3.

Bone-ace, old game, 399.

Bone-ache, 267.

Boots, to give the, harvest custom, 322.

Bots, 251.

Brain, notions relating to, 478.

Brain-pan, name for skull, 479.

Brand, old punishment, 436.

Brawl, old dance, 425.

Breech, term for whipping, 436.

Breese, 252.

Bridal-bed, blessing of, 355;
decorating with flowers, 355.

Bridal couple serenaded, 357.

Bride-ale, 312.

Bride's veil, 353;
hair loose at wedding ceremony, 352.

Brine, soaking in, old punishment, 434.

Bruise, remedies for, 268.

Bubukle, name for pimple, 268.

Bull-baiting, 168.

Bullfinch, 101, note.

Bully-rook, term of reproach, 153.

Burn, remedy for, 268.

Buzzard, 100.

By-drinkings, 527.

Cakes and ale at festivals, 331.

Camomile, 212.

Canary, old dance, 425.

Candles of the night, stars so called, 83.

Carbuncle, supernatural qualities of, 390.

Cards, playing, 401.

Carnations, 220.

Carp, most cunning of fishes, 497.

Carraways, 207.

Castor and Pollux, meteors so called, 83.

Cat, familiar of witches, 168-171;
said to have nine lives, 172;
used as a term of contempt, 173.

Cataract, 268, 269.

Cattle, destroyed by witches, 39.

Ceremonies, omens from sacrifices, 506.

Chaffinch, 100.

Challenge, glove sent as a, 537.

Chameleon, said to feed on air, 173;
changes color, 174.

Changelings, 11, 24, 333, 334.

Charity, St., 320.

Charles's wain, 80.

Charms, 506.

Check, term in hawking, 123.

Cherry-pit, old game, 401.

Cherry-tree, in connection with cuckoo-rhyme, 111.

Chess, 402.

Chester mysteries, 311.

Chewet, meaning of term, 101.

Chilblains, 269.

Children of the revels, 297.

Christ-cross-row, name for alphabet, 508.

Christening day, 338.

Christenings, entertainments at, 338.

Christmas, customs at, 329;
carol, 329;
eve, cock-crow on, 103;
gambol, 329;
wassail-bowl at, 330;
candle, 330;
mummers, 331;
nutmeg, gift at, 233.

Christom child, 340.

Chrysolite, supernatural virtues of, 391.

Cicely, St., 321, note.

Cinders of the elements, stars so called, 83.

Cinque-pace, old dance, 425.

Clacking at Easter, 302.

Clare's (St.) fire, meteor so called, 83.

Closing eye of the dead, 372.

Clouds, weather-lore of, 96.

Cloud-in-the-face, term applied to a horse, 191.

Clover-flowers, 212.

Cobwebs, used for stanching blood, 265.

Cock, crows on Christmas Eve, 103;
spirits disappear at cock-crow,