hes, 185.

Scambling days, 301.

Scammell or scamel, 121.

Scare-crow, 109.

Scrofula, cure for, 279.

Sea, source of dew, 90;
persons drowned in, 382;
eagle, name for osprey, 138;
gull, 121;
mell or mew, 121;
monster, 504.

Secondary rainbow, 91.

See-saw, game, 417.

Seel, term in falconry, 127.

Serpent, called a worm, 254;
its forked tongue supposed to injure, 255;
said to cause death without pain, 255, 256;
used by witches, 255;
emblem of ingratitude, 256;
cures for bite of, 256;
driven out of Ireland by St. Patrick, 257;
casting of its slough, 257.

Serpigo, name for skin disease, 288.

Servants, taking oath of fidelity, 544;
gold chains worn by, 544;
attend bare-headed, 545.

Sheep-shearing customs, 317.

Sheer ale, 528.

Shepherd's, mill, 413;
purse, 268.

Shepherd-queen, 318.

Sheriffs' post, 545.

Shoe-tye, name for a traveller, 545.

Shoeing-horn, 545.

Shooting stars, 516.

Shore, Jane, 27, 37.

Shove-groat, 417;
shove-halfpenny, 418.

Shrouding-sheet, 380.

Shrove Tuesday, 299.

Sickness, 288.

Sieve, used by witches, 34;
toss in a, punishment so called, 441.

Sigh, notions respecting, 289.

Signatures, doctrine of, 218.

Silence before thunder, 93.

"Six Worthies," 316.

Skimmington, old ceremony of, 443.

Slide, board, or groat, 418, note;
thrift, 418, note.

Slip-thrift, 418, note.

Slough of snake, 257.

Slow-worm, 255.

Smulkin, evil spirit, 61.

Smithfield fair, 321.

Snails, charming of, 198;
omens of fine weather, 199.

Sneak-cup, 528.

Sneck-up, exclamation, 531.

Snipe, applied to foolish man, 154.

Snowballs, 418.

Solemn supper, 545.

Sop o' the moonshine, 78.

Souls, transmigration of, 50.

Soul-bell, 367;
mass cakes, 379.

Souling, going a, 326.

Span-counter, old game, 418.

Sparrow, called Philip, 154;
hawk, 154.

Spear-grass, 243.

Spectre huntsman, 49.

Spider, considered venomous, 258;
cure for jaundice and ague, 258;
web used for stopping blood, 258;
bottled, 259;
gossamer, notion respecting, 259.

Spirits, various kinds of, 60;
unlucky to cross their path, 48;
disappear at cock-crow, 104;
impatient at being interrogated, 45;
their appearance, 45;
walking of, by way of penance, 46;
reason for appearing, 46;
allotted time for work, 47;
signs of their approach, 47;
of revenge, 58.

Spleen, supposed cause of laughter, 496.