Chapter XV: Part II (4)

Downham, King and Queen at, 248

Dreams, 6, 19, 140, 145-149

Drink-leans, 288

Druidical Rock basins, 106-110

Dugdale, the Surey demoniac, 98

Dukinfield (Sir Robert), and the heriot, 294

Dying, Death-bed, and Funeral Customs, 268

Dying hardly, 268

Easter, _Eostre_, 8, 226, 227

" Customs, 227-237;
Fylde, 236

" Day, 227

" Eggs, 227, 228

" Monday, 233, 237

" "Lifting or heaving," 233;
game of the ring, 234;
Sports, 231

Easter sports at the Manchester Free Grammar School, 231

Eating and Drinking Customs, 258

Eccles, ignorance in, 113-115

Eccles cakes, 258

Edward I., King, 27;
his gift for "lifting," 233

Edward III., King, 28;
his letter for alms, 133

Edward IV., King, 32

Edward VI., King, 34

Eggs, Pace, Pasche, or Easter, 217, 228;
in Blackburn, 228, 229;
in East Lancashire, 231;
bought for Easter, 229;
papal prayer, blessing eggs, 229

"Elias, the Prophet," a fanatic, 138

Elizabeth, Queen, 35

Ellen's (St.) Well, in Brindle, 172

Elves and Fairies, 110-113

Everton toffy, 258

Evil Eye, the, 69

Ewe Loaf, the, 256

Exorcism of demons by godly ministers, 95, 98-101

Fag-pie (or Fig-pie) Sunday, 226, 258

Fairies, 53;
and Elves, 106-110

Fairy, a, on Mellor Moor, 111

" Hole, at Warton, 265

" Queen, 16

" Tales, Lancashire, 112, 113

Familiar Spirit, Transfer of a, 210

_Famous History of Witches_, 176

Feeorin (fairies), 53

Fern Seed, 10

Festivals, Church and Season, 212

Finger Stocks of Stone, 288

Flemings' Wooden Shoes and Oaten Bread, 259

"Flesh-Day" (Christmas Eve), 256

Folk-Lore, Eastern, 2-6;
Greek and Roman, 5, 6;
Scandinavian, 4, 5;
various, 113;
of Eccles and neighbourhood, 113

Footprints at Brindle Church, 134;
at Smithells Hall, 135

Fortune-Telling, 121-126;
Story of, 122;
"Owd Rollison," 123

Frumenty, 262, 256, 258

Funeral Biddings, 274;
gifts, 275;
bay, rosemary, &c., 270, 272, 275

Funeral Customs, 268;
in East Lancashire, 273;
at Dalton-in-Furness, 271;
at Warton, 271;
Fylde, 272

Funeral Doles, 270;
at Swinton, _ib._;
various, 274

Funeral Sermons, 274;
dinners and drinkings, 272

Furness, Manorial Customs, 281, 285

Fylde, The (in Lancashire), _passim_.

" Easter Customs in, 236, 242, 243

" Farm and Agricultural Celebrations in, 298

" Harvest Home, 298;
"shutting of marling," _ib._;
cob-seeding, _ib._

Gabriel Ratchets, 89, 167

"Gang-Days," or Rogation Days, 248

Garstang, a Saxon Constablewick, 295

Geese, hatched from sea-shells, 116

Gemmel Rings, 263

Gerard (Sir Thomas), 131

" (Sir John), 162

Gerards of Bryn, 158-162

Gifts to Infants, 262

Gloucester (Eleanor), Duchess of, and Witchcraft, 174

Gloves, Wedding, 268

Goblin, Gobelinus, Kobold, Khobalus, &c., 16

Goblin Builders, 89

" Superstitions, 88

Good Friday, 226;
viands, 226, 237

"Goose-Intentos," 250

Graves, Situation and Direction of, 275

Greek Traditions and Superstitions, 5, 6, 13;
Mythology, 13

Grendels, The, 17

Grislehurst Boggart, 61

Groaning Cheese and Cake, 260

Guld-Riding, 289

Gunpowder Plot, 251

Guy Fawkes, 251

Hackensall Hall Boggart, 59

Hæver or Hiver, 149

Hakes, Auld Wife, 216

Hallowe'en, 3

Halton Ale, 259

Hand-bell Ringing, 258

Hand-festing, 263

Hartlay (John), a Conjuror, 93-96

Harvest Home, 298

Havercake Lads, 258

Helen's (St.) Well in Brindle, 172;
near Sefton, 173

Henry IV., King, 20

Henry VI., King, 28, 29, 31;
miracles at his tomb, 132

Henry VII., King, his embassy to Pope Julius II., 132

Henry VIII., King, 87;
his ale, 287

Heriot or Principal, at Ashton-under-Lyne, 292, 293;
story of, 294

"Hobbe, the King," at Ashton, 288

Hobby-horse at Christmas, 254

Hornby, Honour and Manor of, 285

" Park Mistress and Margaret Brackin, 59

Horwich Moor, 48

Hothershall Hall, 5

House Boggarts, 56

Household bewitched, 184

Hunchback, story of the, 5

Huntingdon's, Earl of, letter, 130

Hydrocephalus in Cattle, to cure, 79

Ignagning, 236

Imps, or Changelings, 263

Ince Hall, 52

Ince Manor House, 52

" Oatmeal Charity at, 249

Indo-European origin of superstitions, 2

Infants, gifts to, 262

Invocation at bedtime, 68, 69

Jack and the Bean-Stalk, 5

Jack the Giant-Killer, 5

James I., King, his _Dæmonologie_, 185

Jannocks, 259

Johnson's (Margaret), confession, 198

Jolly Lads, 236

Jourdain (Margery), witch of Eye, 174

Kelly (Edward), the Seer, 25, 126

Killing a witch, 208

King and Queen at Downham, 248

King of the May, 254

" of Misrule, 288

King's Evil, touching for, 77

Kirkby Ireleth, Manor of, 281

Knighthood, honour of, 277;
compulsory in 1278, 1292, and 1305, _ib._

Knives, &c., 18;
Manchester, 280

Labouring Goblins, 56

Lady in the straw, 260

Lady-bird charm, 70, 71

Lancashire musical instruments, 288

" Witches, verses on, 179

Lancaster (Thomas), Earl of, a saint, 133, 134

Lating or Leeting Witches, 210

Law Terms, mediæval Latin, 300

Lawrence, St., his bones at Chorley, 157

Leadbetter (Charles), a Lancashire astrologer, 40

Legend of Cartmel Church, 137

Lent, 221

Local customs and usages at various seasons, 212, _et seq._

Lord's Day conjuration, 67

Lostock May-pole, 243

Lots, casting or drawing, 106

Lowick, Manor of, 283

Lubber Fiend, 59, 89

Magic and Magicians, 126

Magpies, 143-145

Malkin Tower, in Pendle Forest, 186, 189, 204, 211

Manchester knife, a, 289

" Church, weddings at, 265

Manorial franchises, &c., 285

Manors, customs of, 276;
in Furness, 281;
Ashton-under-Lyne, 286, 289;
Smithells, 280;
Cockerham, 281;
Kirkby Ireleth, _ib._;
Pennington, 282;
Muchland, _ib._;
Lowick, 283;
Nevill Hall, _ib._;
Much Urswick, 284;
Warton, _ib._;
Hornby, 285;
Ashton-under-Lyne, 286, 289

Maritagium, custom of, 278

Marsh (Geo.), the martyr, 135-137

Martins, "shifting of," 143

Mary Queen of Scots, 131

May-day Eve, 46, 47, 239

" Customs, 238-246;
in Spotland, 242;
in Manchester, 245

May-day Games, decay of, 241;
at Burnley (1579), 244

May-Poles, 240-243;
Parliamentary ordinance against, 241

May King and Queen, 246

" Songs, 239

Mermaid of Marton Mere, 90

"Messes" at dinners, &c., 271, 274

Michaelmas Day, 250;
goose, _ib._, 258

Mid-Lent Sunday, or Mothering Sunday, 222, 225

Mince Pies, 255, 258

Miracles, or Miraculous Stories, 131

" of a dead Duke of Lancaster (King Henry VI.), 132-134

Miraculous cures by a dead man's hand, 158-163

Miraculous footprints in Brindle Church, 134;
in Smithells Hall, 135

"Mischief Night," 239

Mistletoe, 252

Money gift at funerals, 275

Moon, the, 70;
omens from, 149;
names for autumn moons, 250

More (Sir Thomas), Story of, 300

"Mothering Sunday," 222, 225

Mountain Ash, 72

Muchland, Manor of, 282

Much-Urswick, Manor of, 284

Mutes at Christmas, 256

Mythology of Greece and Rome, 13;
Oriental, _ib._;
Northern, _ib._

Naiades, Nixies, Nisses, 16

Nails, cutting, 68

Nevill Hall, Manor of, 283

New Year's-Day, weather omens, 151;
Festival, 214;
and Old Christmas-Day, 212

New-Year's turkey, 258

" Eve, fire on, 214

New-Year's Luck, 214;
first caller, 215;
gifts and wishes, 216

Nicholas, St., 85

"Nick, Old" (the devil), 84-86

Night-mare, 89

Northumbrian Superstitions, 9

November 1, All Souls' Day, 251

November 5, Gunpowder Plot, 251

Numbers, odd, 4;
"3" and "7," _ib._

Nutter (Alice), a wealthy witch, 193

Oat Cake, 258;
Jannocks, 259

Oatmeal charity at Ince, 249

"Old Nick" (the devil), 84-86

"Old Scrat," or Skrat, 90

Omens and Predications, 138, 139

Omens, Dreams, Withershins, Cards, Teacups, &c., 140

Omens--Cats, 141;
Dogs, Lambs, Birds, 142;
Swallows, Magpies, _ib._
Deasil, or Widersinnis, 151;
weather for New Year's-Day, 151;
Death tick, or watch, 152

Ormskirk gingerbread, 258

Pace or Pasche-egging, 128;
in Blackburn, _ib._;
East Lanc., 231

Pagan gods, festivals and temples, changed into Christian saints,
feasts and churches, 14

Pancake Bell, 44;
Tuesday, 218

Passing Bell, 44

Paternoster, White, &c., at Eccles, 115

Peel of Fouldrey and Tree-Geese, 116

Peggy's Well, Legend of, 171

Pendle, Forest and Hill of, 202, 204

Pendleton and Pendlebury, May-pole and games, 240, 241

Pentecost, 16th Sunday after, 250

Pentecost (See Whitsuntide).

Persons bewitched, sixteen, 192

Philosopher's Mercury, 23

" Stone, 23

Pigeons' Feathers in beds, 268

Pilkington (Dame Jane), 273

Pimpernel, 71

Pork Pasties, 260

Prayer and Blessing on Eggs, 229

Prayer in Verse against Sir Ralph Ashton, 291

Predications (see Omens).

Presents to Women in Childbed, 260

" to Infants, 262

Prestwich, Burying in Woollen at, 269

Principal or heriot at Ashton, 293

Prophet Elias, a fanatic, 138

Queen of the May, 246

Radcliffe, Burying in Woollen, 269

Radcliffe Tower, 51

Raising the Dead, 128;
the Devil, 17, 81

Rent-boons at Denton, 294

Rents, Nominal, 280

Rheumatism, charms to cure, 75

Riding the Black Lad at Ashton, 289

Rings, betrothal or gemmel, 263;
Wedding, 268

Robins and Wrens, 142

Robinson, Edmund, 195, 201

Rochdale Church, 89

" Tithe, Easter Dues, &c., 297

Rogation Days or Gang Days, 248

Rolleston, Mr., 131

"Rollison, Owd," 123-125

Roman Traditions and Superstitions, 5, 6, 18;
Mythology, 13

Saint Cuthbert's Beads, 15

" John's Eve, 8, 46, 47

" Vitus's Dance, 87

Samlesbury Witches, 194

"Scrat, Old" (or Skrat), 90

Second-sight in Lancashire, 105

Services and Tenures, peculiar, 278

Sheep and Farms in Bowland, 300

Shoes, Old, for luck, 264, 268

Shrew Tree in Carnforth, 79

Shrovetide, 217;
Tuesday, 218;
Pancakes, _ib._, 258;
Sports, 219;
customs in the Fylde, 221

Sickness, charms to cure, 74

Simnel Cakes, 223;
at Bury, 224, 258

Sitting-up Courtship, 264

Skriker, 91

Smithells Hall, 51;
Marsh the Martyr, 135

Smithells, Manor of, custom, 280

Sneezing, 6, 68

Songs, Lancashire, about 1422, 288

Sparrows, 142

Spell, description of a, 177

Spirits of the dying and dead, 105

Spitting on money, &c., 69, 70

Stocks for the fingers, 283

Superstitions in Manchester in the 16th century, 168

Superstitions of Pendle Forest, 164;
of East Lancashire, 165

Superstitions, popular, 153-157;
Nineteenth Century, 164

Superstitious beliefs, and practices, 1;
fears and cruelties, 167

Superstitious fear of Witchcraft, 182

Talliage or Tallage, 296;
of Lancashire towns, &c., _ib._

Teacups, Omens from, 140

Teanlay, or All Souls' Night, 49

Tenants of Ashton-under-Lyne, 288

Tenures and Services, peculiar, 278

Thackergate Boggart, 52

Throwing the Stocking, 264

Toothache, charms to cure, 75

Touching for King's Evil, 77

Towneley, ghost and tradition, 57

Trash or Skriker, 91

Tree Barnacles, or Tree Geese, 116

Turning Bed after Childbirth, 261

Unbaptized Child, cannot die, 262

Urswick Much, Manor of, 284

Utley, hanged for witchcraft, 195

Vervain, to cure wounds, a rhyming charm, 76, 115;
against blasts, 115

Victor Penny, 219

Vitus's (St.), Dance, 87

Waddow Hall, 171

Waitts, the, 257;
of Manchester, 257;
of Warrington, 258

Walton-le-Dale, raising the dead, 128

Warcock Hill, 17

Warrington Ale, 259

Warton, Royal Manor of, 284;
wedding customs at, 265

Warts, cures for, 78;
caused by washing in egg-water, 121

Water Sprites, 89

Weather Omens, 141-145, 149-152

Wedding Customs, 263;
in the Fylde, 264;
at Warton, 265;
at Burnley, 265;
various, 268

Weddings at Manchester Church, 265

Well at Wavertree, 169

Well, Peggy's, 170;
Legend of, 171

Well, St. Helen's, in Brindle, 172;
near Sefton, 173

Wells and Springs, dedicated to saints, 169

West Houghton Wakes, 260

Whitsuntide, 246;
Fair, 246;
16th Sunday after, 250

Whitsuntide Ales, 246

" Tuesday, 248

" week, 247

Whooping Cough, 10

Wicken or Wiggen Tree (the mountain ash), 72

Widersinnis, or Deasil, 151;
Withershins, 140, 151

Widow, Burial of a, 273

Widows, manorial customs, 281-285

Wilder Lads, 48

Will-o'-th'-Wisp, 53

Winwick Church, 89

Wise Men and Cunning Women, 121

Wizards, 87;
Swimming a, _ib._

Wooden Shoes and Oaten Bread, 259

Woollen, burying in, 269

Wounds, to cure, 74;
Vervain, 76

Wycoller Hall, Christmas at, 256

Yule Loaf, 256