel Cup, 464
Vitus’ (St.) Day, 311
Virgin Mary, Annunciation of, 180;
Assumption of, 357;
Nativity of, 372;
Purification of, 54
Wad-Shooting, 489
Waits, 465, 485
Wakes Monday, 404
Wales, 35, 88, 113, 134, 158, 168, 177, 184, 222, 265, 289, 295, 297,
320, 390, 398, 410, 425, 445, 486, 496
Walk Money, 183
‘Walking the Fair,’ 203
Walnut-tree, legend of a miraculous, 467
Ward Penny, 420
Warwickshire, 12, 175, 300, 419, 443, 450
Wrath Money, 420
Wassail Bowl, 501
Wassail Eve, 23
Wassaile, 28
Wastel, the, 115
Watch Night, 501
Weaver, introduces the Pantomime, 461
Well-dressing, 211
Wesley Bob, 483
Westminster School, tossing the pancake at, 80
Westmoreland, 6, 35, 264, 415, 481
‘Wetting the Block,’ 119
Wheel, its origin, 454
Whip-dog Day, 387
Whipping Toms, 79
Whirlin Cakes, 123
Whirlin Sunday, 123
White Sunday, 183
White Thursday, 468
Whitsun Ale, 278
Whitsunday, 278
Whitsun Monday, 283
Whitsun Mysteries, 283
Whitsuntide, 278, 281
Whitsun Tuesday, 290
Whitsun Tryste Fair, 282
‘Wigs,’ a sort of Cake, 426
Wilfrid’s (St.) Feast, 351
Wiltshire, 76, 133, 295, 309, 329, 415
Wives’ Feast, 54
Worcestershire, 12, 157, 176, 188, 192, 215, 265, 306, 319, 341, 416,
428, 443, 482, 500
Wren, hunting of, 494
Wren-boys, 497
Wroth Money, 420
Wycoller Hall, Christmas at, 472
Yarrow, divination connected with, 273
Yew, Churches decorated with, on Good Friday, 156
Yorkshire, 12, 23, 43, 56, 87, 96, 110, 123, 133, 148, 157, 160, 167,
200, 209, 274, 299, 320, 329, 331, 333, 341, 351, 367, 386, 398, 416,
420, 444, 451, 482, 496, 504
Yorkshire Hagmena Song, 14
Youling, 207
Yule, derivation of the term, 453
Yule of August, 347
Yule Babies, 476
Yule Candle, 451
Yule Clog, 452, 465
Yule Day, 487
Yule Log, 453, 465
Yule Straw, 489
Yule-tide, 453
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