Rhymes, accidental, 43. Dialect, 26. In search of, 26. Old weather, 127. Foul weather, 129. Rhyming charter, 42. Rhymer, Thomas the, 148. Rice, chewing, ordeal of, 309. Richelieu's boast, 79. Richelieu, copy of a letter written by, 51. Riddles, antiquity of, 63. Riddles, book of, 13. Rights and lefts, 216. Right and left hand, 197. Ringing, articles of, 126. Bell, in Holland, 122. The changes, 122. Rings, cramp, 313. Posies for, 52. Rubbing with, 341. Toad-stone, 317. Wedding, 206. River of ink, 200. Roasting a black hen's heart at midnight, 267. Robin Hood, grave of, 118. Robin, killing a, 254. Roc, fabulous, 270. Rollers, discovery of composition for, 133. Roman stamp, 91. Roses, attar of, 215. Jericho, 303. Midsummer, 307. Rouen, great bell of, 110. Royal dinner time, 318. Royal, medallions only for the, 171. Royal sportsmen, 215. Roving tinkers, 168. Rubbing with a gold ring, 341. Rules, household, in the sixteenth century, 56. Sacred anchors, 179. Sacro Catino, 99. Saffron as a perfume, 202. Sagacity of a bird, 273. Sailors whistling, 247. Salagrama stone, 334. Salute, military, 75. Salt, preserved in, 157. Salt, spilling, 336. Sand, musical, 200. Satanic superstitions, 231. Saturday a fatal day to the royal family of England, 57. Saviour, brass medal of the, 44. Saviour, death warrant of the, 45. Scapegoat, the camel as a, 275. Scarborough fishmarket, 198. Scarlet, Parisian, 139. Scipio's shield, 97. Scotland, curse of, 227. Screens, tavern, 71. Scripture, prices, 175. Sea, few fish found at, 199. Sea-woman of Haarlem, 150. Self-esteem, inordinate, 76. Selecting an avocation, 343. Selling snails, 190. Seventh son of the seventh son, 324. Shakespeare, parallel passages, 32. Shaking aspen, 302. Shaved bear, 277. Shells, chank, 298. Shells, colossal, 297. Sheep, Don Quixote's, 40. Shirts growing on trees, 300. Shoe-black plant, 306. Shoes, horse, 314. Rights and lefts, 216. Origin of long-toed, 209. Throwing an old, 319. Showers of blood, 299. Sibylline books, 16. Signature of the cross, 79. Signs in New York, curious, 74. Signs of foul weather, 129. Silver book, 12. Silver, German, 138. Simply on account of her name, 79. Singular burial customs, 236. Coincidence, 71. Hindoo vow, 231. Provision against famine, 283. Specimen of orthography, 34. Sir Henry Wotten's strange dream, 243. Sir John Moore not buried at night, 28. Sitting cross-legged, 330. Skeletons at feasts, 183. Skull, buffalo's, 322. Pope's, 211. Watches, 86. Slave advertisements, 27. Sleep, composition during, 35. Sleeping on stones, 336. Smokers, ancient, 181. Smuggler's talisman, 341. Snake's attachment for home, 296. Snuff-box, Burn's, 103.