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Februata, or Juno, her rites, i. 223.
Feet, washed by Sovereigns, i. 275.

Feralia, the Roman, ii. 236.

Fermety, Frumety, Furmity, messes so called, i. 246.

Festum Kalendarium, ii. 309.

Fidei Coticula Crux, that motto, i. 346.

Fire Ordeal, ii. 268.

Fisheries, Queen Elizabeth's policy in encouraging, i. 228.

Fleur-de-lis, or Lillies, ii. 34.

Floralia, i. 329, 334.

Fool and Bessey, i. 160.

Fool, April, i. 287.

Plough, i. 161.

Whitsun, i. 288.

Fools, Feast of, i. 160, 291. ii. 309.

Licensed, or Jesters, anecdotes of, i. 289. ii. 41, 263.

Fortiter geret Crucem, that motto, i. 347.

Fortnight, origin of that term, ii. 62.

Forty, a memorable number in sacred history, i. 230.
Frederick the Great, anecdote of, ii. 238.

French modern, Calendar, i. 31.

Months in ditto, derivation of their titles, i. 38.

Freya, or Friga, a Saxon Idol, i. 127.

Friday, i. 125.

the idol of, i. 126.

Friga, or Freya, a Saxon idol, i. 127.

Fritters, the custom of eating, i. 208.

Furry, the Cornish corruption of Floralia, i. 330.

G.

Galilee, birth-place of all the Apostles, ii. 135, 232.

Gambols, Christmas, ii. 335.

Gang Week, i. 336.

Garlands, Virgin, ii. 200.

Garter, Order of the, i. 312.

Garter King at Arms, that office, i. 315.

Gaudy Days, i. 172.

Gauls, St. Martin the apostle of the, ii. 265.

Geese, custom of eating at Michaelmas, ii. 187.

Gemini, that sign of the Zodiac, i. 71.

Gentle Craft, ii. 225.

Gentleman, i. 354.

George III. King, anecdote of at his coronation, ii. 166.

i. 228.

his Birth-day, ii. 29.

Prince of Wales, afterwards George II. anecdote of,

St. the war-cry of the English, i. 316.

St. his Legend, i. 307.

St. and the Dragon, whence that fable, i. 310.
St. Knights of, or of the Garter, i. 312.

Germans, apostle of the, Boniface so called, ii. 44.

Ghost, the Holy, visible representations of, i. 385.
Gifts, New Year's, i. 143.

Giles, St. his Legend, ii. 139.

Globe, or Mound, the regal, ii. 169.

Glory of England, St. Edward's shrine so called, ii. 207.
Glory, Rays of, why placed round the head of our Saviour, &c.

i. 109.

Glove-money, origin of that term, i. 149.

Gluttony, excessive, examples of, i. 86.

Gnomon, i. 2.

Goat, the wild, that sign of the Zodiac, i. 94.

God save your saul, &c. an antient rustic benediction, ii. 240.

by, an Oath, i. 352.

the splendour of, an Oath, i. 354.

Golden Number, i. 164.

Good Friday, i. 276.

Woman, that sign, ii. 204..

Got's plut and her nails, an Oath, i. 352.

、 Gowk, hunting the, i. 288.

Grace, and most excellent Grace, ii. 42.
Grand Days, i. 172.

Grass Week, i. 336.

Great Britain, ii. 32.
Great Day, i. 295.

Great Week, i. 266.

Gregorian Chaunt, i. 250.

Gregory, Pope, his alteration of the Calendar, i. 28.
St. the Great, his Legend, i. 247.

Gridiron, emblem of St. Lawrence, ii. 123.

Guido Fawkes, the incendiary, ii. 243.

Guineas, ii. 26.

Gule of August, ii. 112.

Gunpowder-plot, ii. 243.

H.

Hackney Coaches, i. 331.

Hacks, origin of that appellation, i. 332.

Halbert, emblem of St. Matthew, ii. 161.

Harp, the Eolian, i. 371.

Harps, badges of Gentility, i. 372.

Harvest, “ A Man has made his harvest," a proverb, i. 79.

Home, ii. 234.

Month, i. 79, 82.

Moon, i. 55.

Hatchet, Emblem of St. Matthew, ii. 161.

Heads, Fable of Martyrs carrying them in their hands, ii. 203.

Head of the fast, i. 221.

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Swearing came in at the, &c." a proverbial expression, i. 353.

Heat, when usually the greatest, ii. 85.

Heirs, "Souls left Heirs of the body," a Spanish proverb,

ii. 240.

Helena, St. the finder of the true cross, ii. 155.

Helmet, ii. 1€8.

Helstone, in Cornwall, a custom at, i. 329.

Hempe, "When Hempe is spun, England's done," a prophecy,

ii. 32.

H

Heraclius, the Emperor, anecdote of, ii. 155.

"Herod's Hogs better off than his sons," origin of that reproach, ii. 357.

Heroes, Pagan, canonized by the Roman Church, ii. 185.
Herrings, custom of roasting, i. 209.

Highness, that title, ii. 42.

Hilary, St. or Hilarius, his Legend, i. 161,

Hilary Term, i. 164, 171.

Holiday of St. Simeon, i. 198.

Holy Cross, ii. 153.

Friday, i. 277.

Rood, Old, ii. 177.

Thursday, i. 357.

Week, i. 266, 277.

Honey-moon, i. 55.

Honi soit qui mal y' pense, i. 314. ii. 38.

Horologe, i. 8.

Hour, i. 131.

Glass, i. 6.

Hugh, St. his Legend, ii. 276.

Hunting the Fool, i. 288.

the Gowk, i. 288.

Hymns, i. 164.

Hypodiaconorum, ii. 309.

I. J.

Jack in the Green, i. 333.

of Lent, i. 209.

"Jail and Lent are made for poor folks," a Spanish proverb,

i. 226.

James the Great, the Apostle, ii. 108, 195.

the Less, or Just, the Apostle, i. 322. ii. 195. January, general history and description of, i. 56. pictural representation of, i. 60.

Janus, the idol presiding over the year, i. 57. the temple of, i. 57.

Janus, the emblems of, i. 57.

Ich Dien, ii. 130.

Je maintiendrai, that motto, ii. 38.

Jerome, St. or St. Hieronimus, his Legend, ii. 188.
Jesters, or licensed Fools, i. 289.

Jesus, that holy name, ii. 117, 327.

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IHC, IHS, Ths and hs, ii. 119, 120.

Images, as objects of worship, i. 385.

"In April, Dove's flood, &c." a proverb, i. 69.
Indulgence Sunday, i. 266.

Innocents, Holy, ü. 194, 356.

INRI, ii. 119.

Instant, i. 138.

Invention of the Cross, i. 339.

John the Baptist, ii. 64, 139, 194.

the Evangelist, ii. 194, 351.

ant. port. Lat. i. 355.

Joyce, Cornet, the supposed executioner of Charles I. i. 188.
Ireland, Kings and Lords of, &c. ii. 33.

Irish, St. Patrick their particular Saint and Apostle, i. 253.
Isabella, Queen of Spain, anecdote of, i. 219.

Italian Hours, i. 98.

Jubilate, ii. 289.

Jubilee, the national, ii. 221.

Jude, St. and St. Simon, ii. 229.

Judges continued in their office for life, by an act of George

the Third, i. 150.

instances of their turpitude in former times, i. 149.

Judicial Astrology, its absurdity, i. 41.

July, the general history and description of, i. 75.

pictural representations of, i. 75.

June, general history and description of, i. 72.

pictural representations of, i. 74.

Juul, Yuul, &c. and their variations, i, 124. ii. 335, 340.

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