Warcock Hill, 17 Warrington Ale, 259 Warton, Royal Manor of, 284; wedding customs at, 265 Warts, cures for, 78; caused by washing in egg-water, 121 Water Sprites, 89 Weather Omens, 141-145, 149-152 Wedding Customs, 263; in the Fylde, 264; at Warton, 265; at Burnley, 265; various, 268 Weddings at Manchester Church, 265 Well at Wavertree, 169 Well, Peggy's, 170; Legend of, 171 Well, St. Helen's, in Brindle, 172; near Sefton, 173 Wells and Springs, dedicated to saints, 169 West Houghton Wakes, 260 Whitsuntide, 246; Fair, 246; 16th Sunday after, 250 Whitsuntide Ales, 246 " Tuesday, 248 " week, 247 Whooping Cough, 10 Wicken or Wiggen Tree (the mountain ash), 72 Widersinnis, or Deasil, 151; Withershins, 140, 151 Widow, Burial of a, 273 Widows, manorial customs, 281-285 Wilder Lads, 48 Will-o'-th'-Wisp, 53 Winwick Church, 89 Wise Men and Cunning Women, 121 Wizards, 87; Swimming a, _ib._ Wooden Shoes and Oaten Bread, 259 Woollen, burying in, 269 Wounds, to cure, 74; Vervain, 76 Wycoller Hall, Christmas at, 256 Yule Loaf, 256 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Lancashire Folk-lore, by John Harland and T. T. Wilkinson