ADDENDA.Helston Borough Bounds,page20.—At the close of this ceremony eleven dozen buns are thrown amongst the crowd to be scrambled for. One is always reserved for the Mayor.Wells,page65.—Some wells in Cornwall (not holy) were famed for their wonderful virtues: I will mention two. The water of the first, which was west of Penzance, was esteemed a sovereign cure for sore eyes. People from far and near visited it, and even carried away the water in bottles. It was, however, best if possible to walk to the well before breakfast, and there bathe the eyes. The second was at Castle Chûn, between Penzance andSt.Just; its water endowed the drinkers with perpetual youth. Both have dried up within the last fifty years.Ghosts,page99.—The following quaint story was told me by a girl whose grandmother was the friend mentioned.In the last century there lived in Trezelah (a hamlet in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance), a widow who had been deprived of her rights. Walking one day in the fields near her home she saw a strange spotted dog whoseemedto know her; she met it a second time, and decided when she next went out to take a friend with her. Again she saw it (her friend did not), and said “In the Name of the Lord, speak to me.” It changed into her husband, who told her to be ready at a certain time, when he would fetch her. Soon after, her friend being in the house, the woman, who was giving her children their supper, said “The time is come, I must be gone;” she then put on her sun-bonnet and went out. She was away about an hour, when she suddenly appeared with a great noise, as if someone had hurled her in through the door. Her story was that her husband had taken her up in his arms and carried her over the tree-tops as far as Ludgvan Church, where he deposited her on the Church-stile, from whence she saw a great many spirits, some good and some bad. The latter wanted her to join them, but her husband bade her remain where she was. What they told her was never known; but by their aid she got back her rights. Then her husband bore her home again by the way they had come; but before he parted from her said “I must take something from you; either your eyesight, or your hearing.” She preferred losing the latter, and from that hour could never hear a word. One of her shoes that in her flight through the air had caught on a tree-top, seven years after was placed on her window-sill.Farmers’ Superstitions,page141.—“If you can throw fire over a witch you will break the spell.” “Bleeding a white hen on a millstone prevents danger from the mill; for they say a mill will have blood every seven years.”Charms,page144.—“Some were provided with little bags of earth, teeth, or bones taken from a grave.” “Most of the very religious folks had a verse of scripture, concluded with the comfortable assurance that by the help of the Lord the white witch hopes to do them good.”—Bottrell.Epilepsy,page154.—Another authority says that the thirty pence collected by thirty young men at the Church door is deposited for a half-crown, from which the centre is cut. The flat ring left is worn by the epileptic person day and night.—ThroughRev.A. H. Malan,M.A.“The Bundle of Charms,”Rev.A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted.Burning the Witch,page180.—Still played. A pole about five feet long is placed with its ends resting on low stools, or bottles. On this a person sits lengthways with crossedankles. He (or she) holds in his hand a long stick with a slit at one end, into which the paper effigy of the witch is stuck. This must be burnt at a candle placed on the floor at a short distance from the sitter; he must not support himself in any way, nor leave his perch.ENDE.ENDE.BEARE AND SON, PRINTERS, PENZANCE.INDEX.Accroshay, game,187.Advent, Sunday,5;Monday, custom of,14.A fox went forth, ballad,196.Agnes,St., well of,64;Scilly,118;St.Warna’s well at,119;Troy-town,ib.Ague, charm for,150.Allan, apples,2;Allantide custom,3;All Hallow’s day, divinations,ib.Altarnon, legend of,97.Alter Nunne,St., well of,61.Anthony,St.(in Meneage), church of,100.Apple orchards, blessing of,9.Arthur, King, birth of,57;castles of,ib.;legends of,58.Arundell, legend of,109.Austell,St., wishing well,19;Longstone, legend of,58;superstition at,155.Avery, buccaneer,95.Baarley mow, harvest song,203.Bad leg, charm for,153.Bassetts, legend of,105.Bat and ball, game of,12.Bathes of Kilkhampton, legend of,109.Bees, superstitions about,137.Birds,14,60,131,138,163,167,205.Blanchminsters, of Stratton,109,113.Blazey,St., feast of,19.Blind-buck-a-davy, game of,184.Board-em, card game,17.Boconnoc, oak at,104.Bobby Bingo, game of,185.Bodmin Riding,46.Body, superstitions about,169.Bonfires,40,44.Bottreaux (Boscastle), legend of bells,106;St.Nighton’s Kieve, near,107.Breage,St., Pengersick castle in,86to88;bells of,88;wreckers,89.Brownie,123.Bucca (a spirit),79,85,129.Buck-shee-buck, game of,186;Buckey-how,187.Bull-baiting,5.Buryan,St., legend of,77;Dawns Myin, in,ib.Buzza’s hill (Scilly), legend of,113.Camelford, battle near,58;wise woman at,155.Camborne, feast of,5;game at,18;Bassetts of Tehidy, near,105;superstition at,154.Card, games,17;table superstitions,169.Cam Brea, legend of,56.Castles, An-dinas,St.Columb,58;near Penzance,78;Treryn,77;Pengersick,86;Cromwell’s (Scilly),118;Chûn, Addenda.Charles, King,118.Charms,3,16,25,42,68,127,139;various,143to171, Addenda.Chewidden Thursday,6.Children, superstitions about,156;christening,157;May children,159;rhymes,160;diseases, charms against,ib.;superstitions,162.Childermas day,14.Church, ales,38,46;yard superstitions,168.Christmas customs,6,19.Cleer,St., legend of,21;Longstone,60;Holy well,61.Cock-fighting,23;cock-haw, game of,188.Columb,St., custom at,21;Shrove Tuesday,23;King Arthur,58.Col-perra,22.Conerton, manor of,83.Constantine,St., feast of,25;tenure at,26.Coppinger, wrecker,89.Cornish pies,8,26.Corns, charm for,148.Cornwall, stone,93;on a Duke’s daughter (ballad),192;Stout Cripple of,200.Cottrell house, legend of,106;Dupath well, near,ib.Cramp, charm for,149.Crowan, taking-day,48;superstition at,154.Cubert,St., Holy well,3.Curls (carols),7.Cutters and Trucklers, game of,187.Danes,74.Dawns Myin (Merry Maidens),77.Dead man’s hand (charms with),152.Delabole, superstition at,130.Dennis,St., Church of,104.Dipping day,29.Dodge,Rev.Richard, ghost-layer,97.Dorothy Dinglet, legend of,99.Dowsing (divining with the rod),131.Dreams,163,164.Drop the handkerchief,178.Ducking chair,119.Duffy and the Devil,10.Earwigs, superstitions about,164.Easter customs,26.Elicompane, rhyme,205.Ene, mene, etc., game formula,175.Ennor Church,119.Enodock,St., Church of,67.Epilepsy, charms against,154, Addenda.Epiphany customs,15.Erisey, legend of,93.Eye diseases, charms for, kinning stones,144;kenning herb,147;club-moss,151;cat’s tail,ib.;wedding ring,ib.;dead man’s hand,152;rope,153;well’s water, Addenda.Fairies,120.Falmouth, Christmas custom at,6;whist,17;legends of,101;river Fal,102.Fire-works,40,43,46;superstitions,170.Fishermen’s superstitions,132.Flavel,Rev.Thomas, ghost-layer,95.Flora-day,34.Fools’-day,27;Fool, fool, etc., game,176.Friday in Lide,24.Friskee, game of,175.Games,4,17,20,172.Garrick Zans,74.George,St., play of,10.Gerennius, legend of,102.Germans,St., May-day at,37.Germoe,St., chair of,88;mine near89;wreckers,ib.Ghost-layers,95.Ghosts,60,68,76,77,79,82,85,91,93, Addenda.Ghost at the well, game,182.Giglet fair,14.Godolphin house, tenure of,92.Going a gooding,6.Good Friday,25,150,159.Goose or geese dancers,10.Gorran, wise men of,107.Grace,St., rhyme of,54.Grade,St., tenure,93.Grenville, Sir Beville,110.Groaning cake,157.Grylls,Rev., ghost-layer,98.Gunpowder plot,4.Gunwalloe, Church of,94.Gwennap pit,38;parish customs at,159.Gwenvor, legend of,73.Hal-an-tow,34.Halgaver Moor, carnival at,47.Hallowe’en superstitions,3,159.Hall Monday,21.Hares, superstitions about,60,77,87,110,135.Harlyn, customs at,25.Harvest customs,52.Hayle, May-day at,29.Helford, Good Friday at,25;river of,100.Helston, hurling at,20;Flora-day,34;Loe-pool, near,73;Meneage district, superstitions at,157;town bounds, Addenda.Hiccough, cure of,150.Hobby-horse day,30.Hole in the wall, game of,177.Holy Thursday,25.Holy wells,St.Cuthbert,3;St.Austell,19;St.Maddern,32;St.Uny,33,127;St.Cleer,St.Nunne, Scarlet,61;St.Nunn,62;St.Jesus,St.Martin,St.Agnes,St.Neot,St.Piran,St.Keyne,64;St.Warna,118; Addenda.How many miles to Babylon? game of,179.Hurling, game of,20,25.Ill-wishing,139;charms against,140, Addenda.Ives,St., fair-mo,5;Christmas day,11;hurling,20;Knillian-games,48;legends of,68,75.Jack’s alive, game of,16;the giant killer,57;Harry’s lights,134;o’-Lent,24.Jago,Rev., ghost-layer,97.James’ day,St.,48.Jaundice, charm for,155.John, Dory, ballad,191;of Gaunt,56;John’s day,St., customs,39;fires,40;fairs,41;superstitions,42.Jolly miller, game of,184.Just,St., in Penwith, feast,3;legend of,9;cairn at,70;cove near,74;legend of, andSt.Keverne,94;custom at,131;superstition at,154.Kenegie, legend of,77.Keverne,St., legend of,94.Keyne,St., well of,64;chair of,66.Kimbly (an offering),157.King Arthur, legends of,57,74.Kinning stones,144;kenning or kinning herb,147.Knockers, legends of,8,61,120,128.Knillian games,48.Kook, game of,4.Lady Queen Anne, game of,179.Land’s End, rocks at,75;legend of,133.Landewednack, Shrove Tuesday at,22.Landrake, May-day at,29.Langarrow, tradition of,67.Lanhadron Park, oak at,104.Lanivet, Lanivrey, feasts of,54.Launceston, superstition at,34;witch’s tower,146.Leed’s-town, ghost at,91.Levan,St., carols,8;legend of,76.Libbety, game of,186.Little Colan, Palm Sunday at,24.Lizard district,100.Loe-pool,73.Looe, East and West, May-day at,28,30;superstition at,158.Logan rock,68,77,145.Long hundred, rhyme of,204.Lostwithiel, custom at,27;oak near,104.Lyonnesse, tradition of,67.Mabyn,St., legend of,59.Madron, Maddern,St., feast of,5;well of,32;house in,83;superstition at,99;Mên-an-tol,104,160.Malaga raisins, game of,177.Malpas,103.Marazion, wrestling,37;legend of marsh,85;Mayor of,ib.Marble-playing,187.Marriage superstitions,165.Martin’s,St., Holy well,64.Mary’s,St.(Scilly),112;Buzza’s hill,113;Peninnis,114;Tom Butt’s bed,115;Ennor Church,119;ducking chair,ib.Mawgan,St., in Kerrier, Church of,105.May, day, customs,28;Sundays in,32to34;superstitions,159.Mên-an-tol, Perranworthal,103;Madron,104,160.Menhir, near Fowey, legend of,103.Merlin, prophecy of,78.Merran,St., hurling match at,25.Merry Maidens,77.Mevagissey, Church of,107.Michael,St., legend of,34;Mount of,65.Miners’ superstitions,130.Mock mayors,27,37,45.Morvah, feast of,51.Morwenstow, Church of,108;legend of,110.Mother may I go out to play? game of,182.Mullion,95;legend of,100.Mylor, custom at,45.Nails, to cut,162.Nelson, death of,81.Neot,St., Holy well,64;Church of,105.Nettle stings,162.Newlyn West, bonfires,43;legend of,79;Laregan river,84.New year customs,14.Nicky Nan night,21.Nighton’s Kieve,St., tale of,107.Nunne’s,St., Holy well,61;Nunn’s,St.,62.Nut-tree hill,St.Germans,37.Oak-apple day,37.Old Witch, game of,180, Addenda.Padstow, skip-skop night,5;May-day at,30;church near,67.Palm Sunday,24.Par-chapel well, carols,8;legend of,76.Paul’s,St., eve, pitcher night,19.Paul,St.(Pol-de-Leon), feast of,2;legend of,78.Peasen Monday,21.Pellars,139,142;rings of,ib.;visits to,144.Pendeen, legends of,9,74.Pengersick castle, legend of,86.Penryn,45;legend of,79;Lillo’s play,101.Penzance, feast of,2;Shrove Tuesday,21;Midsummer eve,39;fires,40;fairs,42;ghosts,79;tales of,83;butchers,84;rhyme of,85;superstition at,153.Perran Porth, Good Friday at,26;legend of,67.Peter’s,St., eve, Newlyn West,43;Polperro,44.Picrous-day,6.Pies,8,26.Pig-in-the-middle, game of,176.Pinny-ninny,18.Piran’s,St., day,24;oratory at,26;legend of,64.Pixies, stories of,120;rhymes of,122;charms against,126.Polperro, superstition at,26;May-day at,29;feast of,44.Porthleven, May-day at,37.Porthgwarra, legend of,75.Pray pretty Miss, game of,174.Probus, Church of,53.Quinsey, charm for,155.Raleigh, Sir Walter,81,101.Ranter-go-round, card game,18.Riddles,206.Riding, Bodmin,46;the hatch,70;a custom,167.Ringing night,4.Redruth fair,38.Robin’s alight, game of,16.Roche,St., Holy Thursday at,25;dance at,38;Chapel at,73.Roll-tobacco, game of,39.Rudall,Rev., ghost-layer,99.Rules of contrary, game of,179.Sailors’ superstitions,132.Sancreed, Holy well near,33.Scald, charm for,147.Scarlet well,61.Scat, game of,177.Scilly, Christmas custom at,11;harvest home,53;News rock,94;description of islands,111.Sennen, twelfth-night at,16;legend of cove,71;Table Mên,75.Shallal, a custom,166.She said and she said, game of,178.Shingles, charm for,154.Ship sail, game of,186.Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, wreck of,115.Shrove Tuesday, customs,21.Sickness, death, burial superstitions,167.Sithney, fair at,52.Skip-skop night,5.Sleeping foot, charm for,150.Snail, creep dance,39;superstitions,131,138.Snake superstitions,155.Solomon had a great dog, game of,177.Spider superstition,60.Spriggans,8,120,126;charms to drive away,127.Staunch blood, to,151.Stephen’s day,St.,14.Strain, charm for,150.Stratton,4;legend of,109.Superstitions,130.Sweethearts, trying for,3,16,25,33,42,165.Sweet nightingale, ballad,199.Talland, legend of,97.Taking day,48.Tetter, charm for,149.Thomasine Bonaventure,110.Three dukes a-riding, game of,172.Thorn prick, charm for,148.Thrush, charm for,159.Tibb’s eve,St.,15.Tintagel, castle of,57;superstition at,155.Tom Toddy, game,189.Toothache, charm for,149.Towans,67.Towednack, feast of,28;legend of,68.Trecarrel, of Launceston, legend of,108.Tregeagle, legend of,72.Tresco (Scilly), Abbey,113,117;gardens, stone in,114;Piper’s hole,115;witches,118;wreckers,ib.Trevilian, legend of,67.Treryn castle,77.Troth plight,114,153.Troy-town,119.Truro, fair at,52;custom at,103.Tweedily, tweedily, twee, ballad,197.Twelfth-tide customs,15,19.Uncle Jan Dory, rhyme of,205.Uny,St., well of,33,127.Uppa, uppa, etc., game formula,188.Vellan-drucher Moor,74.Veryan, legend of,102.Vesey, vasey, game of,175.Vizzery, vazzery, game formula,175.Vow, the lady of the,9.Warleggan, custom at,9.Warna’s,St., Holy well,118.Warsail boys,14.Warts, charms for,148.Weigh the butter, game of,185.Wesley,Rev.John, ghost story,99.When shall we be married? ballad,198.White witches,145.Whitsuntide customs,37.Whisk (whist),17.Whooping cough, charms for,161.Widow’s superstition,167.Wildfire, charm for,150.Winkey eye, game of,188.Woods,Rev., ghost-layer,96.Wreckers,89.Wrestling,37.Ye sexes give ear, ballad,195.Zennor, Christmas custom at,7;Midsummereve,41;legend of,70;old custom at,166.
ADDENDA.Helston Borough Bounds,page20.—At the close of this ceremony eleven dozen buns are thrown amongst the crowd to be scrambled for. One is always reserved for the Mayor.Wells,page65.—Some wells in Cornwall (not holy) were famed for their wonderful virtues: I will mention two. The water of the first, which was west of Penzance, was esteemed a sovereign cure for sore eyes. People from far and near visited it, and even carried away the water in bottles. It was, however, best if possible to walk to the well before breakfast, and there bathe the eyes. The second was at Castle Chûn, between Penzance andSt.Just; its water endowed the drinkers with perpetual youth. Both have dried up within the last fifty years.Ghosts,page99.—The following quaint story was told me by a girl whose grandmother was the friend mentioned.In the last century there lived in Trezelah (a hamlet in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance), a widow who had been deprived of her rights. Walking one day in the fields near her home she saw a strange spotted dog whoseemedto know her; she met it a second time, and decided when she next went out to take a friend with her. Again she saw it (her friend did not), and said “In the Name of the Lord, speak to me.” It changed into her husband, who told her to be ready at a certain time, when he would fetch her. Soon after, her friend being in the house, the woman, who was giving her children their supper, said “The time is come, I must be gone;” she then put on her sun-bonnet and went out. She was away about an hour, when she suddenly appeared with a great noise, as if someone had hurled her in through the door. Her story was that her husband had taken her up in his arms and carried her over the tree-tops as far as Ludgvan Church, where he deposited her on the Church-stile, from whence she saw a great many spirits, some good and some bad. The latter wanted her to join them, but her husband bade her remain where she was. What they told her was never known; but by their aid she got back her rights. Then her husband bore her home again by the way they had come; but before he parted from her said “I must take something from you; either your eyesight, or your hearing.” She preferred losing the latter, and from that hour could never hear a word. One of her shoes that in her flight through the air had caught on a tree-top, seven years after was placed on her window-sill.Farmers’ Superstitions,page141.—“If you can throw fire over a witch you will break the spell.” “Bleeding a white hen on a millstone prevents danger from the mill; for they say a mill will have blood every seven years.”Charms,page144.—“Some were provided with little bags of earth, teeth, or bones taken from a grave.” “Most of the very religious folks had a verse of scripture, concluded with the comfortable assurance that by the help of the Lord the white witch hopes to do them good.”—Bottrell.Epilepsy,page154.—Another authority says that the thirty pence collected by thirty young men at the Church door is deposited for a half-crown, from which the centre is cut. The flat ring left is worn by the epileptic person day and night.—ThroughRev.A. H. Malan,M.A.“The Bundle of Charms,”Rev.A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted.Burning the Witch,page180.—Still played. A pole about five feet long is placed with its ends resting on low stools, or bottles. On this a person sits lengthways with crossedankles. He (or she) holds in his hand a long stick with a slit at one end, into which the paper effigy of the witch is stuck. This must be burnt at a candle placed on the floor at a short distance from the sitter; he must not support himself in any way, nor leave his perch.ENDE.ENDE.
ADDENDA.
Helston Borough Bounds,page20.—At the close of this ceremony eleven dozen buns are thrown amongst the crowd to be scrambled for. One is always reserved for the Mayor.Wells,page65.—Some wells in Cornwall (not holy) were famed for their wonderful virtues: I will mention two. The water of the first, which was west of Penzance, was esteemed a sovereign cure for sore eyes. People from far and near visited it, and even carried away the water in bottles. It was, however, best if possible to walk to the well before breakfast, and there bathe the eyes. The second was at Castle Chûn, between Penzance andSt.Just; its water endowed the drinkers with perpetual youth. Both have dried up within the last fifty years.Ghosts,page99.—The following quaint story was told me by a girl whose grandmother was the friend mentioned.In the last century there lived in Trezelah (a hamlet in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance), a widow who had been deprived of her rights. Walking one day in the fields near her home she saw a strange spotted dog whoseemedto know her; she met it a second time, and decided when she next went out to take a friend with her. Again she saw it (her friend did not), and said “In the Name of the Lord, speak to me.” It changed into her husband, who told her to be ready at a certain time, when he would fetch her. Soon after, her friend being in the house, the woman, who was giving her children their supper, said “The time is come, I must be gone;” she then put on her sun-bonnet and went out. She was away about an hour, when she suddenly appeared with a great noise, as if someone had hurled her in through the door. Her story was that her husband had taken her up in his arms and carried her over the tree-tops as far as Ludgvan Church, where he deposited her on the Church-stile, from whence she saw a great many spirits, some good and some bad. The latter wanted her to join them, but her husband bade her remain where she was. What they told her was never known; but by their aid she got back her rights. Then her husband bore her home again by the way they had come; but before he parted from her said “I must take something from you; either your eyesight, or your hearing.” She preferred losing the latter, and from that hour could never hear a word. One of her shoes that in her flight through the air had caught on a tree-top, seven years after was placed on her window-sill.Farmers’ Superstitions,page141.—“If you can throw fire over a witch you will break the spell.” “Bleeding a white hen on a millstone prevents danger from the mill; for they say a mill will have blood every seven years.”Charms,page144.—“Some were provided with little bags of earth, teeth, or bones taken from a grave.” “Most of the very religious folks had a verse of scripture, concluded with the comfortable assurance that by the help of the Lord the white witch hopes to do them good.”—Bottrell.Epilepsy,page154.—Another authority says that the thirty pence collected by thirty young men at the Church door is deposited for a half-crown, from which the centre is cut. The flat ring left is worn by the epileptic person day and night.—ThroughRev.A. H. Malan,M.A.“The Bundle of Charms,”Rev.A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted.Burning the Witch,page180.—Still played. A pole about five feet long is placed with its ends resting on low stools, or bottles. On this a person sits lengthways with crossedankles. He (or she) holds in his hand a long stick with a slit at one end, into which the paper effigy of the witch is stuck. This must be burnt at a candle placed on the floor at a short distance from the sitter; he must not support himself in any way, nor leave his perch.ENDE.ENDE.
Helston Borough Bounds,page20.—At the close of this ceremony eleven dozen buns are thrown amongst the crowd to be scrambled for. One is always reserved for the Mayor.
Wells,page65.—Some wells in Cornwall (not holy) were famed for their wonderful virtues: I will mention two. The water of the first, which was west of Penzance, was esteemed a sovereign cure for sore eyes. People from far and near visited it, and even carried away the water in bottles. It was, however, best if possible to walk to the well before breakfast, and there bathe the eyes. The second was at Castle Chûn, between Penzance andSt.Just; its water endowed the drinkers with perpetual youth. Both have dried up within the last fifty years.
Ghosts,page99.—The following quaint story was told me by a girl whose grandmother was the friend mentioned.
In the last century there lived in Trezelah (a hamlet in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance), a widow who had been deprived of her rights. Walking one day in the fields near her home she saw a strange spotted dog whoseemedto know her; she met it a second time, and decided when she next went out to take a friend with her. Again she saw it (her friend did not), and said “In the Name of the Lord, speak to me.” It changed into her husband, who told her to be ready at a certain time, when he would fetch her. Soon after, her friend being in the house, the woman, who was giving her children their supper, said “The time is come, I must be gone;” she then put on her sun-bonnet and went out. She was away about an hour, when she suddenly appeared with a great noise, as if someone had hurled her in through the door. Her story was that her husband had taken her up in his arms and carried her over the tree-tops as far as Ludgvan Church, where he deposited her on the Church-stile, from whence she saw a great many spirits, some good and some bad. The latter wanted her to join them, but her husband bade her remain where she was. What they told her was never known; but by their aid she got back her rights. Then her husband bore her home again by the way they had come; but before he parted from her said “I must take something from you; either your eyesight, or your hearing.” She preferred losing the latter, and from that hour could never hear a word. One of her shoes that in her flight through the air had caught on a tree-top, seven years after was placed on her window-sill.
In the last century there lived in Trezelah (a hamlet in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance), a widow who had been deprived of her rights. Walking one day in the fields near her home she saw a strange spotted dog whoseemedto know her; she met it a second time, and decided when she next went out to take a friend with her. Again she saw it (her friend did not), and said “In the Name of the Lord, speak to me.” It changed into her husband, who told her to be ready at a certain time, when he would fetch her. Soon after, her friend being in the house, the woman, who was giving her children their supper, said “The time is come, I must be gone;” she then put on her sun-bonnet and went out. She was away about an hour, when she suddenly appeared with a great noise, as if someone had hurled her in through the door. Her story was that her husband had taken her up in his arms and carried her over the tree-tops as far as Ludgvan Church, where he deposited her on the Church-stile, from whence she saw a great many spirits, some good and some bad. The latter wanted her to join them, but her husband bade her remain where she was. What they told her was never known; but by their aid she got back her rights. Then her husband bore her home again by the way they had come; but before he parted from her said “I must take something from you; either your eyesight, or your hearing.” She preferred losing the latter, and from that hour could never hear a word. One of her shoes that in her flight through the air had caught on a tree-top, seven years after was placed on her window-sill.
Farmers’ Superstitions,page141.—“If you can throw fire over a witch you will break the spell.” “Bleeding a white hen on a millstone prevents danger from the mill; for they say a mill will have blood every seven years.”
Charms,page144.—“Some were provided with little bags of earth, teeth, or bones taken from a grave.” “Most of the very religious folks had a verse of scripture, concluded with the comfortable assurance that by the help of the Lord the white witch hopes to do them good.”—Bottrell.
Epilepsy,page154.—Another authority says that the thirty pence collected by thirty young men at the Church door is deposited for a half-crown, from which the centre is cut. The flat ring left is worn by the epileptic person day and night.—ThroughRev.A. H. Malan,M.A.
“The Bundle of Charms,”Rev.A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted.
“The Bundle of Charms,”Rev.A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted.
Burning the Witch,page180.—Still played. A pole about five feet long is placed with its ends resting on low stools, or bottles. On this a person sits lengthways with crossedankles. He (or she) holds in his hand a long stick with a slit at one end, into which the paper effigy of the witch is stuck. This must be burnt at a candle placed on the floor at a short distance from the sitter; he must not support himself in any way, nor leave his perch.
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INDEX.Accroshay, game,187.Advent, Sunday,5;Monday, custom of,14.A fox went forth, ballad,196.Agnes,St., well of,64;Scilly,118;St.Warna’s well at,119;Troy-town,ib.Ague, charm for,150.Allan, apples,2;Allantide custom,3;All Hallow’s day, divinations,ib.Altarnon, legend of,97.Alter Nunne,St., well of,61.Anthony,St.(in Meneage), church of,100.Apple orchards, blessing of,9.Arthur, King, birth of,57;castles of,ib.;legends of,58.Arundell, legend of,109.Austell,St., wishing well,19;Longstone, legend of,58;superstition at,155.Avery, buccaneer,95.Baarley mow, harvest song,203.Bad leg, charm for,153.Bassetts, legend of,105.Bat and ball, game of,12.Bathes of Kilkhampton, legend of,109.Bees, superstitions about,137.Birds,14,60,131,138,163,167,205.Blanchminsters, of Stratton,109,113.Blazey,St., feast of,19.Blind-buck-a-davy, game of,184.Board-em, card game,17.Boconnoc, oak at,104.Bobby Bingo, game of,185.Bodmin Riding,46.Body, superstitions about,169.Bonfires,40,44.Bottreaux (Boscastle), legend of bells,106;St.Nighton’s Kieve, near,107.Breage,St., Pengersick castle in,86to88;bells of,88;wreckers,89.Brownie,123.Bucca (a spirit),79,85,129.Buck-shee-buck, game of,186;Buckey-how,187.Bull-baiting,5.Buryan,St., legend of,77;Dawns Myin, in,ib.Buzza’s hill (Scilly), legend of,113.Camelford, battle near,58;wise woman at,155.Camborne, feast of,5;game at,18;Bassetts of Tehidy, near,105;superstition at,154.Card, games,17;table superstitions,169.Cam Brea, legend of,56.Castles, An-dinas,St.Columb,58;near Penzance,78;Treryn,77;Pengersick,86;Cromwell’s (Scilly),118;Chûn, Addenda.Charles, King,118.Charms,3,16,25,42,68,127,139;various,143to171, Addenda.Chewidden Thursday,6.Children, superstitions about,156;christening,157;May children,159;rhymes,160;diseases, charms against,ib.;superstitions,162.Childermas day,14.Church, ales,38,46;yard superstitions,168.Christmas customs,6,19.Cleer,St., legend of,21;Longstone,60;Holy well,61.Cock-fighting,23;cock-haw, game of,188.Columb,St., custom at,21;Shrove Tuesday,23;King Arthur,58.Col-perra,22.Conerton, manor of,83.Constantine,St., feast of,25;tenure at,26.Coppinger, wrecker,89.Cornish pies,8,26.Corns, charm for,148.Cornwall, stone,93;on a Duke’s daughter (ballad),192;Stout Cripple of,200.Cottrell house, legend of,106;Dupath well, near,ib.Cramp, charm for,149.Crowan, taking-day,48;superstition at,154.Cubert,St., Holy well,3.Curls (carols),7.Cutters and Trucklers, game of,187.Danes,74.Dawns Myin (Merry Maidens),77.Dead man’s hand (charms with),152.Delabole, superstition at,130.Dennis,St., Church of,104.Dipping day,29.Dodge,Rev.Richard, ghost-layer,97.Dorothy Dinglet, legend of,99.Dowsing (divining with the rod),131.Dreams,163,164.Drop the handkerchief,178.Ducking chair,119.Duffy and the Devil,10.Earwigs, superstitions about,164.Easter customs,26.Elicompane, rhyme,205.Ene, mene, etc., game formula,175.Ennor Church,119.Enodock,St., Church of,67.Epilepsy, charms against,154, Addenda.Epiphany customs,15.Erisey, legend of,93.Eye diseases, charms for, kinning stones,144;kenning herb,147;club-moss,151;cat’s tail,ib.;wedding ring,ib.;dead man’s hand,152;rope,153;well’s water, Addenda.Fairies,120.Falmouth, Christmas custom at,6;whist,17;legends of,101;river Fal,102.Fire-works,40,43,46;superstitions,170.Fishermen’s superstitions,132.Flavel,Rev.Thomas, ghost-layer,95.Flora-day,34.Fools’-day,27;Fool, fool, etc., game,176.Friday in Lide,24.Friskee, game of,175.Games,4,17,20,172.Garrick Zans,74.George,St., play of,10.Gerennius, legend of,102.Germans,St., May-day at,37.Germoe,St., chair of,88;mine near89;wreckers,ib.Ghost-layers,95.Ghosts,60,68,76,77,79,82,85,91,93, Addenda.Ghost at the well, game,182.Giglet fair,14.Godolphin house, tenure of,92.Going a gooding,6.Good Friday,25,150,159.Goose or geese dancers,10.Gorran, wise men of,107.Grace,St., rhyme of,54.Grade,St., tenure,93.Grenville, Sir Beville,110.Groaning cake,157.Grylls,Rev., ghost-layer,98.Gunpowder plot,4.Gunwalloe, Church of,94.Gwennap pit,38;parish customs at,159.Gwenvor, legend of,73.Hal-an-tow,34.Halgaver Moor, carnival at,47.Hallowe’en superstitions,3,159.Hall Monday,21.Hares, superstitions about,60,77,87,110,135.Harlyn, customs at,25.Harvest customs,52.Hayle, May-day at,29.Helford, Good Friday at,25;river of,100.Helston, hurling at,20;Flora-day,34;Loe-pool, near,73;Meneage district, superstitions at,157;town bounds, Addenda.Hiccough, cure of,150.Hobby-horse day,30.Hole in the wall, game of,177.Holy Thursday,25.Holy wells,St.Cuthbert,3;St.Austell,19;St.Maddern,32;St.Uny,33,127;St.Cleer,St.Nunne, Scarlet,61;St.Nunn,62;St.Jesus,St.Martin,St.Agnes,St.Neot,St.Piran,St.Keyne,64;St.Warna,118; Addenda.How many miles to Babylon? game of,179.Hurling, game of,20,25.Ill-wishing,139;charms against,140, Addenda.Ives,St., fair-mo,5;Christmas day,11;hurling,20;Knillian-games,48;legends of,68,75.Jack’s alive, game of,16;the giant killer,57;Harry’s lights,134;o’-Lent,24.Jago,Rev., ghost-layer,97.James’ day,St.,48.Jaundice, charm for,155.John, Dory, ballad,191;of Gaunt,56;John’s day,St., customs,39;fires,40;fairs,41;superstitions,42.Jolly miller, game of,184.Just,St., in Penwith, feast,3;legend of,9;cairn at,70;cove near,74;legend of, andSt.Keverne,94;custom at,131;superstition at,154.Kenegie, legend of,77.Keverne,St., legend of,94.Keyne,St., well of,64;chair of,66.Kimbly (an offering),157.King Arthur, legends of,57,74.Kinning stones,144;kenning or kinning herb,147.Knockers, legends of,8,61,120,128.Knillian games,48.Kook, game of,4.Lady Queen Anne, game of,179.Land’s End, rocks at,75;legend of,133.Landewednack, Shrove Tuesday at,22.Landrake, May-day at,29.Langarrow, tradition of,67.Lanhadron Park, oak at,104.Lanivet, Lanivrey, feasts of,54.Launceston, superstition at,34;witch’s tower,146.Leed’s-town, ghost at,91.Levan,St., carols,8;legend of,76.Libbety, game of,186.Little Colan, Palm Sunday at,24.Lizard district,100.Loe-pool,73.Looe, East and West, May-day at,28,30;superstition at,158.Logan rock,68,77,145.Long hundred, rhyme of,204.Lostwithiel, custom at,27;oak near,104.Lyonnesse, tradition of,67.Mabyn,St., legend of,59.Madron, Maddern,St., feast of,5;well of,32;house in,83;superstition at,99;Mên-an-tol,104,160.Malaga raisins, game of,177.Malpas,103.Marazion, wrestling,37;legend of marsh,85;Mayor of,ib.Marble-playing,187.Marriage superstitions,165.Martin’s,St., Holy well,64.Mary’s,St.(Scilly),112;Buzza’s hill,113;Peninnis,114;Tom Butt’s bed,115;Ennor Church,119;ducking chair,ib.Mawgan,St., in Kerrier, Church of,105.May, day, customs,28;Sundays in,32to34;superstitions,159.Mên-an-tol, Perranworthal,103;Madron,104,160.Menhir, near Fowey, legend of,103.Merlin, prophecy of,78.Merran,St., hurling match at,25.Merry Maidens,77.Mevagissey, Church of,107.Michael,St., legend of,34;Mount of,65.Miners’ superstitions,130.Mock mayors,27,37,45.Morvah, feast of,51.Morwenstow, Church of,108;legend of,110.Mother may I go out to play? game of,182.Mullion,95;legend of,100.Mylor, custom at,45.Nails, to cut,162.Nelson, death of,81.Neot,St., Holy well,64;Church of,105.Nettle stings,162.Newlyn West, bonfires,43;legend of,79;Laregan river,84.New year customs,14.Nicky Nan night,21.Nighton’s Kieve,St., tale of,107.Nunne’s,St., Holy well,61;Nunn’s,St.,62.Nut-tree hill,St.Germans,37.Oak-apple day,37.Old Witch, game of,180, Addenda.Padstow, skip-skop night,5;May-day at,30;church near,67.Palm Sunday,24.Par-chapel well, carols,8;legend of,76.Paul’s,St., eve, pitcher night,19.Paul,St.(Pol-de-Leon), feast of,2;legend of,78.Peasen Monday,21.Pellars,139,142;rings of,ib.;visits to,144.Pendeen, legends of,9,74.Pengersick castle, legend of,86.Penryn,45;legend of,79;Lillo’s play,101.Penzance, feast of,2;Shrove Tuesday,21;Midsummer eve,39;fires,40;fairs,42;ghosts,79;tales of,83;butchers,84;rhyme of,85;superstition at,153.Perran Porth, Good Friday at,26;legend of,67.Peter’s,St., eve, Newlyn West,43;Polperro,44.Picrous-day,6.Pies,8,26.Pig-in-the-middle, game of,176.Pinny-ninny,18.Piran’s,St., day,24;oratory at,26;legend of,64.Pixies, stories of,120;rhymes of,122;charms against,126.Polperro, superstition at,26;May-day at,29;feast of,44.Porthleven, May-day at,37.Porthgwarra, legend of,75.Pray pretty Miss, game of,174.Probus, Church of,53.Quinsey, charm for,155.Raleigh, Sir Walter,81,101.Ranter-go-round, card game,18.Riddles,206.Riding, Bodmin,46;the hatch,70;a custom,167.Ringing night,4.Redruth fair,38.Robin’s alight, game of,16.Roche,St., Holy Thursday at,25;dance at,38;Chapel at,73.Roll-tobacco, game of,39.Rudall,Rev., ghost-layer,99.Rules of contrary, game of,179.Sailors’ superstitions,132.Sancreed, Holy well near,33.Scald, charm for,147.Scarlet well,61.Scat, game of,177.Scilly, Christmas custom at,11;harvest home,53;News rock,94;description of islands,111.Sennen, twelfth-night at,16;legend of cove,71;Table Mên,75.Shallal, a custom,166.She said and she said, game of,178.Shingles, charm for,154.Ship sail, game of,186.Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, wreck of,115.Shrove Tuesday, customs,21.Sickness, death, burial superstitions,167.Sithney, fair at,52.Skip-skop night,5.Sleeping foot, charm for,150.Snail, creep dance,39;superstitions,131,138.Snake superstitions,155.Solomon had a great dog, game of,177.Spider superstition,60.Spriggans,8,120,126;charms to drive away,127.Staunch blood, to,151.Stephen’s day,St.,14.Strain, charm for,150.Stratton,4;legend of,109.Superstitions,130.Sweethearts, trying for,3,16,25,33,42,165.Sweet nightingale, ballad,199.Talland, legend of,97.Taking day,48.Tetter, charm for,149.Thomasine Bonaventure,110.Three dukes a-riding, game of,172.Thorn prick, charm for,148.Thrush, charm for,159.Tibb’s eve,St.,15.Tintagel, castle of,57;superstition at,155.Tom Toddy, game,189.Toothache, charm for,149.Towans,67.Towednack, feast of,28;legend of,68.Trecarrel, of Launceston, legend of,108.Tregeagle, legend of,72.Tresco (Scilly), Abbey,113,117;gardens, stone in,114;Piper’s hole,115;witches,118;wreckers,ib.Trevilian, legend of,67.Treryn castle,77.Troth plight,114,153.Troy-town,119.Truro, fair at,52;custom at,103.Tweedily, tweedily, twee, ballad,197.Twelfth-tide customs,15,19.Uncle Jan Dory, rhyme of,205.Uny,St., well of,33,127.Uppa, uppa, etc., game formula,188.Vellan-drucher Moor,74.Veryan, legend of,102.Vesey, vasey, game of,175.Vizzery, vazzery, game formula,175.Vow, the lady of the,9.Warleggan, custom at,9.Warna’s,St., Holy well,118.Warsail boys,14.Warts, charms for,148.Weigh the butter, game of,185.Wesley,Rev.John, ghost story,99.When shall we be married? ballad,198.White witches,145.Whitsuntide customs,37.Whisk (whist),17.Whooping cough, charms for,161.Widow’s superstition,167.Wildfire, charm for,150.Winkey eye, game of,188.Woods,Rev., ghost-layer,96.Wreckers,89.Wrestling,37.Ye sexes give ear, ballad,195.Zennor, Christmas custom at,7;Midsummereve,41;legend of,70;old custom at,166.
INDEX.
Accroshay, game,187.Advent, Sunday,5;Monday, custom of,14.A fox went forth, ballad,196.Agnes,St., well of,64;Scilly,118;St.Warna’s well at,119;Troy-town,ib.Ague, charm for,150.Allan, apples,2;Allantide custom,3;All Hallow’s day, divinations,ib.Altarnon, legend of,97.Alter Nunne,St., well of,61.Anthony,St.(in Meneage), church of,100.Apple orchards, blessing of,9.Arthur, King, birth of,57;castles of,ib.;legends of,58.Arundell, legend of,109.Austell,St., wishing well,19;Longstone, legend of,58;superstition at,155.Avery, buccaneer,95.Baarley mow, harvest song,203.Bad leg, charm for,153.Bassetts, legend of,105.Bat and ball, game of,12.Bathes of Kilkhampton, legend of,109.Bees, superstitions about,137.Birds,14,60,131,138,163,167,205.Blanchminsters, of Stratton,109,113.Blazey,St., feast of,19.Blind-buck-a-davy, game of,184.Board-em, card game,17.Boconnoc, oak at,104.Bobby Bingo, game of,185.Bodmin Riding,46.Body, superstitions about,169.Bonfires,40,44.Bottreaux (Boscastle), legend of bells,106;St.Nighton’s Kieve, near,107.Breage,St., Pengersick castle in,86to88;bells of,88;wreckers,89.Brownie,123.Bucca (a spirit),79,85,129.Buck-shee-buck, game of,186;Buckey-how,187.Bull-baiting,5.Buryan,St., legend of,77;Dawns Myin, in,ib.Buzza’s hill (Scilly), legend of,113.Camelford, battle near,58;wise woman at,155.Camborne, feast of,5;game at,18;Bassetts of Tehidy, near,105;superstition at,154.Card, games,17;table superstitions,169.Cam Brea, legend of,56.Castles, An-dinas,St.Columb,58;near Penzance,78;Treryn,77;Pengersick,86;Cromwell’s (Scilly),118;Chûn, Addenda.Charles, King,118.Charms,3,16,25,42,68,127,139;various,143to171, Addenda.Chewidden Thursday,6.Children, superstitions about,156;christening,157;May children,159;rhymes,160;diseases, charms against,ib.;superstitions,162.Childermas day,14.Church, ales,38,46;yard superstitions,168.Christmas customs,6,19.Cleer,St., legend of,21;Longstone,60;Holy well,61.Cock-fighting,23;cock-haw, game of,188.Columb,St., custom at,21;Shrove Tuesday,23;King Arthur,58.Col-perra,22.Conerton, manor of,83.Constantine,St., feast of,25;tenure at,26.Coppinger, wrecker,89.Cornish pies,8,26.Corns, charm for,148.Cornwall, stone,93;on a Duke’s daughter (ballad),192;Stout Cripple of,200.Cottrell house, legend of,106;Dupath well, near,ib.Cramp, charm for,149.Crowan, taking-day,48;superstition at,154.Cubert,St., Holy well,3.Curls (carols),7.Cutters and Trucklers, game of,187.Danes,74.Dawns Myin (Merry Maidens),77.Dead man’s hand (charms with),152.Delabole, superstition at,130.Dennis,St., Church of,104.Dipping day,29.Dodge,Rev.Richard, ghost-layer,97.Dorothy Dinglet, legend of,99.Dowsing (divining with the rod),131.Dreams,163,164.Drop the handkerchief,178.Ducking chair,119.Duffy and the Devil,10.Earwigs, superstitions about,164.Easter customs,26.Elicompane, rhyme,205.Ene, mene, etc., game formula,175.Ennor Church,119.Enodock,St., Church of,67.Epilepsy, charms against,154, Addenda.Epiphany customs,15.Erisey, legend of,93.Eye diseases, charms for, kinning stones,144;kenning herb,147;club-moss,151;cat’s tail,ib.;wedding ring,ib.;dead man’s hand,152;rope,153;well’s water, Addenda.Fairies,120.Falmouth, Christmas custom at,6;whist,17;legends of,101;river Fal,102.Fire-works,40,43,46;superstitions,170.Fishermen’s superstitions,132.Flavel,Rev.Thomas, ghost-layer,95.Flora-day,34.Fools’-day,27;Fool, fool, etc., game,176.Friday in Lide,24.Friskee, game of,175.Games,4,17,20,172.Garrick Zans,74.George,St., play of,10.Gerennius, legend of,102.Germans,St., May-day at,37.Germoe,St., chair of,88;mine near89;wreckers,ib.Ghost-layers,95.Ghosts,60,68,76,77,79,82,85,91,93, Addenda.Ghost at the well, game,182.Giglet fair,14.Godolphin house, tenure of,92.Going a gooding,6.Good Friday,25,150,159.Goose or geese dancers,10.Gorran, wise men of,107.Grace,St., rhyme of,54.Grade,St., tenure,93.Grenville, Sir Beville,110.Groaning cake,157.Grylls,Rev., ghost-layer,98.Gunpowder plot,4.Gunwalloe, Church of,94.Gwennap pit,38;parish customs at,159.Gwenvor, legend of,73.Hal-an-tow,34.Halgaver Moor, carnival at,47.Hallowe’en superstitions,3,159.Hall Monday,21.Hares, superstitions about,60,77,87,110,135.Harlyn, customs at,25.Harvest customs,52.Hayle, May-day at,29.Helford, Good Friday at,25;river of,100.Helston, hurling at,20;Flora-day,34;Loe-pool, near,73;Meneage district, superstitions at,157;town bounds, Addenda.Hiccough, cure of,150.Hobby-horse day,30.Hole in the wall, game of,177.Holy Thursday,25.Holy wells,St.Cuthbert,3;St.Austell,19;St.Maddern,32;St.Uny,33,127;St.Cleer,St.Nunne, Scarlet,61;St.Nunn,62;St.Jesus,St.Martin,St.Agnes,St.Neot,St.Piran,St.Keyne,64;St.Warna,118; Addenda.How many miles to Babylon? game of,179.Hurling, game of,20,25.Ill-wishing,139;charms against,140, Addenda.Ives,St., fair-mo,5;Christmas day,11;hurling,20;Knillian-games,48;legends of,68,75.Jack’s alive, game of,16;the giant killer,57;Harry’s lights,134;o’-Lent,24.Jago,Rev., ghost-layer,97.James’ day,St.,48.Jaundice, charm for,155.John, Dory, ballad,191;of Gaunt,56;John’s day,St., customs,39;fires,40;fairs,41;superstitions,42.Jolly miller, game of,184.Just,St., in Penwith, feast,3;legend of,9;cairn at,70;cove near,74;legend of, andSt.Keverne,94;custom at,131;superstition at,154.Kenegie, legend of,77.Keverne,St., legend of,94.Keyne,St., well of,64;chair of,66.Kimbly (an offering),157.King Arthur, legends of,57,74.Kinning stones,144;kenning or kinning herb,147.Knockers, legends of,8,61,120,128.Knillian games,48.Kook, game of,4.Lady Queen Anne, game of,179.Land’s End, rocks at,75;legend of,133.Landewednack, Shrove Tuesday at,22.Landrake, May-day at,29.Langarrow, tradition of,67.Lanhadron Park, oak at,104.Lanivet, Lanivrey, feasts of,54.Launceston, superstition at,34;witch’s tower,146.Leed’s-town, ghost at,91.Levan,St., carols,8;legend of,76.Libbety, game of,186.Little Colan, Palm Sunday at,24.Lizard district,100.Loe-pool,73.Looe, East and West, May-day at,28,30;superstition at,158.Logan rock,68,77,145.Long hundred, rhyme of,204.Lostwithiel, custom at,27;oak near,104.Lyonnesse, tradition of,67.Mabyn,St., legend of,59.Madron, Maddern,St., feast of,5;well of,32;house in,83;superstition at,99;Mên-an-tol,104,160.Malaga raisins, game of,177.Malpas,103.Marazion, wrestling,37;legend of marsh,85;Mayor of,ib.Marble-playing,187.Marriage superstitions,165.Martin’s,St., Holy well,64.Mary’s,St.(Scilly),112;Buzza’s hill,113;Peninnis,114;Tom Butt’s bed,115;Ennor Church,119;ducking chair,ib.Mawgan,St., in Kerrier, Church of,105.May, day, customs,28;Sundays in,32to34;superstitions,159.Mên-an-tol, Perranworthal,103;Madron,104,160.Menhir, near Fowey, legend of,103.Merlin, prophecy of,78.Merran,St., hurling match at,25.Merry Maidens,77.Mevagissey, Church of,107.Michael,St., legend of,34;Mount of,65.Miners’ superstitions,130.Mock mayors,27,37,45.Morvah, feast of,51.Morwenstow, Church of,108;legend of,110.Mother may I go out to play? game of,182.Mullion,95;legend of,100.Mylor, custom at,45.Nails, to cut,162.Nelson, death of,81.Neot,St., Holy well,64;Church of,105.Nettle stings,162.Newlyn West, bonfires,43;legend of,79;Laregan river,84.New year customs,14.Nicky Nan night,21.Nighton’s Kieve,St., tale of,107.Nunne’s,St., Holy well,61;Nunn’s,St.,62.Nut-tree hill,St.Germans,37.Oak-apple day,37.Old Witch, game of,180, Addenda.Padstow, skip-skop night,5;May-day at,30;church near,67.Palm Sunday,24.Par-chapel well, carols,8;legend of,76.Paul’s,St., eve, pitcher night,19.Paul,St.(Pol-de-Leon), feast of,2;legend of,78.Peasen Monday,21.Pellars,139,142;rings of,ib.;visits to,144.Pendeen, legends of,9,74.Pengersick castle, legend of,86.Penryn,45;legend of,79;Lillo’s play,101.Penzance, feast of,2;Shrove Tuesday,21;Midsummer eve,39;fires,40;fairs,42;ghosts,79;tales of,83;butchers,84;rhyme of,85;superstition at,153.Perran Porth, Good Friday at,26;legend of,67.Peter’s,St., eve, Newlyn West,43;Polperro,44.Picrous-day,6.Pies,8,26.Pig-in-the-middle, game of,176.Pinny-ninny,18.Piran’s,St., day,24;oratory at,26;legend of,64.Pixies, stories of,120;rhymes of,122;charms against,126.Polperro, superstition at,26;May-day at,29;feast of,44.Porthleven, May-day at,37.Porthgwarra, legend of,75.Pray pretty Miss, game of,174.Probus, Church of,53.Quinsey, charm for,155.Raleigh, Sir Walter,81,101.Ranter-go-round, card game,18.Riddles,206.Riding, Bodmin,46;the hatch,70;a custom,167.Ringing night,4.Redruth fair,38.Robin’s alight, game of,16.Roche,St., Holy Thursday at,25;dance at,38;Chapel at,73.Roll-tobacco, game of,39.Rudall,Rev., ghost-layer,99.Rules of contrary, game of,179.Sailors’ superstitions,132.Sancreed, Holy well near,33.Scald, charm for,147.Scarlet well,61.Scat, game of,177.Scilly, Christmas custom at,11;harvest home,53;News rock,94;description of islands,111.Sennen, twelfth-night at,16;legend of cove,71;Table Mên,75.Shallal, a custom,166.She said and she said, game of,178.Shingles, charm for,154.Ship sail, game of,186.Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, wreck of,115.Shrove Tuesday, customs,21.Sickness, death, burial superstitions,167.Sithney, fair at,52.Skip-skop night,5.Sleeping foot, charm for,150.Snail, creep dance,39;superstitions,131,138.Snake superstitions,155.Solomon had a great dog, game of,177.Spider superstition,60.Spriggans,8,120,126;charms to drive away,127.Staunch blood, to,151.Stephen’s day,St.,14.Strain, charm for,150.Stratton,4;legend of,109.Superstitions,130.Sweethearts, trying for,3,16,25,33,42,165.Sweet nightingale, ballad,199.Talland, legend of,97.Taking day,48.Tetter, charm for,149.Thomasine Bonaventure,110.Three dukes a-riding, game of,172.Thorn prick, charm for,148.Thrush, charm for,159.Tibb’s eve,St.,15.Tintagel, castle of,57;superstition at,155.Tom Toddy, game,189.Toothache, charm for,149.Towans,67.Towednack, feast of,28;legend of,68.Trecarrel, of Launceston, legend of,108.Tregeagle, legend of,72.Tresco (Scilly), Abbey,113,117;gardens, stone in,114;Piper’s hole,115;witches,118;wreckers,ib.Trevilian, legend of,67.Treryn castle,77.Troth plight,114,153.Troy-town,119.Truro, fair at,52;custom at,103.Tweedily, tweedily, twee, ballad,197.Twelfth-tide customs,15,19.Uncle Jan Dory, rhyme of,205.Uny,St., well of,33,127.Uppa, uppa, etc., game formula,188.Vellan-drucher Moor,74.Veryan, legend of,102.Vesey, vasey, game of,175.Vizzery, vazzery, game formula,175.Vow, the lady of the,9.Warleggan, custom at,9.Warna’s,St., Holy well,118.Warsail boys,14.Warts, charms for,148.Weigh the butter, game of,185.Wesley,Rev.John, ghost story,99.When shall we be married? ballad,198.White witches,145.Whitsuntide customs,37.Whisk (whist),17.Whooping cough, charms for,161.Widow’s superstition,167.Wildfire, charm for,150.Winkey eye, game of,188.Woods,Rev., ghost-layer,96.Wreckers,89.Wrestling,37.Ye sexes give ear, ballad,195.Zennor, Christmas custom at,7;Midsummereve,41;legend of,70;old custom at,166.
Accroshay, game,187.
Advent, Sunday,5;Monday, custom of,14.
A fox went forth, ballad,196.
Agnes,St., well of,64;Scilly,118;St.Warna’s well at,119;Troy-town,ib.
Ague, charm for,150.
Allan, apples,2;Allantide custom,3;All Hallow’s day, divinations,ib.
Altarnon, legend of,97.
Alter Nunne,St., well of,61.
Anthony,St.(in Meneage), church of,100.
Apple orchards, blessing of,9.
Arthur, King, birth of,57;castles of,ib.;legends of,58.
Arundell, legend of,109.
Austell,St., wishing well,19;Longstone, legend of,58;superstition at,155.
Avery, buccaneer,95.
Baarley mow, harvest song,203.
Bad leg, charm for,153.
Bassetts, legend of,105.
Bat and ball, game of,12.
Bathes of Kilkhampton, legend of,109.
Bees, superstitions about,137.
Birds,14,60,131,138,163,167,205.
Blanchminsters, of Stratton,109,113.
Blazey,St., feast of,19.
Blind-buck-a-davy, game of,184.
Board-em, card game,17.
Boconnoc, oak at,104.
Bobby Bingo, game of,185.
Bodmin Riding,46.
Body, superstitions about,169.
Bonfires,40,44.
Bottreaux (Boscastle), legend of bells,106;St.Nighton’s Kieve, near,107.
Breage,St., Pengersick castle in,86to88;bells of,88;wreckers,89.
Brownie,123.
Bucca (a spirit),79,85,129.
Buck-shee-buck, game of,186;Buckey-how,187.
Bull-baiting,5.
Buryan,St., legend of,77;Dawns Myin, in,ib.
Buzza’s hill (Scilly), legend of,113.
Camelford, battle near,58;wise woman at,155.
Camborne, feast of,5;game at,18;Bassetts of Tehidy, near,105;superstition at,154.
Card, games,17;table superstitions,169.
Cam Brea, legend of,56.
Castles, An-dinas,St.Columb,58;near Penzance,78;Treryn,77;Pengersick,86;Cromwell’s (Scilly),118;Chûn, Addenda.
Charles, King,118.
Charms,3,16,25,42,68,127,139;various,143to171, Addenda.
Chewidden Thursday,6.
Children, superstitions about,156;christening,157;May children,159;rhymes,160;diseases, charms against,ib.;superstitions,162.
Childermas day,14.
Church, ales,38,46;yard superstitions,168.
Christmas customs,6,19.
Cleer,St., legend of,21;Longstone,60;Holy well,61.
Cock-fighting,23;cock-haw, game of,188.
Columb,St., custom at,21;Shrove Tuesday,23;King Arthur,58.
Col-perra,22.
Conerton, manor of,83.
Constantine,St., feast of,25;tenure at,26.
Coppinger, wrecker,89.
Cornish pies,8,26.
Corns, charm for,148.
Cornwall, stone,93;on a Duke’s daughter (ballad),192;Stout Cripple of,200.
Cottrell house, legend of,106;Dupath well, near,ib.
Cramp, charm for,149.
Crowan, taking-day,48;superstition at,154.
Cubert,St., Holy well,3.
Curls (carols),7.
Cutters and Trucklers, game of,187.
Danes,74.
Dawns Myin (Merry Maidens),77.
Dead man’s hand (charms with),152.
Delabole, superstition at,130.
Dennis,St., Church of,104.
Dipping day,29.
Dodge,Rev.Richard, ghost-layer,97.
Dorothy Dinglet, legend of,99.
Dowsing (divining with the rod),131.
Dreams,163,164.
Drop the handkerchief,178.
Ducking chair,119.
Duffy and the Devil,10.
Earwigs, superstitions about,164.
Easter customs,26.
Elicompane, rhyme,205.
Ene, mene, etc., game formula,175.
Ennor Church,119.
Enodock,St., Church of,67.
Epilepsy, charms against,154, Addenda.
Epiphany customs,15.
Erisey, legend of,93.
Eye diseases, charms for, kinning stones,144;kenning herb,147;club-moss,151;cat’s tail,ib.;wedding ring,ib.;dead man’s hand,152;rope,153;well’s water, Addenda.
Fairies,120.
Falmouth, Christmas custom at,6;whist,17;legends of,101;river Fal,102.
Fire-works,40,43,46;superstitions,170.
Fishermen’s superstitions,132.
Flavel,Rev.Thomas, ghost-layer,95.
Flora-day,34.
Fools’-day,27;Fool, fool, etc., game,176.
Friday in Lide,24.
Friskee, game of,175.
Games,4,17,20,172.
Garrick Zans,74.
George,St., play of,10.
Gerennius, legend of,102.
Germans,St., May-day at,37.
Germoe,St., chair of,88;mine near89;wreckers,ib.
Ghost-layers,95.
Ghosts,60,68,76,77,79,82,85,91,93, Addenda.
Ghost at the well, game,182.
Giglet fair,14.
Godolphin house, tenure of,92.
Going a gooding,6.
Good Friday,25,150,159.
Goose or geese dancers,10.
Gorran, wise men of,107.
Grace,St., rhyme of,54.
Grade,St., tenure,93.
Grenville, Sir Beville,110.
Groaning cake,157.
Grylls,Rev., ghost-layer,98.
Gunpowder plot,4.
Gunwalloe, Church of,94.
Gwennap pit,38;parish customs at,159.
Gwenvor, legend of,73.
Hal-an-tow,34.
Halgaver Moor, carnival at,47.
Hallowe’en superstitions,3,159.
Hall Monday,21.
Hares, superstitions about,60,77,87,110,135.
Harlyn, customs at,25.
Harvest customs,52.
Hayle, May-day at,29.
Helford, Good Friday at,25;river of,100.
Helston, hurling at,20;Flora-day,34;Loe-pool, near,73;Meneage district, superstitions at,157;town bounds, Addenda.
Hiccough, cure of,150.
Hobby-horse day,30.
Hole in the wall, game of,177.
Holy Thursday,25.
Holy wells,St.Cuthbert,3;St.Austell,19;St.Maddern,32;St.Uny,33,127;St.Cleer,St.Nunne, Scarlet,61;St.Nunn,62;St.Jesus,St.Martin,St.Agnes,St.Neot,St.Piran,St.Keyne,64;St.Warna,118; Addenda.
How many miles to Babylon? game of,179.
Hurling, game of,20,25.
Ill-wishing,139;charms against,140, Addenda.
Ives,St., fair-mo,5;Christmas day,11;hurling,20;Knillian-games,48;legends of,68,75.
Jack’s alive, game of,16;the giant killer,57;Harry’s lights,134;o’-Lent,24.
Jago,Rev., ghost-layer,97.
James’ day,St.,48.
Jaundice, charm for,155.
John, Dory, ballad,191;of Gaunt,56;John’s day,St., customs,39;fires,40;fairs,41;superstitions,42.
Jolly miller, game of,184.
Just,St., in Penwith, feast,3;legend of,9;cairn at,70;cove near,74;legend of, andSt.Keverne,94;custom at,131;superstition at,154.
Kenegie, legend of,77.
Keverne,St., legend of,94.
Keyne,St., well of,64;chair of,66.
Kimbly (an offering),157.
King Arthur, legends of,57,74.
Kinning stones,144;kenning or kinning herb,147.
Knockers, legends of,8,61,120,128.
Knillian games,48.
Kook, game of,4.
Lady Queen Anne, game of,179.
Land’s End, rocks at,75;legend of,133.
Landewednack, Shrove Tuesday at,22.
Landrake, May-day at,29.
Langarrow, tradition of,67.
Lanhadron Park, oak at,104.
Lanivet, Lanivrey, feasts of,54.
Launceston, superstition at,34;witch’s tower,146.
Leed’s-town, ghost at,91.
Levan,St., carols,8;legend of,76.
Libbety, game of,186.
Little Colan, Palm Sunday at,24.
Lizard district,100.
Loe-pool,73.
Looe, East and West, May-day at,28,30;superstition at,158.
Logan rock,68,77,145.
Long hundred, rhyme of,204.
Lostwithiel, custom at,27;oak near,104.
Lyonnesse, tradition of,67.
Mabyn,St., legend of,59.
Madron, Maddern,St., feast of,5;well of,32;house in,83;superstition at,99;Mên-an-tol,104,160.
Malaga raisins, game of,177.
Malpas,103.
Marazion, wrestling,37;legend of marsh,85;Mayor of,ib.
Marble-playing,187.
Marriage superstitions,165.
Martin’s,St., Holy well,64.
Mary’s,St.(Scilly),112;Buzza’s hill,113;Peninnis,114;Tom Butt’s bed,115;Ennor Church,119;ducking chair,ib.
Mawgan,St., in Kerrier, Church of,105.
May, day, customs,28;Sundays in,32to34;superstitions,159.
Mên-an-tol, Perranworthal,103;Madron,104,160.
Menhir, near Fowey, legend of,103.
Merlin, prophecy of,78.
Merran,St., hurling match at,25.
Merry Maidens,77.
Mevagissey, Church of,107.
Michael,St., legend of,34;Mount of,65.
Miners’ superstitions,130.
Mock mayors,27,37,45.
Morvah, feast of,51.
Morwenstow, Church of,108;legend of,110.
Mother may I go out to play? game of,182.
Mullion,95;legend of,100.
Mylor, custom at,45.
Nails, to cut,162.
Nelson, death of,81.
Neot,St., Holy well,64;Church of,105.
Nettle stings,162.
Newlyn West, bonfires,43;legend of,79;Laregan river,84.
New year customs,14.
Nicky Nan night,21.
Nighton’s Kieve,St., tale of,107.
Nunne’s,St., Holy well,61;Nunn’s,St.,62.
Nut-tree hill,St.Germans,37.
Oak-apple day,37.
Old Witch, game of,180, Addenda.
Padstow, skip-skop night,5;May-day at,30;church near,67.
Palm Sunday,24.
Par-chapel well, carols,8;legend of,76.
Paul’s,St., eve, pitcher night,19.
Paul,St.(Pol-de-Leon), feast of,2;legend of,78.
Peasen Monday,21.
Pellars,139,142;rings of,ib.;visits to,144.
Pendeen, legends of,9,74.
Pengersick castle, legend of,86.
Penryn,45;legend of,79;Lillo’s play,101.
Penzance, feast of,2;Shrove Tuesday,21;Midsummer eve,39;fires,40;fairs,42;ghosts,79;tales of,83;butchers,84;rhyme of,85;superstition at,153.
Perran Porth, Good Friday at,26;legend of,67.
Peter’s,St., eve, Newlyn West,43;Polperro,44.
Picrous-day,6.
Pies,8,26.
Pig-in-the-middle, game of,176.
Pinny-ninny,18.
Piran’s,St., day,24;oratory at,26;legend of,64.
Pixies, stories of,120;rhymes of,122;charms against,126.
Polperro, superstition at,26;May-day at,29;feast of,44.
Porthleven, May-day at,37.
Porthgwarra, legend of,75.
Pray pretty Miss, game of,174.
Probus, Church of,53.
Quinsey, charm for,155.
Raleigh, Sir Walter,81,101.
Ranter-go-round, card game,18.
Riddles,206.
Riding, Bodmin,46;the hatch,70;a custom,167.
Ringing night,4.
Redruth fair,38.
Robin’s alight, game of,16.
Roche,St., Holy Thursday at,25;dance at,38;Chapel at,73.
Roll-tobacco, game of,39.
Rudall,Rev., ghost-layer,99.
Rules of contrary, game of,179.
Sailors’ superstitions,132.
Sancreed, Holy well near,33.
Scald, charm for,147.
Scarlet well,61.
Scat, game of,177.
Scilly, Christmas custom at,11;harvest home,53;News rock,94;description of islands,111.
Sennen, twelfth-night at,16;legend of cove,71;Table Mên,75.
Shallal, a custom,166.
She said and she said, game of,178.
Shingles, charm for,154.
Ship sail, game of,186.
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, wreck of,115.
Shrove Tuesday, customs,21.
Sickness, death, burial superstitions,167.
Sithney, fair at,52.
Skip-skop night,5.
Sleeping foot, charm for,150.
Snail, creep dance,39;superstitions,131,138.
Snake superstitions,155.
Solomon had a great dog, game of,177.
Spider superstition,60.
Spriggans,8,120,126;charms to drive away,127.
Staunch blood, to,151.
Stephen’s day,St.,14.
Strain, charm for,150.
Stratton,4;legend of,109.
Superstitions,130.
Sweethearts, trying for,3,16,25,33,42,165.
Sweet nightingale, ballad,199.
Talland, legend of,97.
Taking day,48.
Tetter, charm for,149.
Thomasine Bonaventure,110.
Three dukes a-riding, game of,172.
Thorn prick, charm for,148.
Thrush, charm for,159.
Tibb’s eve,St.,15.
Tintagel, castle of,57;superstition at,155.
Tom Toddy, game,189.
Toothache, charm for,149.
Towans,67.
Towednack, feast of,28;legend of,68.
Trecarrel, of Launceston, legend of,108.
Tregeagle, legend of,72.
Tresco (Scilly), Abbey,113,117;gardens, stone in,114;Piper’s hole,115;witches,118;wreckers,ib.
Trevilian, legend of,67.
Treryn castle,77.
Troth plight,114,153.
Troy-town,119.
Truro, fair at,52;custom at,103.
Tweedily, tweedily, twee, ballad,197.
Twelfth-tide customs,15,19.
Uncle Jan Dory, rhyme of,205.
Uny,St., well of,33,127.
Uppa, uppa, etc., game formula,188.
Vellan-drucher Moor,74.
Veryan, legend of,102.
Vesey, vasey, game of,175.
Vizzery, vazzery, game formula,175.
Vow, the lady of the,9.
Warleggan, custom at,9.
Warna’s,St., Holy well,118.
Warsail boys,14.
Warts, charms for,148.
Weigh the butter, game of,185.
Wesley,Rev.John, ghost story,99.
When shall we be married? ballad,198.
White witches,145.
Whitsuntide customs,37.
Whisk (whist),17.
Whooping cough, charms for,161.
Widow’s superstition,167.
Wildfire, charm for,150.
Winkey eye, game of,188.
Woods,Rev., ghost-layer,96.
Wreckers,89.
Wrestling,37.
Ye sexes give ear, ballad,195.
Zennor, Christmas custom at,7;Midsummereve,41;legend of,70;old custom at,166.