INDEX.

Abgarus, Letter of Christ to, 7

Ague, Charms against, 149

Apes, Leading, 43

Apple-peel as a love-test, 30

Apple-tree blooming twice, a sign of Death, 52

Apron, Superstitions about, 84

Articles of Dress, 81

"Arval" and "Arval Bread," 64

Aryan Myths and Legends, 16

Astrology, Divination by, 144

Auguries gathered from Shoes, 89

Baby and Kitten, 8

Banns, Superstitions about putting up, 43

Baptism, how rendered propitious in Scotland, 19

—— Effect of, on Children, 18

Barring out, 27

—— Addison's conduct at, 27

Beards, Dyeing of, 76

Bed, Folk-lore about, 118

—— Position of, 119

Bellows, Superstition about, 120, 160

Bent piece of money, 133

Best man's prize, 46

Bible and Key, 135

Birds, Presages of Death by, 51

Birth and Infancy, Folk-lore relating to, 2

"Bishopping," good for rheumatism, 21

Bishop's Left Hand, Superstition respecting, 20

Biting the Glove, 95

"Black Ox" in Scotland, 51

Blade-bone, Divination by, 139

Bleeding of the Nose, 68, 150

—— as a sign of love, 68

Blue Vein across Nose, 69

Brake or Fern, Divination by, 31

Bread, Superstitions about, 107

Breaking Egg-shells, 108

Bride and Looking-glass, 113

—— Sun shining on, 40

Brides of Elizabethan Dramas, 39

Bride's Stockings, 86

Broom left in Room after Sweeping, 126

Burial of Dead among Greeks, 63

"Burial without the Sanctuary," 62

Burn or Scald, 151

Burning Hair, Omens from, 74

—— tail of Coat, &c., 84

Butter-dock, Scattering Seeds of, 35

Cæna feralis of Romans, 64

Candle in Ghost's Hand, 54

Candles, Omens from, 130

Carbuncle in Ring, 96

Cards, Divination by, 144

Carrying the Dead with the Sun, 61

Casting Lot, Divination by, 146

Cat, Sneezing of, 123

Cats and Toads, Form of, assumed by Witches, 177

—— Sucking Child's Breath, 13

Caul, Superstition about, 3, 4

—— Hood's Ballad about, 3

—— Price paid for, 4

Chairs, Superstitions about, 111, 118

Changelings, Superstitions about, 4

—— Luther's remarks on, 4

Character of Book, 180

Charm-remedies, 148

Charmer, her power, 172

Charms against changing Children, 5

—— to detect Changelings, 5

—— against stumbling, 124

Cheeks, Itching of, 77

Cheese given by Bride, 42

Child Dying unchristened, 18

Childhood's Folk-lore, 16

"Chime Hours," Birth at, 2

Chiromancy, or Palmistry, 140

Christmas Eve, Divinations on, 34

Christ's College, Cambridge, Fellowships at, 103

Churchyard Lore, 61

Cinderella, a Nature-myth, 17

"Clock-falling," 117

—— striking thirteen, 54

—— losing stroke, 55

Clothes of the Dead, 83

Cock-crowing at Night, 52

"Connoisseur," Love-tests in, 29

Corn in Marriage Ceremony, 44

"Corpse-candles" in Wales, 54

Counting one's Gains, 133

Covering Looking-glass at Death, 113

Cramp, Charms against, 151

"Creeling" the Bridegroom in Scotland, 48

Crockery, Breaking of, 127

Cross on Dough, 170

Crowing Hen, 125

—— of a Cock, 138

Crying at Baptism, 19

—— Anecdote regarding, 20

—— at Wedding, 40

Cuckoo's Notes, 32

—— First Note heard in Bed, Ominous of Illness or Death, 52

"Cunning Man," 121

Curious Marriage Customs, 47

Cutting the Nails, 80

Dactylomancy, or Divination by Rings, 98

Dandelion, Divination by, 31

Days of Week, Sneezing on, 123

Dead Children cannot rest if Mothers fret for them, 15

—— Hand, Rubbing with, 78

—— Anecdotes respecting, 78

—— Man's Hand at Bryn Hall, Lancashire, 79

Death and Burial, Superstition respecting, 48

—— Announced by the Dying, 55

—— Bell in Scotland, 67

—— Anecdote of Hogg about, 67

Dee, Dr., and Magic Mirror, 114

Destiny of Children, how augured in Scotland, 19

Diamond, potent against Poison, 97

"Dipping," in Bible, 136

Divination among Children, 26

—— by Pins, 100

—— of Sex of unborn Infant, 3

Dog, Howling of, at Death, how caused, 50

Doorstep, Lifting Bride over, 42

Drawing Blood from Witch, 171

Dreams, What denoted by, 177

Dutch Parson and Will-o'-the-Wisp, 18

"Dying Hard," 58

Ears, Tingling of, 66

Easter Day, New Clothes on, 82

Ecclesiastical Dignity and Gloves, Association of, 94

Eggs, Divination by, 146

—— Superstitions about, 108

Elder Sister Dancing in Hog's trough at younger Sister's Marriage, 43

Emerald, and Purity of Thought, 97

Epilepsy, Remedies for, 152

Erysipelas, Amulets against, 153

Evil Eye, 6

—— in "Satires of Persius," 6

—— Lancashire belief about, 6

Exeter Lammas Fair, 94

Eye, Omens relating to, 70

"Eye-biting" in Ireland, 7

Eye-brows, Meeting of, 70

Eyes, Itching of, 70

Face, or Look-divination, 142

Fair, Opening of, announced by hanging out Glove, 94

Fairy-tales, What embodied in, 16

Feet, Folk-lore about, 80

—— Itching of, 80

"Fetch-lights," 54

Finger-nails, Superstitions about, 10

—— in Germany, 10

—— in Northumberland, 11

—— in Scotland, 11

Fire, Omens and Portents of, 129

First Teeth, Precautions taken when they come out, 10

—— Tooth in Upper Jaw, 8

Fits, Charms against, 154

Flat Feet and Bad Temper, 80

Flinging the Stocking, 85

Foot going to Sleep, 81

Fretting Baby, 12

Friday, an Unlucky Day, 128

—— Good for Love-omens, 35

—— Inauspicious for Marrying, 38

—— Lucky for Marrying in Scotland, 39

Funeral Feasts, 64

—— Meeting of, by Bride or Bridegroom, 40

—— Meeting a, 65

—— of Unmarried Girl, Custom at, 64

Furniture Omens, 111

Garters, Superstitions about, 86

—— Tying Knots in, 30

Gathering Rose on Midsummer Eve, 30

Getting out of Bed the wrong way, 119

Ghosts, Belief in, 174

—— do not appear on Christmas Eve, 175

—— Favourite Days for appearance of, 176

—— seen by Animals, 50

Gloucester, Duke of, Born with Teeth, 9

Glove, Use of, at Fairs, 95

Glove-money, 93

Gloves, Superstitions about, 92

Going in at one Door and out at another at Marriage, 41

"Going up" at Birth, 8

Gout, Charms against, 155

"Grave Scab," 14

—— Remedy for, 14

Graves, Position of, 63

Green Yarrow, 31

Grounds at bottom of Tea-cup, 110

Hair, Superstitions respecting, 72

—— Omens from Growth of, 74

—— Sudden Loss of, 74

Hallowe'en, Divination on, 34

Hands, Emblematic of Character, 77

—— Itching of, 77

Headache, Cures for, 155

Headless Animals, 176

Helping to Salt, 104

Hen cackling at Wedding, 42

Hollow Cinder a Coffin, 129

Home-life, Superstitions relating to, 131

Horoscope in Germany, 143

Horse-shoes as Amulets, 169

Hot Iron in Cream, 170

Household Superstitions, 120

Howling of a Dog at Night indicative of Death, 49

Human Body, Superstitions about, 65

Hydrophobia, Cures for, 156

Hysteria, Remedies for, 158

Idiots cannot sneeze, 123

Invalid asking for Pigeons, 52

Itching of the Nose, 68

"Jack-a-Dandy," 25

Jackdaw, Omen of Death, 52

Jacob's Prophecies, 57

Jaundice, Remedies for, 158

Jewish Customs respecting Shoes, 90

June popular for marrying, 37

Keepsake Rings, Colours in, 93

Knife, Folk-lore relating to, 105

——, Giving away, unlucky, 106

——, Finding, unlucky, 106

Lady-bird, Divination by, 31

Lameness, Cure for, 158

Last Day of Year, Marrying on, in Scotland, 39

Leap-year, Birth in, 3

Lending Knife to cut Cake, 26

Long Life, how to secure, 12

Looking-glass, Fancies about, 112

Love and Courtship, 28

Love-tests, 28

——, whence derived, 29

"Luck of Edenhall," 116

"Lucky Stone" as Amulet, 170

Lucky Stones, 7

Lumbago, Cure for, 159

Magicians and Looking-glasses, 114

Magpie using Hair, 74

Maiden Assize, Gloves at, 93

Making "the Deazil," 61

"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John," 21

May Marriages unlucky, 36

Measles, Cure for, 159

Medicated Rings, 97

Medicine Bottles, selling, 134

Melted Lead, Divination by, 146

Midsummer Eve, Practices on, 33

Misfortune not to die in one's Bed, 53

Moist and dry Hands, 78

Moles, Omens drawn from, 66

Money and the New Moon, 132

Nails, Signification of, 77

Necklace of Peony Beads, 10

New Clothes, Superstitions relating to, 82

—— Moon in Looking-glass, 113

Nicking Schoolmaster's Cane, 26

Nightmare, Charms against, 178

——, Curious Stories about, 179

North Side of Church, Burial in, 63

Nose, Omens relating to, 68

"Nose out of Joint," and "Paying through Nose," 69

Number Thirteen, Superstitions about, 100, 101

"Nutcrack-night," 34

Nuts and Apples, Divination by, 31

Odd Numbers, Antipathy to, in School Games, 25

Omens associated with Rings, 97

—— of approaching Death, 49

Onymancy, or Divination by the Finger-nails, 141

Opal Ring, unlucky to wear, 97

Open Grave at Wedding, 41

"Over-looking," Superstitions about, 71

Overturning Chair, 111

Ovid on June Marriages, 38

Ox or Cow breaking into Garden, Omen of Death, 51

——, Anecdote respecting, 51

Palmistry, or Divination by the Hands, 78

Paralysis, Charms for, 160

"Parson's Penny" in Wales, 62

Picking Broom in Bloom unlucky, 52

——, Anecdote respecting, 53

Pigeons' Feathers in Bed, 58

—— Heart, Divination by, 34

Pin in Candle, 131

Pins, Superstitions about, 98

—— in Witchcraft and Sorcery, 99

——, Robbing Bride of, 41

Plants and Petticoats, 85

—— in Love-charms, 30

——, Omens of Death derived from, 52

Poker across Bars of Grate, 129

Popular Divinations, 134

Pork, eating Marrow of, 109

Position of Grave, 63

Prayers of Poor in Lincolnshire, 22

——, Origin of, 23

—— Taught by poor People to their Children, 21

Prevalence of Superstitions, 122

Prophesying before Death, 57

Puritans and Wedding-ring, 46

Rain, Rhymes about, 24

Rainbow, crossing out, 24

"Rattley-bags," 25

Rebuilding House fatal, 54

Red Hair and Beard, 75

Reversing Articles of Dress, 83

Rheumatism and Shoes, 90

——, Charms against, 160

Rhymes used by Children, 23

Rings, Legendary Lore of, 95

—— as Talismans, 96

—— of dead Friend, 84

Rocking empty Cradle, 9

Rubbing Shoulders with Bride or Bridegroom, 41

Rural Bridegroom and Gloves, 95

St. Valentine's Day, 32

——, Divination on, in Devonshire, 33

Salt on Breast of Corpse, 60

Salt-spilling, Superstitions about, 103

Seasons admitting or prohibiting Matrimony, 38

Second Sight, 173

Selling Eggs after dark, 108

"Shaping" of Wedding Dress for Divination, 46

Shift, Divination by, 30

Shivering as a portent, 131

Shoeing-horn and Shakespeare, 91

Shoe-throwing, 87

—— at Weddings, 46

Shoes, Rhymes on, 90

——, Superstitions about, 87

Shortbread at Wedding, 45

Sieve and Shears, 137

"Sin-eaters" in Scotland, 60

Sitting above and below the Salt, 105

—— cross-legged, 80

Sleeping on Bones, 8

Small-pox, Remedies for, 161

Smith, Mr. G., the Assyriologist, and Dr. Delitzsch, 55

Snail, Divination by, 32

Snails, Rhymes about, 25

Sneezing and Sneezers, 122

Snow, Rhymes about, 24

Sortes Virgilianæ, 136

Sowing Hempseed, 29

"Spade-money" in Wales, 62

Spark in Candle, 130

Spasms, Cure for, 160

Spatulamancia, 139

Specks on the Nails, 79

Speedwell and Snowdrop, 53

Spider, Superstitions about, 126

Spitting on Money, 132

Sprains, Charms for, 161

Staff, Divination by, 146

Standing in another's Shoes, 91

—— on end, of Hair, 73

Stillborn Children, Graves of, 15

Stockings, Superstitions about, 85

Stolen Kisses and Gloves, 93

Stopping House Clock at Death, 117

Stumbling Up-stairs, 123

—— on Threshold, 124

—— at Grave, 124

Sty, Prevention and Cure of, 162

Sudden whitening of Hair, 73

Sunday good Day to marry, 38

—— Lucky for Birth, 2

Superstitions about Marriage, 42

——, value of, 1

——, in what interesting, 1

——, whence sprung, 1

Sussex Superstition about Children born on Sunday, 2

Sweeping, Superstitions about, 126

Symbolism of shoes, 88

Table Superstitions, 100

Tea-leaves, Divination by, 109

Tea-stalks, Divination by, 147

Teeth, Superstitions respecting, 72

Thirteen at Table, 101, 102

Three Magpies sign of a Wedding, 32

Thrush, Charm against, 163

Toothache, Charms against, 163

Touching Corpse among Poor, 60

Turning Back after starting, 132

Turquoise in Ring, 96

Typhus Fever, Remedies for, 165

"Unchristened Ground," 14

"Universal Fortune-teller," 2

Unmarried Person between Man and Wife, 111

Venetian Glass, Breaking of, by poisoned Draught, 116

Virgin Mary at Birth of John the Baptist, 8

Warts, Charms against, 165, 166

Watching dead Body, 61

Water used at Baptism, 20

Weakly Infants, how treated in Cornwall, 12

Wearing Looking-glasses, 115

Weather, Charms to influence, 23

Weather-lore from Fires, 129

Wedding-cake, 44

Wedding-ring, Divination by, 45

—— placed in Wedding-cake, 45

—— hired in Ireland, 47

——, Notions about, 47

Wens, Cures for, 167

Whistling Woman, 125

White Gloves and Death of the Unmarried, 94

Whitsuntide, new Clothes on, 82

Whooping-cough, Cures for, 167

Will-o'-the-Wisp, Omen of Death, 53

William I. at Hastings, 83

Wine, &c., drank at Funerals, 64

"Wise Woman," 121

"Wishing-bone" of Fowl, 109

Witch taking form of Cat, 14

Witchcraft, Divination in, 138

—— Precautions against, 169

Worthing, case of Dog howling at, 49

"Wrong Side of Church," 62

Yellow Hair and Beard, 75

Yew, at Christmas, 53

Young, Lieutenant, Announcement of Brother's Death to, 56

Zadkiel's Almanack, 142

CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., BELLE SAUVAGE WORKS, LONDON, E.C.