[10] It must be remembered that in mediæval Europe, and in England till the end of the seventeenth century, a kiss was the usual salutation of a lady to a gentleman whom she wished to honor. The Portuguese ladies who came to England with the Infanta in 1662 were not used to the custom; but, as Pepys says, in ten days they had "learnt to kiss and look freely up and down." Kissing in games was, therefore, a matter of course, in all ranks. [11] Mme. Élisabeth-Félicie Bayle-Mouillard, who wrote under this pseudonym, had in her day a great reputation as a writer on etiquette. Her "Manuel Complet de la Bonne Compagnie" reached six editions in the course of a few years, and was published in America in two different translations--at Boston in 1833, and Philadelphia in 1841. [12] See Nos. 10 and 36. [13] See No. 154, and note. [14] _Ballad_, _ballet_, _ball_, from _ballare_, to dance. [15] See Nos. 12-17. [16] Yet there is no modern English treatise on the history of the ballad possessing critical pretensions. It is to the unselfish labors of an American--Professor Francis J. Child, of Harvard University--that we are soon to owe a complete and comparative edition of English ballads. [17] In the country, in Massachusetts, _Thanksgiving_ evening was the particular occasion for these games. [18] The feast of _Flora_, says Pliny, in order that everything should _flower_. [19] So in Southern France-- "Catherine, ma mie--reveille-toi, s'il vous plaît; Regarde à ta fenêtre le mai et le bouquet." [20] "On May-day eve, young men and women still continue to play each other tricks by placing branches of trees, shrubs, or flowers under each other's windows, or before their doors."--Harland, "Lancashire Folk-lore." [21] The "Shepheards Calender" recites how, in the month of May, Youngthes folke now flocken in every where, To gather _May-buskets_ and smelling brere; And home they hasten the postes to dight, And all the kirk-pillours eare day-light, With hawthorn buds, and sweete eglantine, And girlonds of roses, and soppes in wine. "Sops in wine" are said to be pinks. [22] See Nos. 23, 26, and 160. [23] "In summer season howe doe the moste part of our yong men and maydes in earely rising and getting themselves into the fieldes at dauncing! What foolishe toyes shall not a man see among them!"--"Northbrooke's Treatise," 1577. [24] As I have seen the lady of the May Set in an arbour (on a holy-day) Built by the May-pole. --Wm. Browne. [25] In Cincinnati. [26] The same Greek word, _kora_, signifies _maiden_ and _doll_. [27] _Crepundia_; literally, _rattles_. [28] See Nos. 105 and 108. [29] See Nos. 91, 92, and 93.