"Arval" and "Arval Bread," 64 Aryan Myths and Legends, 16 Astrology, Divination by, 144 Auguries gathered from Shoes, 89 Baby and Kitten, 8 Banns, Superstitions about putting up, 43 Baptism, how rendered propitious in Scotland, 19 ---- Effect of, on Children, 18 Barring out, 27 ---- Addison's conduct at, 27 Beards, Dyeing of, 76 Bed, Folk-lore about, 118 ---- Position of, 119 Bellows, Superstition about, 120, 160 Bent piece of money, 133 Best man's prize, 46 Bible and Key, 135 Birds, Presages of Death by, 51 Birth and Infancy, Folk-lore relating to, 2 "Bishopping," good for rheumatism, 21 Bishop's Left Hand, Superstition respecting, 20 Biting the Glove, 95 "Black Ox" in Scotland, 51 Blade-bone, Divination by, 139 Bleeding of the Nose, 68, 150 ---- as a sign of love, 68 Blue Vein across Nose, 69 Brake or Fern, Divination by, 31 Bread, Superstitions about, 107 Breaking Egg-shells, 108 Bride and Looking-glass, 113 ---- Sun shining on, 40 Brides of Elizabethan Dramas, 39 Bride's Stockings, 86 Broom left in Room after Sweeping, 126 Burial of Dead among Greeks, 63 "Burial without the Sanctuary," 62 Burn or Scald, 151 Burning Hair, Omens from, 74 ---- tail of Coat, &c., 84 Butter-dock, Scattering Seeds of, 35 Cæna feralis of Romans, 64 Candle in Ghost's Hand, 54 Candles, Omens from, 130 Carbuncle in Ring, 96 Cards, Divination by, 144 Carrying the Dead with the Sun, 61 Casting Lot, Divination by, 146 Cat, Sneezing of, 123 Cats and Toads, Form of, assumed by Witches, 177 ---- Sucking Child's Breath, 13 Caul, Superstition about, 3, 4 ---- Hood's Ballad about, 3 ---- Price paid for, 4 Chairs, Superstitions about, 111, 118 Changelings, Superstitions about, 4 ---- Luther's remarks on, 4 Character of Book, 180 Charm-remedies, 148 Charmer, her power, 172 Charms against changing Children, 5 ---- to detect Changelings, 5 ---- against stumbling, 124 Cheeks, Itching of, 77 Cheese given by Bride, 42 Child Dying unchristened, 18 Childhood's Folk-lore, 16 "Chime Hours," Birth at, 2 Chiromancy, or Palmistry, 140 Christmas Eve, Divinations on, 34 Christ's College, Cambridge, Fellowships at, 103 Churchyard Lore, 61 Cinderella, a Nature-myth, 17 "Clock-falling," 117 ---- striking thirteen, 54 ---- losing stroke, 55 Clothes of the Dead, 83 Cock-crowing at Night, 52 "Connoisseur," Love-tests in, 29 Corn in Marriage Ceremony, 44 "Corpse-candles" in Wales, 54 Counting one's Gains, 133 Covering Looking-glass at Death, 113 Cramp, Charms against, 151 "Creeling" the Bridegroom in Scotland, 48 Crockery, Breaking of, 127 Cross on Dough, 170