Flax basket, 173. Flax-brake, 169-170. Flax hetchels, 172. Flaxseed, how sown, 167; how gathered, 168, 176; how stored, 176. Flax-thread, spinning of, 174; knotting of, 175; reeling of, 175; bleaching of, 175; backing of, 175. Flax-wheel, revival of, 167; use of, 174; price of, 177. Flint and steel, 48. Flower, a national, 141. Flowers, in churches, 383; old-time, 421 _et seq._; folk-names of, 448; age of, 443-445; persistency of, 447; escaped from cultivation, 448. Flower-seeds, sold by women, 440-441; old list of, 441. Flutes, in meeting, 378. Flying-machine, 345. Fly-shuttle, 228. Food, from forests, 108-114; from sea and river, 114-125; transportation of, 143; entirely from farm, 158; substitutes, 158-159. Foot-mantle, 295. Foot-paths, 329. Foot-stoves, 375, 385. Foot-treadle, of loom, 219. Foot-wheel. See Flax-wheel. Foote, Abigail, diary of, 253. Forefathers' Dinner, 129. Forests, destruction of, 52; riches of, 108-114. Forms, 101. Forks, use of, 77; first, 77. Forts, as churches, 365, 385. Fox, George, bequest of, 437. Franklin, quoted, 53, 181; fairs encouraged by, 191; advertisement of, 292-293; as postmaster, 333; set milestones, 335; cyclometer of, 335-336; on canals, 353; in sedan-chair, 356. Franklin stove, 70. Fraxinella, 449. Fringe-loom, 227. Frocking, striped, 237. Fulling-mill, in Boston, 188. Fulling-stocks, 232. Fulham jugs, 98. Funerals, rings at, 298; gloves at, 298-299. Furs, search for, 115. Fustian, in America, 237; in Europe, 237. Gallows-balke, 53. Gallows-crooks, 53. Gallows-frame. See Tape-loom. Gambrels, 310. Gambrel roof, description, 22. Games, with corn, 139. Garden, an old-time, 419 _et seq._; in New England, 419 _et seq._; in southern colonies, 438-439; in New York, 439-440. Garnish of pewter, 85. Garrison house, 26. Garter-loom. See Tape-loom. Geese, raising of, 257-258; pickings of, 257-259; noise of, 258. Georgia, deer in, 109; turkeys in, 110; hand-weaving in, 249-251. Georgius Rex jug, 99. Germantown, flax-raising at, 181; flax-workers at, 181; seal of, 181; wool manufacture at, 190. Gibcrokes, 53. Gimlet, 305. Giotto, loom of, 213. Girdling, of trees, 403. Girls, dress of, 289-292; seats in meeting for, 372. Giskins, 96. Glass, in windows, 23, 366; nailed in, 366; for lamps, 46; early use of, 92. Gloucester, old house at, 70; fishing at, 122-123; communal privileges in, 390. Gloves, given at funerals, 298-299. Going a-leafing, 67. Goldenrod, as dye, 193. Goloe-shoes, 295. Gookin, quoted, 137. Goose-basket, 258. Goose-neck andirons, 62. Goose yoke, 258. Gorse. See Woad-wax. Gourds, cups of, 96; utensils of, 309. Grant, Mrs. Anne, on Dutch gardens, 439. Grapes, 145. Grassing, of linen, 234. Greeley, Horace, on canal-travel, 353. Gridirons, 61. Grist-mill, earliest, 133. Guinea wheat, 129. See Corn. Gun, as summons to meeting, 368.