Ring of singular virtue presented to
King Edward the Confessor,
i, 150.

-

gold, with orpyne plants for a
device, i, 330.

of the door, binding of the, in
Holland, ii, 72.
marriage, ii, 100.

supposed heathen origin of
the, ii, 101.

verses on, from Herrick's Hes-

perides, ii, 102.

Prometheus the supposed in-
ventor of the, ii, 102.
poems relating to the, ii, 102,
106.

how directed to be put on, ii,
103.

worn by the ancient Greeks
and Romans, ii, 104.
hallowing of the, ii, 106.

RING and BRIDE CAKE, ii, 100.
RING, DIVERSION of the, ii, 437.
RING, RIDING at the, ii, 437.

in the candle, iii, 181.
charms by, iii, 300-1.

Ripon, in Yorkshire, custom at, on the
Sunday before Candlemas
Day, i, 49.

Easter customs observed at,
i, 167.

custom at, in Rogation Week,
i, 198.

custom at, on All Souls' Eve,
i, 392.

Christmas customs at, i, 468,
527, 531.

Robbers called St. Nicholas's clerks,
i, 418.
Robigalia, i, 202.

Robin Bad-fellow, ii, 514.
ROBIN GOOD-FELLOW, ü 508-16.
Robin Hood, i, 258.

not always a constituent part
of the morris, i, 253.
the choosing of, mentioned in
Skene's Regiam Majesta-
tem, i, 259.
gathering of, i, 259.

styled King of the May, i,
259.

and May game, illustrations

of the expenses attending,
i, 259-60.

first mentioned by Fordun,
the Scottish historian, i, 261.

ROBIN REDBREAST, iii, 191-3.
Roche Abbey, Yorkshire, derivation
of the name of, i, 350.
ROCH'S DAY, ST., i, 350.
Rochus, St., i, 364.

Rocke, St., i, 365.

Rocke Monday, i, 63, 350.

gouverné at, i, 504.

Rogation days, origin of, i, 197, 200-

201.

ceremonies ordered on, by

Queen Elizabeth, i, 204.

visitation articies concerning,
i, 204.

Rogation Days, extracts from church-
wardens' accounts illustrative of,
i, 205.

ROGATION WEEK, PAROCHIAL PER-
AMBULATIONS in, i, 197-212.
gospels read during, in the
corn-fields, until the civil
wars, i, 201.

"Roi de la Fève," i, 24.
Rois, fête de, i, 22.
"Roman d'Alexandre,” i, 76.

account of the games, &c.,
represented in the mar-
gin of the, ii, 387-9.
Romans, gave presents on New Year's
Day, i, 17.

custom among, of drawing lots

at our Twelfth-tide, i, 24.
practice of cock-fighting among
the, ii, 60.

admitted but five torches in

their nuptial solemnities, ii,
157.

practice among the, of laying
out their dead in the porches
of their houses, ii, 246.

Romanus, St., i, 364.
Rome, New Year's Day, superstitions
at, i, 12.

rape of the Sabines at, i, 136.
Mars the tutelar god of hea-

thens, i, 365.

Rose, Red, appropriated in Glamor-
ganshire to the graves of persons
distinguished for benevolence of
character, ii, 310.
ROSE OF JERICHO, iii, 375.
Rose-buds, divination by, on Valen-
tine's Day, i, 59.

ROSE, UNDER the, ii, 345-6.
ROSEMARY and BAYS at WEDDINGS,
ii, 119.

used for decking churches
at Christmas, i, 521.
Rosemary, at funerals, ii, 251, 303.
used as a charm, iii, 283.
Roses, gathering of, on Midsummer
Eve, i, 332.

strewed on tombs by the Ro-
mans, ii, 308.

formerly suspended in parlours
and dining-rooms, ii, 347.
and violets prognosticate wea-
ther, iii, 248.

Rose trees formerly planted on graves
at Oakley, in Surrey, ii, 312.
Rosse, Henry Lord, bewitched, iii,
28.

Rosyth, castle of, at Inverkeithung,

inscription at the door of, ii, 220.
Rotherham, Archbishop, bequeaths
a mitre, &c., for the Barne Bishop,
i, 424.

Round about our coal-fire, i, 310.
dock, iii, 314.

Routing well at Inveresk, ii, 372.
Rowsa, Danish, ii, 330.

Royal oak, state of the, in Dr. Stuke-
ley's time, i, 275.

ROYAL OAK DAY, i, 273.
Roytelet, iii, 195.

Rudduck, iii, 191-2.

Rudstone, Sir John, mayor of Lon-
don, articles of expense at his fa-
neral, ii, 288.

Rue, an amulet against witchcraft,
iii, 315.
RUFFE, ii, 438.

Runic calendar, St. Simon and St.
Jude's Day marked in the, by a
ship, i, 376.

31

i, 359-60.

Sanad of, i, 235.

Rural charms, iii, 309-19.

omens, iii, 191, 247.

Rush-bearing, order of its arrange-
ment, ii, 14.

RUSH-BEARINGS, ii, 13-4.

whence named, ii, 13.

RUSH RINGS, ii, 107.

Rushes anciently used for strewing
churches and houses, i, 13.
Hentzner states Queen Eliza-
beth's presence-chamber at
Greenwich to have been
strewed with, ii, 13.
strewing of, at weddings,
ii, 116.

Russeaulx, allowance of, at Barking
nunnery, on Shere Thursday, i, 64.
Russia, celebration in, of Palm Sun-
day, i, 130.

Easter customs in, i, 174-5.
St. Nicholas, St. Mary, and

St. Andrew, patron saints
of, i, 364.

Ruttle, dead, iii, 232.

the, iii, 372.

Salisbury, custom in the neighbour-
hood of, before Shrovetide,
i, 62.

cathedral, order in the Statutes

of, respecting the boy-
bishop, i, 422.

the boy-bishop at, had the
power of disposing of pre-
bends falling vacant during
his episcopacy, i, 424.
service of, in the " Proces-
sionale ad usum Sarum,"
i, 424-5.

SALIVA, or SPITTING, iii, 259-63.
Salt, the emblem of wisdom and learn-
ing, ii, 234-5.

goes for money in Prester
John's country, i, 436.

setting of, upon a dead body,
ii, 234.

an Egyptian hieroglyphic for
life, ii, 236.

used in sacrifices, iii, 161.
Salt-bearers at the Eton Montem, i,

435, 437.

the rape of the, i, 136.

Sabbath of witches, iii, 10.

SALT FALLING, iii, 160-6.

"Saltatio armata," i, 511.

364-5.

names of those invoked against
disease, i, 356-62.
Naogeorgus's enumeration of

those called Helpers, i, 363.

observance at, on December
17th, i, 400.

singular parochial customs at,
ii, 8.

Sans-culottes, fête de, i, 22.

Sea-mews, augury by, iii, 219.
Seamroy or shamrock, i, 108-9.
Sea-urchins, omens of weather, iii,241.
SECOND SIGHT, iii, 155-60.
SEED-CAKE at Allhallows, i, 393.
at Fastens, ii, 23.

SEE-SAW, ii, 440.

Seic scona, Irish game of, ii, 165.
Selden on wassels, i, 3.

Selling a wife, superstition of its be-
ing lawful, ii, 107.

Sena, or "Ile des Saints," on the

coast of Gaul, witches of, mentioned
by Pomponius Mela, iii, 5.
Senecca Indians, superstition among
the, ii, 314.

Sepulchre, watching of the, on Good
Friday, i, 154.

Sergius, Pope, institutes the ceremo-
nies of Candlemas Day, i, 44.
Sermons at christenings, ii, 85.

at weddings, ii, 138.

at funerals, ii, 279.

Serpents, water and land omens, iii,
224.

charm against the stinging of,
iii, 270.

Servants rewarded by fairies, ii, 495.
warning for, iii, 379.
"Service without salt," a cuckold's
fee, ii, 199.

Services, ludicrous, i, 477.
Serving-man, description of a, i, 370.
SETTING SALT or CANDLES UPON
THE DEAD BODY, ii, 234-5.
Seventh son of a seventh son, iii, 265.
Seville, custom at, of sawing the
figure of an old woman in
two, on Mid-Lent Sunday,
i, 118.

Shamrock, why worn by the Irish, i,

108-9.

Shearers, boon of, ii, 33.

Sheep, to be shorn at the moon's in-
crease, iii, 142.

―omens of weather, iii, 243.
SHEEP SHEARING, FEAST OF, ii,
34-7.

account of, from Dyer's Fleece,
ii, 35.

by Thomson, ii, 36.
Sheep's heads singed, borne in the
procession before the Scots in
London, on St. Andrew's Day, i,
415.

Sheepskin drum, vulgar error concern-
ing a, iii, 379.
Shefro, the, ii, 508.

SHERE THURSDAY, or MAUNDAY
THURSDAY, 1, 142-50.

Sheriffs, presentation of, in the Court
of Exchequer at Michaelmas, i,
354.
Shetland, spring called Yelaburn in,
ii, 385.

spirit called Browny, in the
Isles of, ii, 489.
Shinty, or shinty match, ii, 419.
Shivering, omen of, iii, 177.
Shoe omens, iii, 166-9.

spitting in the right, by way
of charm, ii, 263.
Shony, sea-god so named, sacrificed
to, at St. Kilda, i, 391.
Shoeing the wild mare, i, 516.
SHOOTING THE BLACK LAD, ii, 441.
Shot-stars, substance so called, iii,
404.

SHOVE GROAT, ii, 441.
Shreving pewe, i, 64.
Shrew ash, iii, 292-3.
Shrewmice, superstitious cruelty to-
wards, iii, 292.

Shrewsbury, custom of lifting at, at
Easter, i, 183.
Shrid-pies, i, 527.

Shropshire, lifting retained in, i, 182.
soul cakes used in, at Allha.
low-tide, i, 527.