SALERNO, famous for its Medical School, i. 76. SALKELD, Curious Remains at, i. 294. Salt, a charm against evil spirits, i. 311. The falling of, ii. 278. Sarum, Monument in the cathe- Scadding of Peas, ii. 266. Sea, Custom at, ii. 265. SEEK, to blow a, ii. 138. Sengyll, ii. 138 SENNERT, i. 135. Sephiroths, ii. 76. Septenary, i. 296, 298. Sequents, or Sequentia, ii. 289. Seremonath, ii. 96. Serpent Eggs, ii. 33. Seven Sleepers, Legend of, ii. 104. SPROUT KELE, i. 49. SHEEP, THE GOLDEN-FLEECED, i. STEPHEN'S (SAINT) DAY, Horses women, ii. 274. SILENUS, i. 177. Stonehenge, i. 293. Side-saddle, when first used by Stork (The), uses salt-water as a Sieve and Shears, i. 306. Silly How, i. 311. SIMON, (Saint) his day, ii. 215. SITH, ii. 220. SKIBBS, ii. 250. Sleepers, the Seven, ii. 104. medicine, i. 156. STRONG WOMAN, i. 253. STYLE, Old and New, i. 112. Summer, Astronomical and Popular, ii. 282. Summer Solstice, ii. 8. SUN, dancing on Easter-Day,i.191. of Fern, ii. 30. of the Dumb Cake, ii. 31. on St. Anne's Eve, i. 41. - of Cuckoos, id. -- of choosing Valentines, i. 305. of the Jews as to Houses, SUPERSTITIONS, POPULAR. - in regard to the Sea, id. of signing with the Cross, ii. 266. of Places deemed fatal, ii. 267. a Charm against Thunder, ii. 270. in regard to Ashes, ii. 271. of Magpies, id. of Invisibility, ii. 275. (Thrift, worn by the Morris charm against, ii. 270. of seeing Lovers, ii. 275, 276. TRANSMUTATION OF METALS, i. 135. TREASURE-SEEKING, i. 153. Trilidi, ii. 120. TRUCKLE-CHEESE, i. 57. Trullum, or Trullan Council, ii. 25. Tutbury, Bull Running at, ii. 132, 140. custom of the Flitch of Bacon at, ii. 226. TUCK, FRIAR, i. 235. his Dress, i. 238. Twelfth-Day, Eve of, i. 18. why so called, i. 19. or Epiphany, i. 21. Twelfth-Night, i. 29. Tythes, originated with Saint Swithin, ii. 103. Theophylact, introduces Feast of 241. Fools, i. 13. His death, i. 14. Thirteen, a bad Omen, i. 299. Thomas (St.) Day, ii. 297. THRESHING THE FAT HEN, i. 65. Vetula, Game of, i. 11. Virgin Mary, Assumption of, ii. Winterfylleth, ii. 120. 131. Nativity of, ii. 164. Conception of, ii. 296. VOLTAIRE, his attacks on Shak speare, i. 216. VULCAN, ISLE OF, ii. 241. WAFF or WHiff, i. 210. Waits, ii. 252. 311. Wintermonath, ii. 281. Winter Solstice, i. 2. WINT or WIND MONATH, ii. 234. Woedmonath, ii. 2. Wolfmonat, i. 4. WOMAN, STRONG, i. 253. Women, a charm against lightning, i. 288. Walnuts used at Weddings, ii. 216. | Woodmasters, ii. 137. WARD, John, ii. 190. Woodmote-Court, ii. 136. Wassailing in Herefordshire, i. 19. Woodward, ii. 137. WAS-HAEL, of Saxon origin, ii. how derived, ii. 329. Wheel, how a symbol of the sun's WHICHNOR, WHICHENOUR, Manor of, ii. 228. Whiffler, explained, ii. 19. Whiffs, etymology of, ii. 117. 250. Whitsuntide, i. 276. Will o' the Wisp, i. 301. Winds, Helm, ii. 147, 148. WORTHIES, THE NINE, ii. 337. Wren, burying of the, ii. 304. Y-A common prefix, i. 310. Roman, i. 1. New, different times of its commencement, i. 4. 111. Seasons of, i. 281. Eve, ii. 327. YEOMEN'S DAUGHTERS, i. 84. Yole. See Yule. Youle, i. 305. Yule, i. 8, 229; ii. 122, 125. 309. 302. Clog, or Log, i. 51; ii. 301, WILLOW, Substituted for Palm, i. YULE-DOUGH, ii. 332. 177. YULING-SOP, i. 273. Zephyrinus, ii. 335. Zoroaster, his prediction respect ing Christ, i. 24, 26. NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. THE MONTHS-JANUARY. THIS month takes its name from the Latin Januarius, which itself was derived from Janus, the two-faced God, who looked both before and behind, and hence was chosen by Numa as typifying the New Year, that stood between the past and the future, and might thus be said to look both ways at once. * Prior to the time of this monarch the Roman year had but ten months, and commenced with March; but he added January and February, making it begin with January, though the months, quintilis, sextilis, &c. still retained their old designations, as if no change had taken place in the Roman calendar.† "In duos novos menses pari ratione divisit, ac de duobus priorem Januarium nuncupavit, primumque anni esse voluit, tanquam bicipitis Dei mensem, respicientem ac prospicientem transacti anni finem futurique principia.”—Aur. Macrobii Saturnal. Lib. i. cap. xiii. p. 263. † Ρομαῖοι δὲ ὅτι μὲν δέκα μῆνας εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν ἔταττον, ἐ δώδεκα, τεκμήριον ἡ τοῦ τελευταίς προσηγορία, δέκατον γὰρ αὐτὸν ἄχρι νῦν καλοῦσιν. ὅτι δὲ τὸν Μάρτιον πρῶτον, ἡ τάξις ἑκδηλοῖ· τὸν γὰρ ἀπ' ἐκείνε πέμπτον, ἐκάλεν πέμπτον· ἕκτον δὲ τον ἕκτον VOL. I, B |