Ireland, traditions of Fairies in, ii. 291
Irish, ancient manners of the, i. 61.

custom of crossing among the, i. 90.
customs among the, on May Day,
i. 128.

keep St. Catherine's Day, i. 226.
lamentations among the, on deaths,
ii. 133.,

Wake, account of the, ii. 142.
custom of conducting their dead to
the grave, ii. 154.

to weep Irish, ii. 166.

form of an Irish funeral, ii. 166.
burial of an Irish piper, ii. 174, 175.
Funeral Elegies among the, ii. 172.
superstitions of the, ii. 286; iii. 76,
138, 151, 156.

78.

relating to Eclipses, iii.

relating to Salt, iii. 84.
custom of the, at putting out a candle,
iii. 95.

Divinations among, by the blade-
bone, iii. 180.

Irish, Game so called, ii. 261.

Iron, Ostriches eating and digesting, iii. 196.
Isis and Osiris the patrons of the Egyptians,
i. 200.

Italians, their mode of scoffing and saying
"Ecco, la fico," ii. 116.

Italy, Spain, and Provence, sports with Eggs,
in, i. 97.

May customs in Italy, i. 129.

custom in Italy on St. Nicholas's Day,
i. 231, 232.

harvests in Italy earlier than with us,
ii. 16.

ITCHING OF THE RIGHT EYE, iii. 88.

Judas Candles, i. 29.

Kilda, St., custom of the Islanders of, on St.
Michael's Day, i. 207.

cake baked by the inhabitants of, on All
Saints' Day, i. 210.

sacrifice to a sea-god called Shony at,
at Hallow-tide, i. 210.

Kildare, Earl of, in 1527, engaged at Shovel
groat, when the warrant for his execution
arrived, ii. 259.

Kilfinan, co. Argyle, superstition at, relating
to Baptism, ii. 49.

Kilfinichen and Kilviceven, in Argyleshire,
superstition at, concerning burials in
the churchyard, ii. 179.

concerning touching for the Evil at,

iii. 161.

Kilkenny, Ireland, breaking-up School cus-
tom at, i. 245.

King of the Bean, i. 12, 16, 17.

or Lord of May, i. 151.
of Cockneys, i. 295.
of Misrule, i. 276.

King and Queen, custom of choosing of, on
Twelfth Day, i. 19.

King Fisher, superstitions concerning the, iii.
115, 129.

King Game, at Kingston, co. Surrey, i. 152.
Kings, the festival of, i. 12.

Kings of Cologne, i. 16.

charm from the, iii.
Kings and Queens, feast of, i. 16.
King's Evil, touching for the, iii. 140, 150.
King's Norton, May-poles set up at, i. 137.
Kingston-upon-Thames, Extracts from the
Churchwardens' accounts of, relating to
Easter-day, i. 96.

Extracts from the Chamberlain's
and Churchwardens' Accounts of, illus-
trating the May-games, i. 147, 148.
celebration of the Kyngham at, i.

152.

Curfew-bell at, ii. 139.

a cucking-stool anciently kept at,
iii. 52, 53.

Kinnoul Hill, superstitious games celebrated
in a cave called the Dragon Hole at, on
the 1st of May, i. 128.

Kirkby Stephen, monument of Thomas first
Lord Wharton at, ii. 114.
Kirkaldy, co. Fife, persons burnt at, in 1633,
for witchcraft, iii. 19.

Kirkcudbright, Martinmas custom at, i. 220.

Kirkmichael, co. Banff, custom at, on the 1st
of January, i. 3.

appearance of the first days of
winter, how observed at, i. 218.

drinking custom at, ii. 211.
St. Michael's Well at, ii. 227.
belief in Fairies at, ii. 290.
superstition relating to witch-

craft at, iii. 36.

at, iii. 75.

superstitions relating to the Moon
Kirkwall and St. Ola, co. Orkney, supersti-
tion at, as to unlucky days, ii. 28.

superstitions at, relating to Mar-
riage and Baptism, ii. 49.

superstitions at, relating to the
Moon, iii. 75.

Kirriemuir, co. Forfar, a witchpool at, iii. 19.
Kirtling, co. Cambridge, portrait of Queen
Elizabeth at, ii. 212.

Kiss, nuptial, ii. 87, 88.

Kissing, custom of, anciently, at the begin-
ning of dances, ii. 102.

KITES, superstitions relating to, iii. 111, 112,
113.

"Kitra, ou baiser d'amour des Grecs," ii.
88.

"Knack," harvest figure so called, ii. 15.
Knave Child, urine of a, used as a charm,
iii. 148.

Knells, nine for a man, six for a woman,
three for a child, ii. 128, 134, Note,
Knitting Cup, ii. 85.

Knives given away at Croyland Abbey on
St. Bartholomew's Day, i. 194.
Bride, ii. 82.

KNIVES, SCISSORS, RAZORS, &c., iii. 134,
135.

Knolles, Sir Robert, dole at his funeral, ii.
176.

Knot, True-love, ii. 67.

Knot Divination, ii. 69.

Korrail, auld rude of, i. 185.
Κοσκινομαντειά, ii. 67; iii. 187, 188.
Krackis-blinda, ii. 239.
Kyles and Dams, ii. 243.
"Kyngham," or King-game, i. 152.
Kyng play, at Whitsuntide, i. 159.
Kyrle, Mr., the Man of Ross, ii. 125.

Ladder, unlucky to walk under a, ii. 105.
Ladies' bed-straw, plant so called, ii. 42.

Ladles of iron, custom of affixing, to wells,

ii. 224.

Lady of the Lamb, i. 158.

of the May, i. 126.

at Whitsuntide, 1621, i. 160.
IN THE STRAW, ii. 41-44.
ceremony of a, taking her chamber, ii. 42.
young, wins the Broos, ii. 97.
LADY BUGS, superstitions concerning the, iii.
102.

Lady Fly, rustic divination with the, i. 203.
Lady's Thistle, invention of the dark ages
concerning, i. 29.

Lætare, or Midlent Sunday, i. 62.
La-ithmas, i. 191.

LAKE-WAKE, or Liche Wake, derivation of,
ii. 140.

Bourne's complaint at the drinking
and at the, ii. 141.
Lamb, Lady of the, i. 158.
Lamb-Ale, i. 158.

Lambeth, Boy Bishop at, i. 233.
LAMBKINS, Omens of Weather, iii. 118.
Lamb's Wool, i. 3, 14, 274.

of, i. 218.

ibid.

Gen. Vallancey's etymology

mode of making, in Ireland,

Laud, Archbishop, the first who framed a
canon for bowing toward the Commu-
nion Table, ii. 197.

receives an omen from the fall of his
picture, iii. 121.

Launceston, co. Cornwall, gathering of Fern
Seed at, on Midsummer Eve, i. 180.
superstition at, on Christmas
Eve, concerning the oxen, i. 250.
Laurel, a defensative against Thunder, iii.
166, 168.

Laurence's Well, St., at Peterborough, ii.
229.

Law, Societies of, performed shows at Christ-
mas, i. 273, 276.

LAYING OUT or STREEKING THE BODY, ii.
143-145.

Lent, origin of, i. 55.

"To keep a true Lent," from Herrick's
"Hesperides," i. 55.

Sundays of, enumerated, i. 67.

custom at Lisbon, on the Sunday and
Monday preceding Lent, to play the fool,
i. 82.

Lenten Crosse, i. 74.

Leodagar, St., i. 203; iii. 164.

Leonard, St., i. 197, 202, 203; iii. 164.
Letters at the Candles, iii. 94.

LEVEL COIL, ii. 250, 251.

Level Sice, ii. 251.

Lewis, custom on the 1st of May, in the Isle
of, i. 128.

Lewis, custom at, at Hallow-tide, i. 210.

fires lighted in, as a preservative
against Fairies, iii. 283.

Liber Festivalis, account of Easter Sunday
from the, i. 95.
Liberius, St., i. 196.

Lictors act as mourners among the Romans,
ii. 172.

Liesse, Abbé de, i. 277.

LIFTING ON EASTER HOLIDAYS, i. 106, 107.
Lightning superstitions, iii. 130.
Lights, Christmas called the feast of, i. 254.
used on all festive occasions, ibid.
at funerals, ii. 168, 169, 170.
Limosin, St. Martial the patron saint of, i. 200.
Lincoln, Fool's Fair at, ii. 273.
Lincolnshire, customs at Croyland, in, i. 194.
Yule block burnt in, i. 255.
Morris drama performed in, i.

283.

Lincoln's Inn Fields, burning of Guy Fawkes
in, i. 219.

Linnæus, anecdote of, relating to the Divining
Wand, iii. 177.

Lion, antipathy of, to the Cock, ii. 34.

Lisbon, ceremonies at, on the 1st of April, i.
82.

St. Vincent the patron saint of, i. 200.
Litanies, or Rogations, give name to Rogation
Week, i. 116.

Litany cloths, i. 119.

Little Colan, ceremony at, at our Lady Nants
Well, i. 70.

LITTLE JOHN, one of the characters of the
Morris, i. 144.

first mentioned by Fordun the
Scottish historian, i. 154.

Lituus of the ancient Romans, iii. 176.
Livery, meaning of the word, i. 147.
Lizard, iii. 206.

Llanasaph, N. Wales, custom prevalent at,
on Corpus Christi Day, i. 165.

Llandegla, spring at, visited by sick persons,
ii. 228.

Lanvetherine, co. Monmouth, singular fune-
ral custom at, ii. 173.

Loadan, ii. 266.

Loaf-stealing, i. 253.

Lochcarron, co. Ross, rain superstitions at,
iii. 96.

Lochnan Spioradan, ii. 229.
Lochsiant Well in Skie, ii. 231.

ii. 50.

superstition at, relating to Baptism,

custom at, immediately before the
Marriage ceremony, ii. 90./

Lombard Merchants, Arms of the, ii. 216.
Lombards, belief of the, in Witchcraft, iii. 5.
London, Easter holiday amusement at, as de-
scribed by Fitzstephen, i. 103.

May Day customs at, 126, 130.
enumeration of certain laws and cus-
toms of, i. 132.

watch in, on the vigils of St. Peter
and St. John Baptist, i. 168, 169.

Midsummer Eve watch in, t. Hen.
VIII. i. 179.

Roods taken down in the Churches
of, i. 195.

Curfew Bell at, ii. 138.

Archery among the early pastimes of,
ii. 236.

London Stone, accounts of, iii. 158.
Long-Bow, disuse of the, ii. 236.
Long Bullets, game of, ii. 242.

Longforgan, co. Perth, harvest custom at, ii. 17.
Looking-Glass Omens, iii. 87, 88.
Looks, divination by the, iii. 189.
Lord of Harvest, ii. 14.

LORD OF MISRULE, i. 272–278.

account of the, from
Stubbs's 'Anatomie of Abuses,' i. 273.
Lothian, riding the stang in, ii. 119.
LOVE CHARMS, iii. 162, 163, 164.
LOVE DIVINATIONS, i. 213, 214.

practised on the Continent

in Advent, i. 32.

on Midsummer Eve, i. 169,

170.
Loving cup, i. 4.
Lourdane, i. 112.
Loy, St., i. 198, 203.
Loy's Well, St., ii. 226.
Lubrican, a spirit so called, iii. 32.
Lucian, St., i. 203.

LUCKY or UNLUCKY DAYS, ii. 27.

Ludi Compitalii of the Romans, i. 182, 282.
"Ludus Corporis Christi," or Ludus Conven-

triæ, Sir William Dugdale's mention of a
MS. so entitled, i. 165.
"Ludus Ovorum," i. 100.

Luggies, three, or Dishes, Charm with, i. 210,
215.

Luke's Day, St., in York called Whip-dog
Day, ii. 273.

Lunar superstitions, noticed from Hudibras,
iii. 72.

from Naogeorgus, iii. 77.
Lustration of Children newly baptized, ii. 48,
49, 50; iii. 140, 141.

Lydgate, John, poetical Devices of, i. 33.
Lying for the Whetstone, iii. 212–214.
Lying-in-Woman, charm or charect for a,

42.

Lyke-Wake Dirge, ii. 155.

ii.

Mab, Queen, Shakspere's portrait of, ii. 286,
288.

description of, from Poole's Eng-

lish Parnassus, iii. 288, 289.
Macaroni, meaning of the Italian name, i. 81.
Macbeth, spot upon which the interview of,
with the weird sisters took place, iii. 19.
Macclesfield, occasional wedding custom at,
ii. 97.

Macham, a game at cards, ii. 142, 266.
Macke, ii. 266.

Mackerel, Macquereau, meaning of, i. 80.
Macquerella, i. 52.

Madern Well, in Cornwall, ii. 226.
Madness cured in the river Fillan, ii. 230.

- singular methods of curing, iii. 149.
Magdalen College, Oxford, ancient custom
at, at Hoc-tide, i. 110.

performance of Music on
the tower of, on May 1st, i. 129.

sermon from a stone pulpit
at, formerly, on St. John Baptist's Day,.
i. 171.

Magi, Eastern, Twelfth Day customs in ho-

nour of the, i. 16.

MAGICIAN, or SORCERER, iii. 30-33.
mirrors used by the, iii. 31.
MAGPIE, superstitions concerning the, iii.
113, 114.

Magot-Pie, the original name of
the, iii. 114.
Maid, Lines upon a, who died the day she
was married, ii. 98.
MAID MARIAN, or QUEEN of the MAY, i. 142,
150, 151.

i. 142.

the Mistress of Robin Hood,

Maiden Assizes, gloves given at, ii. 79.
Maiden Feast upon the finishing of Harvest
at Longforgan, co. Perth, ii. 17.
Maidens, gathering of the, on St. Barnabas'
Day, i. 162.
"Maigrefwe," i. 151.

Mains in Cock-fighting, ii. 38.

etymology of Main, ii. 39.
Malabrians, superstitions among the, iii. 107.
Malkin, a name for Maid Marian, i. 142.
Mamertius, Bishop of Vienna, Litanies or
Rogations first observed by, i. 116.

Mammard, St., i. 204.

Man, Isle of, customs in the, on Twelfth Day,
i. 15.

funeral customs in, ii. 149.
fairy superstitions in, ii. 281, 287.
fairies asserted by the Manks to
have been the first inhabitants of their
Island, ii. 287.

Witches in the, iii. 6.

Superstitions in, referred to the

Second Sight, iii. 81.

Salt-superstitions in, iii. 84.

Man in the Moon, iii. 76, 77.

"Man's Ingress and Egress," ii. 154.

Mandingoe Tribe of Indians, adoration of the
New Moon by, iii. 76.

lustration of Children among the,

iii. 141.