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Ratcliffe (T.) on abbey or priory, v. 327, 378.
All Fool's Day, iii. 286. All Hallows E'en :
tokens, xi. 6. " An old woman went to mar-
ket," iii. 74. "Apple-John face," x. 308.
" As merry as griggs," i. 94. 'As the farmer
sows his seed," x. 169, 352. Baal-fires near
Belper, x. 206. Bathurst (Lord) and the high-
wayman, iv. 495. Beating the bounds, iii.
391. Beeswaxers, xi. 297. " Before one can
say Jack Robinson," xi. 232. Bew (J.), book-
seller, xi. 188. Black cat folk-lore, iv. 505.
"Blow the cobwebs away," xi. 253. Boar's
head, iv. 506. Bobby Dazzler, iv. 208. Book-
stealing, vi. 305. " Born on Holy Thursday,
and idle," iii. 287. Bossing, vii. 135. Bosting :
dressing stone, xi. 508. Bradlaugh medal, ii.
348. " Branne and water," xii. 9. Bride and
bridegroom at church, xi. 136. Bring, archaic
use, xii. 75. Bringing in the Yule " clog,"
ii. 507. Broom squire, ii. 198. " Butter out of
a dog's mouth," x. 387. Cadey = a hat, x. 374.
Campbell, its pronunciation, x. 338. " Cast not
a clout," v. 493. Chep, its meaning, vi. 406.
' Chop the wood," ix. 227. ' Christmas Boys,'
vii. 31. Christmas bush, iv. 502. Christmas
carols : waits : guisers, ii. 504. " Christmas
in," xii. 507. Christmas memories, vi. 483.
Christmas oat cakes, vi. 506. Christmas odds
and ends, viii. 481. Christmas pig's head
supper, iv. 505. Christmas windows, vi. 506.
Churchyard cough, vii. 7. Cock ale, xi. 7.
" Come to school " call, xi. 166. Comether,
xi. 416. Conditions of sale, ii. 269. Corn-
tending, vi. 227. " Crooked Billet," x. 38.
Cross sign : hot cross buns, ix. 345 ; x. 157.
Cubbardy, its meaning, vii. 287. Damage :
figure : figure it out, viii. 187. " Dark as black
pigs," xii. 318. Davelly rain, xi. 509. Death-
hunters : death money, ix. 87. Death war-
rants : coffin nails : fags, ix. 507. Deedler :
deedling, x. 66. Dickens, and the lamp-
lighter's ladder, ix. 430 ; on half -baptized,
x. 90 ; and valentine lines, xi. 209 ; auto-
maton dancers, 289. Disguised murderer
in folk-lore, i. 395. Dog's nose, v. 187, 414.
Dorsetshire snake-lore, i. 253. Drinkings :
drinking time, iv. 506. ' Dukery Records,' ii.
126. Dumping, v. 175. Ebbin, a Christian
name, viii. 397. Eshin' : beltin', v. 466.
Fee-bowls, x. 98. Flint and steel, vii. 396
Forwhy, its meaning, vii. 375. Frost and
Doncaster races, iv. 246. " Gipsy of the sky ".
= comet, xi. 349. " Good-fors," xi. 175.
Gotham and the ' N.E.D.,' vi. 137. Gray's
' Elegy ' and ploughing customs, xii. 390.
Guinea balances, iii. 413. Hammals, its mean-
ing, vii. 353. Harvest Supper songs, xii. 276.
Harvest time, iv. 164. " He which drinketh
well," x. 511. Hoast, v. 110. Holdich on
Crowland Abbey, v. 509. Horseshoes for luck,
iii. 216. Huff : ' In a huff," v. 497. Humming
ale, ix. 107. Hydrophobic patients smothered,
i. 176. " I sit with my feet in a brook," iii.
498. Irish watchmen, iv. 506. " Jack Ketch's
Address Card," xi. 109. Jersey wheel, ii. 208.
Jesus House, Worksop, xii. 269. " John Bull's
Bible," v. 389. Jones (Hannah Maria), x. 298.
' Kats and kittlings on Palm Sunday," xi. 326.
Ketty land, ix. 270. Kidnapper, viii. 37.
Killing-meat, vi. 157. Land lying towards the
sun, vi. 215. " Lead his own horse," vii. 367.
Leech-gathering, ix. 375. Life-star folk-lore,
vii. 196. Lind (Jenny), xi. 487. Lines on a
mug, iii. 353. Lithuanian folk-lore : legless
spirits, viii. 277. Luminous owls, ix. 257.
Making buttons " =fidgeting, ix. 467. Mans- field Gooseberry-Tart Fair, vii. 476. Map of Ireland on his face, ix. 486. March 1st : sweep
' flees " away, xi. 226, 374. Matches in Con- greve, vii. 451. " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John," xii. 95. " May Jemmy Johnson squeeze me," x. 309. May-blossom : knots of may, xi. 344. Mince pie and plum pudding, ix. 95. Mince pronounced minsh, ix. 248. Mite, a coin, viii. 138. Moloker, Yiddish term, x. 435. " Monkey on the chimney," i. 396. Moon folk-lore, i. 252. Mother Christmas, v. 48. Muckibus, v. 295. Murder at Winnats, x. 17. Mush : mush-faker, ix. 67. " Neither my eye nor my elbow," viii. 7. New Year luck, v. 45. Nigh hand in the ' N.E.D.,' ix. 96. November 5th, x. 384. Nutting : " The Devil's nutbag," iv. 265. Nutting time : Cobberer, x. 185. " One shoe off and one shoe on," xi. 477. " Over- fed Mephistopheles," xi. 448. Owd Lad = the Devil, x. 507. Palm Sunday : Fig Sunday, ix. 412. Pancake Day, iii. 225. Pancakes in the fowl-pen, v. 229. Party colours, v. 194. Pattens in the church porch, ix. 336. Pawter, its meaning, vi. 425. Penny wares wanted, iii. 312. Pennyworth, xii. 153. Picking up scraps of iron, iii. 397. Pie : tart, viii. 157, 195. Pig : swine : hog, iv. 449. Pig grass : fioning grass, xii. 49. Pillion : flails, iii. 434. Pin and needle rimes, xii. 518. Pin cushions, vii. 496. Pin witchery, ii. 205. Pins, crooked, vii. 496. Pip, v. 156. Place in the house, viii. 207. " Plough, thack, stack, and willing," xii. 47. Pot-hooks and hangers, vii. 432. Pot-waller : pot-walloper, viii. 371. Psalm-singing weavers, ii. 194. Punch and Judy, xi. 497. Put-log : pudding, xi. 498. " Rag-proud and saucy," xii. 207. Rainbow : the crock of gold, vi. 289. ' Raised Hamlet on them," xi. 65. Realm : its pro- nunciation, xi. 395. Refrains, two popular, viii. 435. Resist china, viii. 230. Rosamond (Fair), xii. 209. Royal Oak Day, iii. 446. Rules of Christian life, ii. 335. Shadow- catcher = photographer, vii. 158. ' Sham Abraham," viii. 293. Sheep as weather prophets, ix. 247. " Shot at the rook," &c., xii. 255. Slink : slinking, viii. 117. Snakes : crayfish and onions, x. 448. Southcott (Joanna) and the black pig, x. 509. Spanish Wine Day, xii. 513. Spellicans, viii. 449 ; ix. 115. Spring- heeled Jack, vii. 394. Spurrings, or banns, and lameness, xii. 288. " Stagga Bob-tail Warn- ing," xii. 149. Step-dances, vii. 378. ' Stick to your tut," xi. 417. ' Sweet Nan of Hampton Green,' x. 49. Tadpole, vi. 214. Tantaslam, its meaning, vi. 366. " Taping shoos," vii. 259. " Tha' woodin image," xi. 305. Three- candle folk-lore, vii. 54. Tickling trout, i. 274. 'Tom Tough,' vi. 210. Totter-out, viii. 113. Touching wood, vi. 174. Twilt : quilt, vii. 244. Twitchel, iii. 351. Twizzle-twigs, v. 53. Twopenny for head, iv. 217. Waterloo : Charlotte, x. 315. " Wax and curnels," vii. 267, 497. " What you but see when you haven't a gun," ix. 108. Wife bazaar : childers, ix. 416. Willy water, ix. 130. Wine used at Holy Communion, ix. 213. Wood- pigeon's lament, v. 347. " Work-hard starva- tion ' trowels, ix. 328. Wound, its pro- nunciation, vii. 391
