Rippling of flax, 168-169; of hemp, 169. Rippling-comb, 168; of Egyptians, 178. Roasting ears, 134. Roasting-kitchens, 65. Rock for spinning, in Egypt, 178; in India, 178; in New England, 179. Rock-candy, 157. Rocking-tree, of loom, 220. Rochester, house-raising at, 410. Rolliches, 154. Rolling-roads, 330. Rolling-up a house, 6. Roof, of Dutch houses, 10; gambrel, 22. Roquelaure, 295. Rosselini, quoted, 178. Roving, of yarn, 201. Rowley, spinning match at, 184. Ruffler for flax, 172. Rum, manufacture of, 163; in New England, 163; in slave-trade, 163-164; at house-raisings, 410. Rush, for scouring, 85. Rushlight, 38. Rutland, cave-dwellers in, 3. Sabba-day house. See Noon-house. Sabin Hall, 14. Sack, law of sale, 357. Sacjes, 386-387. Saco, communal privileges in, 390. Safeguards, 295. Salem, coloring houses at, 23; lobsters at, 117; fisheries at, 121; milk in, 148; sumptuary laws in, 283; taverns at, 356-357; night-watch in, 363; meeting-house in, 364; seats for boys at meeting in, 372; swineherds in, 403. Saler, 78. Salisbury, meeting-house at, 369. Salmon, price in Boston, 123; low regard of, 123; fishing for, 124. Salt-cellar, 78-79. Salting of fish, 124; of meat, 153. Samp, mode of preparing, 131-132, 134; porridge of, 134. Samplers, 265-268. Samp-mills, 133. Samp-mortars, 133. Sap-buckets, 112. Sap-yoke, 113. Sassafras, as dye, 194; for soap, 255. Sausages, making of, 154-155. Sausage-gun, 154. Save-alls, 42. Scaffold, name for pulpit, 368. Scarne. See Skarne. Sconces, 42. Scouring-rush, 85. Scutching. See Swingling. Scythe snathe, 309-312. Seal of Germantown, 181. Seating the meeting, 370-371. Seats, at table, 101; in New England meetings, 369; in Virginia churches, 383-384; in Dutch churches, 386-387. Section. See Bout. Sedan-chairs, 356. Sermons, length of, 376. Sewall, Samuel, quoted, 354-356; character of, 418. Shad, low regard of, 123-124; price of, 124; fishing for, 124; salting of, 124. Shallop, 328. Shed, in weaving, 221. Sheep, in Massachusetts, 188; laws about, 188, 189; herding of, 409. Sheep-folds, 401. Sheep-herds, 401. Sheep-ranges, 401. Shelburne, girls work in, 262. Shepster, 187. Sherry-vallies, 296. Shingles, making of, 316-317. Shingle-bolts, 318. Shingle-mould, 317. Shoe-pegs, 315-316. Shuttles, for loom, 224-225. Sign-boards, name on, 358-359; historical value of, 359; of Philadelphia, 359; of Baltimore, 359. Sigourney, Mrs., quoted, 277-278. Silk-grass, 211. Silver, use of, 89-92. Skarne, 216-217. Skeins, of flax thread, 175. Skillet, 50. Skilts, 236. Slave-kitchen, 54. Slave quarters, 14. Slavery, in New England, 163; in Virginia, 164. Sleds, 343. Sleighs, in New York, 355. Sley, of loom, 219-220; price of, 224. Slice, 67. Slippings, of flax thread, 175. Smith, John, quoted, 115-116; plants corn, 127; description of first Virginia church, 381-382.