door games, 21

Ireland, 50

Isaak Walton, 17

January, 1

Jersey, 59

Jingling match, 56

John's, St., Eve, 57

Jousts, 94

July, 61

June, 52

Kenilworth Castle, pageants at 103

Kent and Sussex, first homes of cricket, 62

King of the Bean, 7

Lammas, 74

Lancashire, 49

Lawn-tennis, 70

Lifting, 37

Lillywhite, 65

Local customs, 4, 5, 6, 12, 19, 20, 24, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
50, 54, 60, 62, 78, 81, 107, 108, 109, 117, 123

"Lord of Misrule," 125

Magdalen hymn, 45

Magdalen pulpit, 60

March, 25

Martinmas, 110

Maundy Thursday--Money, 33

May--May Day, 44

May-pole, 45, 46, 48

May Queen, 46

"Merry England," 1, 125, 126

Mews, origin of word, 88

Michaelmas, 88

Midsummer Eve, 58

Minor ball-games, 71

Miracle plays, 36, 57, 98

Misrule," "Lord of, 125

Mitford, Miss, _Our Village_, 64

_Moralities_, 99

Mothering-Sunday, 31

Mummers, 124

_Mysteries_, 57, 98, 100

New Year's Day, 45

_Nicholas, St., The Image of_, mystery play, 99

Nicholas, Day, St., 116

_Noah and the Flood_, mystery play, 98

November, 105

October, 92

Old songs, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 23, 28, 36, 46, 63, 75, 76, 77, 109

Orchards, wassailing of, 4, 6

Otter-hunting, 17

_Our English Villages_, reference, 3, 80

_Our Village_, reference, 64

Outdoor winter sports, 7

Oxford customs, 109, 123

Pace, _Pasche, Paschal_, eggs, 37

Pageants, 101

Pall Mall, 68

Palm Sunday, 32

Park, St. James's, 68

Parson, country, 50

Pea, Queen of, 8

Pig-catching, 56

Pigeon-holes, 56

Plagues, 72

Plough Monday, 9

Pole-leaping, 38

Purification, 18

Puritans, 47

Quarter-staff, 38, 54, 56

Queen of the Pea, 8

Queen of the Play, 46

Quintain, 41

Reading town, 27, 42, 54

Reformation, 9, 18, 22

Refreshment Sunday, 31

Relics of Sun-worship, 51, 59

Revival of Bounds-beating, 51

Robin Hood, 28

Roch's, St., Day, 75

Rogation Days, 50

Royal golfers, 66
" tennis players, 69, 70

Rush-bearing, rushes in Churches, 49, 71, 72

Salisbury, boy bishop, 116

September, 84

Sepulchres, 35

Sheep-shearing, 79

Shere Thursday, 33

Shrovetide, 19, 24

Simnell-cakes, 32

Single-stick, 35

Skating, 10, 38

"Spinster," derivation of, 9

Sports, Book of, 48, 49, 50

Sports, early, 14, 16

Songs, old, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 23, 28, 36, 46, 63, 75, 76, 77, 109

Soul-cakes, 106

Stool-ball, 66

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