Switzerland, St. Nicholas in, 218-9; Christmas-tree in, 267; birds fed at Christmas, 289 Sword-dance, 294, 299-301 _Sylvesterabend_, 274, 322 Tacitus, 200, 299 Tate, Nahum, 84 Tauler, 43 Teme valley, "first-footing" in, 324 Tenby, _Plygain_ at, 99; St. Clement's Day at, 212 Tersteegen, Gerhard, 75-6 Tertullian, 269 Teutonic New Year, 171-3, 189, 202-4 Thomas of Celano, 38 Thomas, Mr. N. W., 293 Thomas, St., his festival, 223-6 "Thomassin'," 226 Thurston, Mr. Edgar, 322 Tieck, 266 |400| Tille, Dr. A., 5, 110, 169, 172-3, 231-2, 268 Tipteerers, 298 Tolstoy's "War and Peace," 302 Tomte Gubbe, 236 Tonquin, feast of the dead in, 195 Totemism, 175-8 Tours, Council of, 21, 101, 239 Towneley plays, 128, 134-7 Trees, sacred, 177-8, 254, 269-71; flowering at Christmas, 268-9; Christian symbols, 271-2 Trest, Epiphany at, 344 Trolls on Christmas Eve, 235-6 Troppau, Christmas Eve at, 232 Troubadours, 36 Tuebingen, cradle-rocking at, 111 Tuscany, Christmas log in, 256 Tutilo of St. Gall, 123 Twelfth Night. _See_ Epiphany Twelve Days, declared a festal tide, 21, 239; variously reckoned, 239; supernatural visitors on, 239-47 Tylor, Dr. E. B., 191 Tynan, Katharine, 85 Tyrol, Midnight Mass in, 97; the crib in, 107-8; cradle-rocking in, 111; Christmas drama in, 143; "star-singing" in, 152; All Souls in, 191-2, 194; _Kloepfelnaechte_ in, 218; St. Nicholas in, 220; St. Lucia in, 223; Christmas Eve in, 236, 346; Berchta in, 243-4; customs with fruit-trees in, 268; Christmas pie in, 290, 345-6; St. Stephen's Day in, 311-2; St. John's Day in, 314; Epiphany in, 337; Carnival in, 349; Purification candles in, 353 Ubeda, J. L. de, 65 Uist, South, "breast-strip" in, 328 United States, Santa Klaus in, 220; New Year in, 323 Usedom, 201 Usener, H., 20, 107 Valdivielso, J. de, 65 Vampires, 215-6, 245-6 Vaughan, Henry, 81 Vega, Lope de, 149-50 Vegetation-cults, 177-8 Venetia, Martinmas in, 204, 207 Vessel-cup, 118 Villazopeque, 148-9 Vosges mountains, All Souls' Eve in, 191 Wales, Christmas carols in, 69; _Plygain_ in, 99; soul-cakes in, 193-4; Hallowe'en in, 189, 196-8; the "Mari Llwyd" in, 201; "new water" carol in, 333-4; Christmas football in, 349 Warnsdorf, St. Nicholas play at, 220 Wassail-bowl, 193, 285-6 Water, New Year, 332-4 Watts, Isaac, 83-4 Weather, ideas about, 203, 332 _Weihnacht_, origin of the name, 20 Werewolves, 246 Wesley, Charles, 84 Westermarck, Dr. E., 176 Westphalia, St. Thomas's Day in, 225 Whipping customs, 207-8, 315-7, 330 "Wild hunt," 239-40 Wine, Martinmas, 204; St. John's and St. Stephen's, 314-5 "Wish hounds," 240 Wither, George, 83 Woden, 200, 206, 208, 231, 240 Women, their clothes worn by men at folk-festivals, 178, 301, 304; unlucky at New Year, 324-5 Woolwich, St. Clement's and St. Catherine's Days at, 212