Shere Thursday, 33 Shrovetide, 19, 24 Simnell-cakes, 32 Single-stick, 35 Skating, 10, 38 "Spinster," derivation of, 9 Sports, Book of, 48, 49, 50 Sports, early, 14, 16 Songs, old, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 23, 28, 36, 46, 63, 75, 76, 77, 109 Soul-cakes, 106 Stool-ball, 66 Stuarts, 21, 48, 50, 66, 68, 80 Sudeley Castle, pageants at, 101 Sun-worship, relics of, 57, 59 Superstitions, 5, 33, 39, 50, 59, 106, 107 Sussex custom, 4 Sussex and Kent, first homes of cricket, 62 Tansy-cake, 38 Tennis, 68, 71 Tilting at a ring, 97 Tipcat called Billet, 23 Tournaments, 92 Trap-ball, 66 Tusser, _Five Hundred Points of Husbandry_, 79 Twelfth Day Eve, 5, 6 Twelfth Night, 7 _Undershaft_, St. Andrew, 48 Uncleanliness, 72 Valentine, St., 18 Wakes, 79, 80, 81 Walton, Isaak, 17 "Wassail," 4 Water tournament, 39, 40 Whistling match, 56 White Horse Hill, 54 Whitsuntide, 52 Willes, 65 Winter games, indoor, 10 Wise men from East, 7 Withers, Christmas song, 125 Wrestling, 59 Year, New, festivities, 4, 5 Yule-log, 118 * * * * * Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay