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Spy, I, exclamation, 531. Squalls, weather-lore of, 95. Stalking horse, 191. Starling, 155. Stars, influence on mundane events, 80; heroes reckoned among, 82. Statute-cap, 546. Stephen's (St.) Day, hunting wren on, 501. Sterility, 289. Stigmatic, deformed person so called, 270. Stocks, old punishment, 440. Stool-ball, old game, 419. Stoop, or swoop, term in falconry, 124. Stover, fodder for cattle, 243. Strappado, military punishment, 440. Strawberry, 243. Succubi, class of devils, 78. Suicide, 290. Sun, weather-lore of, 63-65; dancing of, 63; cloudy rising, ominous, 64; red sunrise, 64; watery sunset, 65; supposed to be a planet, 62. Sunday, fashionable day for weddings, 358. Sunshine in March, 68. Swallow, harbinger of spring, 155; bird of good omen, 156. Swan, sings before death, 156. Sword, swearing by, 542; dance, 430. Sympathetic indications, 518. Tailor, exclamation, 531. Tailor's goose, name for pressing-iron, 118. Tassel-gentle, name of hawk, 157. Tavy's (St.) Day, 226, 304. Tawdry lace, 325. Tears, of the deer, 180; crocodile, 176. Teeth, superstitions relating to, 332, 333. Telme's (St.) fire, meteor so called, 83. Ten bones, name for fingers, 491. Ten commandments, 491. Tennis, 419. Termagant, tyrant of miracle-plays, 313. Tewksbury mustard, 232. Theatrical lore, 546. Thorns, legend relating to, 244. Threshold, bride must not cross, 358. Thumb, biting of, an insult, 492; rings, 389. Thunder, notions relating to, 91; bolt, 91; stone, 91. Tick-tack, old game, 421. Tiger, roars in stormy weather, 199. Tire, term in falconry, 127. Titania, fairy queen, 2, 3, 14. Tilly-vally, exclamation, 531. Toad, evil spirit likened to, 262; changes eyes with lark, 134; said to be venomous, 261; stone, 260. Tokens plague-spots, 285. Tomb, ornamenting, 377. Tongue, blister on, 266. Toothache, 507; caused by a worm, 290. Torches at weddings, 357. Toss in a sieve, punishment so called, 441. Touching for king's evil, 279. Tournaments, 547. Tower, term in falconry, 123. Transmigration of souls, 50. Tread a measure, dance, 431. Trefoil, divination by, 318. Trial by the stool, for detecting witches, 31. Trip and go, a morris-dance, 431. Troll-my-dame, or Troll-madam, game so called, 422. Truepenny, mining term, 542. Trump, old g
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