[216] _Illustration of the Customs of a Manor in the North of England_, by Dr. Hibbert-Ware. [217] Rev. J. Booker's _Chapel of Denton_. [218] Baines's _Lancashire_. [219] Baines's _Lancashire_. [220] Rev. W. Thornber's _History of Blackpool_. [221] Baines's _Lancashire_. [222] Dr. Whitaker's _Whalley_. [223] Mr. Beamont's _Warrington in the Thirteenth Century_. [224] Mr. W. Beamont, in _Warrington in 1465_. INDEX. Agricultural and Farm Celebrations in the Fylde, 298 Alchemists, 23; two Lancashire, 30 Alchemy, 23 Ale, price of, 281; of Halton, 259; Warrington, 259; Cockerham, 281 Ale Founders, 281 All-Souls Night, 49 " Day, 251 Apostle Spoons, 262 Arrowsmith, Father, his execution and the dead hand, 158-163 Arval, cake and ale, 270-272 Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, 249 Ash-Wednesday, 221 Ashton, (Sir Thomas), of Ashton, 30 Ashton-under-Lyne, manorial customs of, 286, 289, 292, 293; the Lord's Yule Feast at, 286; Riding the Black Lad at, 289 Assheton (Sir John de), 287 " (Sir Ralph de), 290-292 Astrologers, Lancashire, 33 Astrology, 33 Auld Wife Hakes, 216 Averia (cattle, goods), 300, 301 Aylesbury webs and linen, 302 Baal Worship, 3-45 Bacon, Customs' dues on, 301 Ball, or "Old Ball," 234, 235 Baptismal Customs, 260 Barguest, bar- or barn-ghaist, 91 Barnacle Geese, 116-121 Bel, Belus, or Baal, 45 Belisama, the River Ribble, 4 Bells, church, 41, 42; passing and funeral, 41, 42; pancake, 44; curfew, 44; submarine, 44; verses, 42 Beltane or Beltein fires, 3, 45, 47, 48 Betrothing and bridal customs, 263 Bible, for direction, divination, and dreams, 20 Bible and key, 103 Bidding to funerals, 274 Birth and baptismal customs, 260 Black Lad, at Ashton, 289 Bleeding, charms to stop, 77 Boggart, or bogle, 16; the name, 49; the flitting, 58 Boggart Hole Clough, 50 Boggarts, ghosts, and haunted places, 49; various, 58; in old halls, 51; in the nineteenth century, 61 Bones of St. Lawrence at Chorley, 157 Booker (John), of Manchester, astrologer, 34-38 _Books of Fate_, 145 Boon rents at Denton, 294 Boon shearing at Ashton, 292, 293 Bothe (Thomas del) his will, 241 Bowland, letting sheep, &c., 300 Bragot-Sunday, 225, 258 Bridal bouquet, 268; flowers, _ib._ Bride's chair at Warton, 265 Brindle Church, footprint at, 134 Bromley (Sir Edward), judge, 189 Brownies or _lares_, 16 Bryn Hall, the Gerards, and the dead man's hand, 158-163 Bungerley stepping-stones, 90 Burial by candle light, 273; of a widow in vows, _ib._ Burnley, the church, 89; a witch near, 209; wedding customs at, 265 Burying in woollen, 269 Cards, 140 Carlins, 258 Carnaval, 217 Carols, Christmas, 257 Carr Gulds, 290 Cartmel Church, Legend of, 137 Cattle Diseases, Charms for, 79 Celebrations, Farm and Agricultural, in the Fylde, 298 Changelings, 263 Charles I., King, 200, 240