Specks on the Nails, 79 Speedwell and Snowdrop, 53 Spider, Superstitions about, 126 Spitting on Money, 132 Sprains, Charms for, 161 Staff, Divination by, 146 Standing in another's Shoes, 91 ---- on end, of Hair, 73 Stillborn Children, Graves of, 15 Stockings, Superstitions about, 85 Stolen Kisses and Gloves, 93 Stopping House Clock at Death, 117 Stumbling Up-stairs, 123 ---- on Threshold, 124 ---- at Grave, 124 Sty, Prevention and Cure of, 162 Sudden whitening of Hair, 73 Sunday good Day to marry, 38 ---- Lucky for Birth, 2 Superstitions about Marriage, 42 ----, value of, 1 ----, in what interesting, 1 ----, whence sprung, 1 Sussex Superstition about Children born on Sunday, 2 Sweeping, Superstitions about, 126 Symbolism of shoes, 88 Table Superstitions, 100 Tea-leaves, Divination by, 109 Tea-stalks, Divination by, 147 Teeth, Superstitions respecting, 72 Thirteen at Table, 101, 102 Three Magpies sign of a Wedding, 32 Thrush, Charm against, 163 Toothache, Charms against, 163 Touching Corpse among Poor, 60 Turning Back after starting, 132 Turquoise in Ring, 96 Typhus Fever, Remedies for, 165 "Unchristened Ground," 14 "Universal Fortune-teller," 2 Unmarried Person between Man and Wife, 111 Venetian Glass, Breaking of, by poisoned Draught, 116 Virgin Mary at Birth of John the Baptist, 8 Warts, Charms against, 165, 166 Watching dead Body, 61 Water used at Baptism, 20 Weakly Infants, how treated in Cornwall, 12 Wearing Looking-glasses, 115 Weather, Charms to influence, 23 Weather-lore from Fires, 129 Wedding-cake, 44 Wedding-ring, Divination by, 45 ---- placed in Wedding-cake, 45 ---- hired in Ireland, 47 ----, Notions about, 47 Wens, Cures for, 167 Whistling Woman, 125 White Gloves and Death of the Unmarried, 94 Whitsuntide, new Clothes on, 82 Whooping-cough, Cures for, 167 Will-o'-the-Wisp, Omen of Death, 53 William I. at Hastings, 83 Wine, &c., drank at Funerals, 64 "Wise Woman," 121 "Wishing-bone" of Fowl, 109 Witch taking form of Cat, 14 Witchcraft, Divination in, 138 ---- Precautions against, 169 Worthing, case of Dog howling at, 49 "Wrong Side of Church," 62 Yellow Hair and Beard, 75 Yew, at Christmas, 53 Young, Lieutenant, Announcement of Brother's Death to, 56 Zadkiel's Almanack, 142 CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., BELLE SAUVAGE WORKS, LONDON, E.C. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: _Underscores_ surround italicized text. Obvious typographical errors were repaired. Valid archaic spellings were retained.