Number Thirteen, Superstitions about, 100, 101 "Nutcrack-night," 34 Nuts and Apples, Divination by, 31 Odd Numbers, Antipathy to, in School Games, 25 Omens associated with Rings, 97 ---- of approaching Death, 49 Onymancy, or Divination by the Finger-nails, 141 Opal Ring, unlucky to wear, 97 Open Grave at Wedding, 41 "Over-looking," Superstitions about, 71 Overturning Chair, 111 Ovid on June Marriages, 38 Ox or Cow breaking into Garden, Omen of Death, 51 ----, Anecdote respecting, 51 Palmistry, or Divination by the Hands, 78 Paralysis, Charms for, 160 "Parson's Penny" in Wales, 62 Picking Broom in Bloom unlucky, 52 ----, Anecdote respecting, 53 Pigeons' Feathers in Bed, 58 ---- Heart, Divination by, 34 Pin in Candle, 131 Pins, Superstitions about, 98 ---- in Witchcraft and Sorcery, 99 ----, Robbing Bride of, 41 Plants and Petticoats, 85 ---- in Love-charms, 30 ----, Omens of Death derived from, 52 Poker across Bars of Grate, 129 Popular Divinations, 134 Pork, eating Marrow of, 109 Position of Grave, 63 Prayers of Poor in Lincolnshire, 22 ----, Origin of, 23 ---- Taught by poor People to their Children, 21 Prevalence of Superstitions, 122 Prophesying before Death, 57 Puritans and Wedding-ring, 46 Rain, Rhymes about, 24 Rainbow, crossing out, 24 "Rattley-bags," 25 Rebuilding House fatal, 54 Red Hair and Beard, 75 Reversing Articles of Dress, 83 Rheumatism and Shoes, 90 ----, Charms against, 160 Rhymes used by Children, 23 Rings, Legendary Lore of, 95 ---- as Talismans, 96 ---- of dead Friend, 84 Rocking empty Cradle, 9 Rubbing Shoulders with Bride or Bridegroom, 41 Rural Bridegroom and Gloves, 95 St. Valentine's Day, 32 ----, Divination on, in Devonshire, 33 Salt on Breast of Corpse, 60 Salt-spilling, Superstitions about, 103 Seasons admitting or prohibiting Matrimony, 38 Second Sight, 173 Selling Eggs after dark, 108 "Shaping" of Wedding Dress for Divination, 46 Shift, Divination by, 30 Shivering as a portent, 131 Shoeing-horn and Shakespeare, 91 Shoe-throwing, 87 ---- at Weddings, 46 Shoes, Rhymes on, 90 ----, Superstitions about, 87 Shortbread at Wedding, 45 Sieve and Shears, 137 "Sin-eaters" in Scotland, 60 Sitting above and below the Salt, 105 ---- cross-legged, 80 Sleeping on Bones, 8 Small-pox, Remedies for, 161 Smith, Mr. G., the Assyriologist, and Dr. Delitzsch, 55 Snail, Divination by, 32 Snails, Rhymes about, 25 Sneezing and Sneezers, 122 Snow, Rhymes about, 24 _Sortes Virgilianæ_, 136 Sowing Hempseed, 29 "Spade-money" in Wales, 62 Spark in Candle, 130 Spasms, Cure for, 160 Spatulamancia, 139