48.

Cock-a-hoop, applied to a reckless person, 107.

Cockatrice, superstitions relating to, 174, 175;
applied to a loose woman, 175.

Cock-boat, 108, note.

Cock-chafer, old name for, 100.

Cock-fighting, 105.

Cockle, badge of pilgrims, 498.

Cock-light, 160.

Cock's-body, 106.

Cock-shut time, name for twilight, 159.

Cock's-passion, 106.

Coddling, apple so called, 206.

Cold palsies, 284.

Colt, its metaphorical use, 175;
pixey, 6.

Columbine, a thankless flower, 212.

Comets, considered ominous, 89.

Cony-catch, term for cheating, 196.

Cooling-card, 415.

Coranto, old dance, 426.

Cormorant, 108.

Corpse, unlucky to keep on board, 370.

Cotswold games, 316.

Couch-glass, 243.

"Coventry Mysteries," 313.

Crab, name of apple, 205.

Crants, name for garlands, 374.

Cricket, a good omen; 251;
unlucky, 516.

Crispin's (St.) Day, 325.

Crocodile, tears of, 176;
said to be deceitful, 176.

Cross, wood of, 208.

Cross-bow, shooting with, 178.

Cross-road, ghosts of suicides haunt, 382.

Crow, bird of ill-omen, 108.

Crow-flowers, 212.

Crowfoot, 213.

Crow-keeper, 109.

Crown, burning, placed on criminals, 436, 437.

Cry, applied to pack of hounds, 179.

Cry Budget, a watchword, 529.

Crystal, old term for the eye, 483.

Cuckold, 113.

Cuckoo, superstitions connected with, 110-113.

Cuckoo-buds, 213.

Cuckoo-flowers, 213.

Cuerpo-Santo, meteor so called, 84.

Curfew-bell, 85.

Curtal dog, 183.

Cut, name for a horse, 192.

Cuttle, a foul-mouthed person so called, 498.

Cypress, 213, 214.

Daffodil, weather-lore of, 214.

Dances, 424-432.

Dancing, ascribed to fairies, 18.

Dark-house, term for a mad-house, 50, 278.

Darnel, 215.

Date, 215.

David's (St.) Day, 226, 303.

Dead, burying of, in their ordinary dress, 375, 376;
feasts of the, 378;
tombs of, ornamented, 377;
cannot die on pigeons' feathers, 367;
closing eyes of, 372;
decorated with flowers, 373.

Dead men's fingers, orchis so called, 227.

Death and burial customs, 362-385.

Death, prophecy at point of, 362;
high spirits presage impending, 363;
warnings at time of, 364, 365;
watch, 516;
delayed until ebb of tide, 370;
devil seizes soul at, 365.

Death's-head rings, 388.

Deer, hunting customs relating to, 177-181;
shooting with cross-bow, 178;
tears of, 180.

Deformed children, 78.

Deformity, superstitions connected wi