Waterloo medals, 212. Weather rhymes, 127. Weather, signs of foul, 129. Wedding rings, 206. Wedding rings, posies for, 52. Welcoming the new moon, 240. Wesley's plate, 107. Westminster clock, 82. Whalebone, 177. Whims, alliterative, 21. Whipping toads to produce rain, 349. Whistling, sailors, 247. Whistling trees, 301. White elephants, 276. Whitening sugar, 134. White-breasted birds, 262. Whittington and his cat, 153. Why the cuckoo builds no nest, 256. Why the magpie builds half a nest, 257. Wierix's Bible, 9. Wife, returned, 224. Wife, to disappoint his, 192. Will, eccentric, 59. Will, John O'Gaunt's, 58. William the Conqueror, 155. Will-with-a-wisp, 313. Wine at two millions a bottle, 194. Winning a pair of gloves, 237. Wisdom, mob, 173. Witchcraft charms, 320. Witch-ridden horses, 340. Witch, weighing a, 328. Wolf superstitions, 346. Woman's cleverness, 221. Wonderful automata, 104. Clock, 83. Exhibition with bees, 217. Lock, 91. Spider's web, 294. Wren, 261. Worms, book, 291. Worshipful cranes, 263. Yearly food of one man, 207. Zoological cabinet, immense, 298. [Transcriber's Notes: Minor punctuation and apparent printing errors have been corrected without note. Proper names and place names sometimes appear with unfamiliar spelling but have been left in their original form. Hyphen usage has been standardised without note where a clear preference was found, although all quoted text was left as in the original. The following is a list of changes made. The modified line is shown first and the original line is shown second. Alliterative Whims. 21 confounding the cockney warblers, confounding the cockney _wablers_, Puritan Surnames. 38 Lower's English Surnames Lower's English _sirnames_ Amusements of some Learned Men. 44 Tycho Brahe polished glass for spectacles Tycho _Brake_ polished glass for spectacles Antiquity of Riddles. 63 and the most ingenious made riddles. and the most _ingenius_ made riddles. House of Hen's Feathers. 164 to pass the night in this immense dormitory. to pass the night in this immense _dormitoy_. St. George's Cavern. 165 of wormwood, and keep large fires burning to protect of wormwood, and keep large fires burning to _ptotect_ Curious Locality for Saying Prayers. 169 In ascending the lofty flight of In ascending the lofty _flght_ of Queen Anne's Farthings. 177 were designed by a German named Crocker or Croker, were designed by a German _name_ Crocker or Croker, Eating for a Wager. 184 worthy is to perform a Tryal of Skill on St. James's Day, worthy is to _preform_ a Tryal of Skill on St. James's Day, Candle Clock. 196 _Candlel Cock_. Musical Sand. 200 a singular sound is heard, which is first feeble, but may be a _singnlar_ sound is heard, which is first feeble, but may be