Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (well read books .TXT) 📕

punishment of knight, 434. Hag-seed, 40. Haggard, term in hawking, 122. Hair, antipathy to red and yellow, 485; much, denotes want of intellect, 462, 488; stands on end through fear, 488; turns white through sorrow and fear, 489; used metaphorically, 490; bride’s, dishevelled at wedding, ceremony, 352, 353. Halcyon days, 131. Halidom, meaning of, 529. Hallowmas, 326. Hand, palmistry of, 490; worms bred in fingers of idle servants, 491; terms associated with, 491, 492. Hare, a melancholy animal, 187; proverb relating to, 462. Harebell, 221. Hare-lip, supposed to be work of fairy, 492. Hairie-racket, old game, 396. Hart royal, 178. Havoc, to cry, 514. Hawk, catching game with, 121-126; to seel a, 127; training of, 126; to imp a, 128. Hay, old dance, 427; exclamation, 529. Head, shape of, 493. Heart, seat of understanding, 493, 494; courage, 494; death from broken, 493. Heart’s-ease, nickname of, 227; used for love-philtres, 227. Hecate, 35. Hedgehog, said to suck udders of cows, 188; familiar of witches, 189; legends connected with, 188, 189; a term of reproach, 189. Helen’s (St.) fire, meteor so called, 83. Helme’s (St.) the, 83. Hemlock, its poisonous character, 221; supposed to be death-drink of Greeks, 221; nickname for, 223. Henbane, 223. Herb of Grace, 221, 222. Herm’s (St.) the, meteor, 83. Herne’s oak, 233, 234. Heron, used in hawking, 129. Hid, or hide fox, game so called, 408. High spirits a bad omen, 363. Hippopotamus, 504. Hob-and-his-lanthorn, 87, note. Hobany’s lanthorn, 87, note. Hobbididance, evil spirit so called, 61. Hobgoblin, 7. Hobby-horse, character in morris-dance, 309; applied to a loose woman, 310. Hock cart, at harvest-home, 323. Hold, term in fighting, 530. Holy-Cross Day, 324. Holyrood Day, 324. Holy thistle, 222. Honey-dew, 91. Honey-stalks, name for clover-flowers, 212. Hoodman-blind, 408, 409. Horn-mad, 278. Horses, fairies play pranks with, 190; witches harass, 190; terms connected with, 191; forehorse of a team decorated, 192; hair, notion respecting, 190; racing, 409. Hum-buz, name for cockchafer, 100. Hunting customs, 178, 179. Hunt’s-up, morning song to a newly-married couple, 179, 357. Hysteria, 275.   Idiots, said to be fairies’ children, 334. Imp, to, term in falconry, 128. Incubi, class of devils, 78. Infection, notions respecting, 276. Iniquity, character in old miracle-plays, 314. Insane root, 223. Insanity, influenced by moon, 73, 277. Irreligious persons, fairies dislike, 18. Ivy, hung at door of a vintner, 223.   Jack-a-lantern, 87. Jack-a-Lent, 299. Jackdaw, 102. Jacket-a-wad, 87, note. Jane Shore, 27, 37. Jaundice, spider a cure for, 258. Jay, applied to loose woman, 130. Jesses, trappings of hawks, 126. Jesus, inscribed on letters, 540. Jews, torturing of, 474. Jew’s eye, 473. Jig, an old dance, 427. Joan of Arc, 26. Joan in-the wad, 87, note. John (St.) Baptist’s night, 319. John’s (St.) wort, divination by, 318. Judas, hanged himself on an elder, 216; kiss, 539. Justice Jarvis, old pastime, 418.   Kecksies, stalks of hemlock, 224. Kestrel, applied to hawk, 130. Key cold, meaning of, 265. Kid fox, game, 408. Kingfisher, weather lore of, 131; hung up in cottages, 131. Kings, supernatural authority of, 517. King’s evil, 279. Kiss, at betrothal, 346; at marriage ceremony, 351; fee of lady’s partner, 538; saluting ladies with, 539. Kissing comfits, 539. Kit-with-the-candle-stick, 87. Kite, bird of ill-omen, 131; curious notion respecting, 132. Knotgrass, hinders growth, 225.   Lace songs, 539. Lachrymatory vials, 379. Lady-bird, term of endearment, 253. Lady-smocks, 225. Lamb ale, 312. Lamb-mass, 320. Lambert’s (St.) Day, 324. Lamb’s-wool, 205. Lammas Day, 320. Lamps, perpetual, 383. Lapwing, an eccentric bird, 132; symbol of insincerity, 133; draws pursuers from its nest, 133. Lark, changes eyes with toad, 134; song of, 135; mode of capturing, 134. Laudatory verses, affixed to tomb, 377. Laugh-and-lie-down, game at cards, 410. Laurel, symbol of victory, 225. Lavolta, French dance, 428. Leap-frog, 409. Leather-coat, name of apple, 206. Leech, 281. Leek, on St. David’s Day, 226, 303. Leet ale, 312, 548. Lent, Jack-a-lent made at, 299; fleshmeat not sold during, 300. Leprosy, 280. Lethargy, confounded with apoplexy, 280. Letters, Emmanuel prefixed to, 540. Light-o’-love, tune of dance, 429. Lightning, persons struck by, accounted holy, 92. Lily, 226. Lion, supposed generosity of, 193; will not injure a royal prince, 194; kept without food, 194. Liver, seat of love, 494; absence of blood in, 478. Livery, to sue one’s, 541 Lizard, said to be venomous, 253; used by witches, 254. Loach breeds fleas, 499. Loaf mass, 320. Lob of spirit, 1, 5, 8. Lob’s pound, 8. Loggat, game so called, 410. Long purples, name of orchis, 226. Loose, term in archery, 395. Lord Mayor’s Day, 327; show, 315; fool, 327. Love charms 359. Love-day, 541. Love-in-idleness, 227. Love-lock, 480. Love philtres, 227, 264, 359. Lovers, eccentricities of, 361, 406, 478, note, 534. Lucky days, 512.   Mab, fairy queen, 4, 5, 24. Magpie, regarded as mysterious bird, 135; claims for averting ill-luck of seeing, 136; nicknamed magot-pie, 135. Magic, system of, 482; verses, 508. Mahu, prince of darkness, 61. Mahomet’s dove, 115. Man in the moon, 68, 244. Mandrake, resemblance of, to human figure, 228; watched over by Satan, 230; its groans, 228; superstitions relating to, 229-231. Manningtree ox, 317. Marbles, 411. Marigold, opens its flowers at sun’s bidding, 230. Marriage, 342-361; ceremony mostly on Sunday, 358, 359. Martin, unlucky to molest a, 136; builds near human habitations, 136. Martin’s (St.) Day, 328; summer, 131. Martlemas, 328. Mary-bud, name for marigold, 231. Mankin, used for hare, 168, note. May-day observances, 305. Maying, going a, 307. May-pole, 307. Meadow cress, 213. Measles, 281. Medlar, applied to woman of loose character, 231. Merlin, 511; prophecies of, 515. Mermaid, 500-503. Meteors, regarded as ominous, 88, 516; names for, 83. Metrical charms, 508. Michaelmas, 324. Midsummer Eve, 218, 318; man, 318; watch, 315. Military lore, 541. Mill, name for nine-men’s-morris, 413. Mines, guarded by evil spirits, 59; truepenny, mining term, 542. Minnow, term of contempt, 503. Miracle-plays, 313. Mirror, bears surprised by, 164. Mistletoe, notions respecting, 231, 232. Mock-water, 295. Moist star, name for moon, 74. Moldwarp, term for mole, 195. Mole said to be blind, 194. Moles on body ominous, 495. Moon, adoration of, 69; eclipse of, 71; man in the, 68, 69, 244; sanguine color of, 73, 516; paleness of, 73; weather-lore of, 76-78; insane persons affected by, 73; swearing by, 70; enchantment of, 71; invocation of, 70; inconstancy of, 70; horns of, 77; moisture of, 74; influence over agricultural affairs, 75; waxing and waning of, 76; affected by witchcraft, 71. Moon-calf, 77. Moralities, 314. Morris-dance, 186, note, 308, 311, 431. Moth, a fairy, 9; insect, 254. Mother, name for hysteria, 275. Mother of all humors, the moon, 74. Mouse, term of endearment, 195. Mouse-hunt, 195. Mummy, 282. Murdered persons bleed at approach of murderer, 486. Mushroom, superstitions relating to, 232. Music, ascribed to fairies, 17; as a medical agency, 278; cure for madness, 277; at funerals, 381; weddings, 352; of the spheres, 80. Muss, a scramble, 411. Mustard, 232; mustard-seed, a fairy, 9.   Narcissus, legend concerning, 233. Negro, form of evil spirit, 53. Nicholas’s (St.) Day, 328; patron of children, 328; clerks, cant term for highwaymen, 329. Night crow, 150; heron, 150; raven, 150. Nightingale, sings with breast on thorn, 137; evil spirits assume form of, 54; story of, and glow-worm, 138. Nightmare, charms for, 283. Nine-holes, old game, 411. Nine-men’s-morris, rustic game, 411. Nine Worthies, the, 316. Noddy, game at cards, 413. Nose,