Election of King of Bean, 7 England "Merry," 1, 125, 126 _English Villages, Our_, 3, 80 Epiphany, 5 Erasmus, _Colloquies_ of, 113 Evelyn's _Diary_, 90 Fairs, 3, 80 Falconer, 87 February, 13 Festivals, 3, 36, 50, 118 Finsbury, 28 Football, 20, 21, 41 Foot-races, 22, 38 Fox-hunting extraordinary, 17 France, home of tennis, 39 Gambling, 112 Games, minor ball, 71 " ball, 20, 21, 64, 71 " indoor, 21, 112 George Herbert, 51 Golf, 66, 68 Good Friday cake, 33 Gospel trees, 50 Grasmere, 72 Guildford, cricket at, 62 Gunpowder Plot, 108 Guy Fawkes, 107 Hambledon Cricket Club, 63, 64 Handball, 27 Handball in Church, 38 Harvest home, 75, 79 Hawking, 84 Heaving, 37 Herbert, George, 51 Herefordshire custom, 6 Herrick, 9, 31, 74, 115, 119, 125 Hobby-horse, 26 Hock-cart, 75 Hocking, 54 Hock-tide, 41, 42 Holland, golf introduced from, 66 Horse-collar, grinning through a, 54 Hot cross buns, 33, 34 Hunting, 13, 17 Hurling, 22, 23 Indoor games, 21 Ireland, 50 Isaak Walton, 17 January, 1 Jersey, 59 Jingling match, 56 John's, St., Eve, 57 Jousts, 94 July, 61 June, 52 Kenilworth Castle, pageants at 103 Kent and Sussex, first homes of cricket, 62 King of the Bean, 7 Lammas, 74 Lancashire, 49 Lawn-tennis, 70 Lifting, 37 Lillywhite, 65 Local customs, 4, 5, 6, 12, 19, 20, 24, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 50, 54, 60, 62, 78, 81, 107, 108, 109, 117, 123 "Lord of Misrule," 125 Magdalen hymn, 45 Magdalen pulpit, 60 March, 25 Martinmas, 110 Maundy Thursday--Money, 33 May--May Day, 44 May-pole, 45, 46, 48 May Queen, 46 "Merry England," 1, 125, 126 Mews, origin of word, 88 Michaelmas, 88 Midsummer Eve, 58 Minor ball-games, 71 Miracle plays, 36, 57, 98 Misrule," "Lord of, 125 Mitford, Miss, _Our Village_, 64 _Moralities_, 99 Mothering-Sunday, 31 Mummers, 124 _Mysteries_, 57, 98, 100 New Year's Day, 45 _Nicholas, St., The Image of_, mystery play, 99 Nicholas, Day, St., 116 _Noah and the Flood_, mystery play, 98 November, 105 October, 92 Old songs, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 23, 28, 36, 46, 63, 75, 76, 77, 109 Orchards, wassailing of, 4, 6 Otter-hunting, 17 _Our English Villages_, reference, 3, 80 _Our Village_, reference, 64 Outdoor winter sports, 7 Oxford customs, 109, 123 Pace, _Pasche, Paschal_, eggs, 37 Pageants, 101 Pall Mall, 68 Palm Sunday, 32 Park, St. James's, 68 Parson, country, 50 Pea, Queen of, 8 Pig-catching, 56 Pigeon-holes, 56 Plagues, 72 Plough Monday, 9 Pole-leaping, 38 Purification, 18 Puritans, 47 Quarter-staff, 38, 54, 56 Queen of the Pea, 8 Queen of the Play, 46 Quintain, 41 Reading town, 27, 42, 54 Reformation, 9, 18, 22 Refreshment Sunday, 31 Relics of Sun-worship, 51, 59 Revival of Bounds-beating, 51 Robin Hood, 28 Roch's, St., Day, 75 Rogation Days, 50 Royal golfers, 66 " tennis players, 69, 70 Rush-bearing, rushes in Churches, 49, 71, 72 Salisbury, boy bishop, 116 September, 84 Sepulchres, 35 Sheep-shearing, 79