Act 2 — INDEX TO PRINCIPAL MATTERS.
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Ale Christmas, account of 35
Boar’s head and brawn 30, 32
Boy Bishop, referred to 80
Carol singing 173
Carols, list of 207
Carol, Merry, tale of 185
Carol, Cherry Tree, account of 200
Carol singing in France 192
Christmas block 113
Christmas boxes 149
Christmas plays 153
Christmas tree 151
Cross, account of 204
Epiphany, offerings on 37, 42, 55
Evergreens, practice of decorating with 11, 127
Feasts of fools and asses 13
Fools, domestic, referred to 124
Gray’s Inn, Christmas feast 93
Gray’s Inn, Serjeant Roe’s play at 76
Inns of Court, revels 73
King of the bean 39, 42, 164, 166
Lord of Misrule 60, 86, 91, 121-2
Minced pies 138
Misletoe 12
Mysteries and miracle plays 48
New year’s gifts 37, 39, 42, 47, 59, 78, 90, 99, 110, 123, 133, 143
Noël, description of term 190
Pageants, revels, and mummings 40, 44, 48, 65-70, 86, 106
Pantomime, Christmas 152
Star-song 171
Temple Christmas feasts 92, 122
Thirty pieces of silver, legend of 169
Three Kings, history of 159
Turkeys at Christmas 112
Twelfth cake 166
Twelfth Night—Epiphany 164
Twelfth Night at sea 132
Waits 83, 96, 116
Wassail bowl 18, 55
Yule, explanation of 5