e, worn as a favor, 536;
memorial of a friend, 536;
signal of a challenge, 536;
a pledge, 537;
scented, 538.

Glow-worm, superstition relating to, 138.

Goat, superstition relating to, 187.

"God save the mark," exclamation, 529.

God's tokens, plague-spots, 285.

Gold, melted, poured down the throat, 369;
chains, worn by persons of rank, 544;
medicinal virtues of, 273.

Golden-russeting, name of an apple, 206.

Goldfinch, 119.

Good Friday, 301.

Good Lubber, name of a spirit, 8.

Good year, corruption of _goujere_, 274.

Goose, emblem of cowardice, 119;
terms connected with, 118, 119.

Gossamer, notions relating to, 259.

Gossip's bowl, 205.

Gourds, false dice, 402.

Gout, 288.

Grand liquor, the _aurum potabile_ of alchemists, 274.

Grave, position of, 382;
yards, haunted by spectres, 381, 382.

Gudgeon, 498.

Guinea-hen, 113.

Gull, term for a fool, 120;
used for a trick or imposition, 120.

Gull-catcher, applied to sharpers, 120;
groper, 120.

Gurnet, term of reproach, 499.

Habundia, Mab, perhaps, a contraction of, 4.

Hack, punishment of knight, 434.

Hag-seed, 40.

Haggard, term in hawking, 122.

Hair, antipathy to red and yellow, 485;
much, denotes want of intellect, 462, 488;
stands on end through fear, 488;
turns white through sorrow and fear, 489;
used metaphorically, 490;
bride's, dishevelled at wedding, ceremony, 352, 353.

Halcyon days, 131.

Halidom, meaning of, 529.

Hallowmas, 326.

Hand, palmistry of, 490;
worms bred in fingers of idle servants, 491;
terms associated with, 491, 492.

Hare, a melancholy animal, 187;
proverb relating to, 462.

Harebell, 221.

Hare-lip, supposed to be work of fairy, 492.

Hairie-racket, old game, 396.

Hart royal, 178.

Havoc, to cry, 514.

Hawk, catching game with, 121-126;
to seel a, 127;
training of, 126;
to imp a, 128.

Hay, old dance, 427;
exclamation, 529.

Head, shape of, 493.

Heart, seat of understanding, 493, 494;
courage, 494;
death from broken, 493.

Heart's-ease, nickname of, 227;
used for love-philtres, 227.

Hecate, 35.

Hedgehog, said to suck udders of cows, 188;
familiar of witches, 189;
legends connected with, 188, 189;
a term of reproach, 189.

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

Helme's (St.) the, 83.

Hemlock, its poisonous character, 221;
supposed to be death-drink of Greeks, 221;
nickname for,