INDEX
"AKERMAST," 197.
.
Albinism, 255.
"Alcoholiday," 177.
Aldington, 1; band, 122; chapel, 5; concerts, 123; constable, 8; derivation, 1; farm, 3; hosiery factory, 7; manor, 2; prepares to resist Jacobites, 7; variants, 5, 8, 298, 299; village, 3.
Allsebrook, Rev. W.C., 5.
Alresford fair, 49.
Antona, 294, 297, 298.
Apples, 103, 169, 170, 171.
Archdeacon's visitations, 101, 102.
Arch, Joseph, 59.
Asparagus, 85, 86, 87.
Avebury, Lord, 214.
Avon, meaning of, 297.
Bad debts, farmers', 215.
Badsey, 1;
church innovations, 102, 110;
church restoration, 89, 90;
churchyard, 97, 98, 101;
"Feld," 207;
market gardeners, 85.
Barley, 216, 217.
Barnard, Mr. E.A.B., 5.
Barnard, parish clerk, 65, 92, 93, 95.
Bateman, Miss Isabel, 92.
Beech, 195, 196, 197; "groaning tree," 197; stage effect, 198, 199; Waterloo beeches, 197, 198.
Beef, American, 72, 155.
Bees, 17, 18.
Bell, William, farm bailiff, 12; bee-master, 17; brewer, 18; courage, 14, 15; generosity, 13; honesty, 20; limited outlook, 18; memory, 16; peace-maker, 15; quoted, 11, 14; repartee and wit, 13, 24; salesman, 17.
Bell, Mrs. William, 21.
Bellows, antique, 285.
Bell-ringers, 94.
Bewick, 258.
Bible, cunning use of, 40.
Blackbanks, 294.
Blackbirds, 265.
Blackminster, 294, 299.
Blackmore quoted, 182, 196, 225.
Blacksmith, 151, 152.
Blue distance, 237, 238.
Boer War, 66.
Boys at farm work, 39, 69.
Brandram, Mr., 92.
Bredon Hill, 237.
"Breese," 156.
Brigg, 241.
Brooks,
changing course, 239, 241;
diagram of, 252.
Buckle Street, 166, 296.
Buggilde Street, 157.
Bull, 54.
Bullfinch, 185, 186.
Buller, C.F., 113.
Butterflies, 273, 274, 275, 276.
Caldecott, Randolph, 191, 225, 236, 265.
Caravoglia, Signor, 123.
Carter boys, 39.
Caterpillars, 184, 248, 259.
Cattle, 153, 154, 157.
Chamberlain, Mr. Arthur, 88.
"Chap-money," 127, 129, 216.
Charles II., 7, 190, 227.
Charley, "silly," 93.
"Chawns," 211.
Cherries, 185.
China, old, 285, 286, 287.
Chinese slavery, 88.
Chippendale furniture, 95, 165, 285.
Chipping Campden, 18, 129.
Christ Church, Oxford, 90, 98.
Christmas, 21, 79, 95.
Church music, 102, 103.
Churning, 154.
Cider, 174-177; apples, 176; lead poisoning, 178.
Cirencester College, 147, 148.
Climate, effects on animals, 135, 136.
Cloud-burst, 249.
Coal-club, 63, 64.
Cockatoo, 265.
Coffers, antique, 193.
Coins, Roman, 300.
Coleridge quoted, 234.
Collins, Mr. Thomas, 90.
Colour, discordant, 95.
Competition, American, 59, 208.
Compton, Lady Alwyne, 92.
Confirmation, 103.
Constable, John, painter, 193.
"Co-rider," 30.
Coroner's jury, 64, 65.
Cotswolds, 2, 19, 29.
Cottagers, see Labourers; married couples, 72.
Council, County, election, 65.
Councils, parish, etc., 100.
Courtene, Sir Peter, 5.
Cowper quoted, 106, 264.
"Crabbing," 130.
Cream separator, 82.
Cricket, 119, 120;
Eton and Harrow match, 234, 235.
Cromwell, 227.
Cronje, 66.
Cruikshank, George, 133, 207.
Cuckoo, 184, 249, 259.
Curmudgeon, village, 99.
Cycling, 278; geology, 282; pageants of the roads, 279; pictures, real, 280; roadside creatures, 281, 282.
Dairy, 153, 154, 155.
Damsons, 182.
Dandie Dinmont, 266.
Daniel, M.N., on Pekingese, 268.
Daniel, S., 105.
D'Aumale, Duc, 203.
Dealers,
artificial fertilizers, 149, 150;
cattle, 127, 134, 135;
horse, 126, 127;
pig, 130;
sheep, 127, 128, 129;
wool, 145, 146.
Dewponds, 242.
Dialect, 158, 288-291.
Disease, human and plant, analogy, 224.
Dorset labourer, a, 71, 72.
Draining, 212, 213.
Duck, pet, 264.
Edgehill, Battle of, 6, 7.
Education, compulsory, 58, 116, 117, 118.
Eggs,
disqualified, 121;
hens', 164, 165, 166.
Elephant, African, 115, 116.
Elevator, 82.
Elms, 187, 188.
Emperors, Roman, 300-305.
Ermine, 281.
Evans, Mr. Herbert A, 263.
Evesham,
Abbey, 1, 4;
agricultural depression, 245, 246;
Vale of, 2;
water supply, 243, 244.
Fairs, 37, 49, 130, 227, 228.
Fairy rings, 47.
Farmers Newstyle and Oldstyle, 217, 218, 219.
Farrar, Dean, 111, 112, 113, 114, 288.
Fields, derivation, 207; large and small, 83.
Finance, 58, 68.
Fishing, 35, 36.
Flail, 80.
Floods, 241, 242.
Flower show, village, 121.
Foley, Lady Emily, 91.
Football, 120.
Forks, steel, 85, 86.
Foxes, 201, 254.
Fox terrier, "Chips," 266.
Fruit markets, 172.
Furniture, antique, 284; Chippendale, 285, 286; faked, 97.
Gainsborough, market cart, 193.
Gardener, an old, 53.
Ghosts, 67, 93.
Gipsies, 49, 200, 228.
Gladstone quoted, on ancient church, 89.
Gleaning, 211.
"Gloving," 77.
Goldfinch, 260.
Gold, hoarded, 58.
Goose, pet, 264.
Grace, Dr. W.G., 119.
Grafter, a, 141, 142.
Gray's Elegy quoted, 23, 46, 198.
Gryphea incurva, 213.
"Hag-ridden," 47.
Hardy, Mr. Thomas, 77.
Harrow School, 111; chapel, 113; fourth form room, 114; cricket match at Lords, 234, 235.
Harvest, 33, 244.
Hawfinch, 259.
Hawks, 202.
Hay-making, 69.
Hazel, 202.
Hedges, overgrown, 205; "pleaching," 59.
Heredity, 117, 118.
Herrick, reference to Gospel Oak, 195.
History of Evesham, May's, 68; Tindal's, 8.
Hoarding gold, 58.
Hoby, Sir Philip, 4.
Holiday outings, 78, 79.
Holly, 205.
Hood, reference to butterflies, 276.
Hops,
aphis, 221;
dioescious, 226;
drying, 31, 32;
introduction of Flemish, 205;
natural protection, 222;
pocket at R.A.S.E. show, 139;
Saturnalia, 227;
tying, 75.
Hop-poles, 202, 203.
Hop-yards, derivation, 221.
Horace, reference to farm work, 207.
Horizon, parochial, 18, 19.
Horses, 36, 40.
Hoskins, Chandos Wren, Talpa, on farming, 132; draining, 133; illustrates Horace's lines, 207.
Hospitium at Badsey, 67.
Huguenots, 7.
Hurdle-making, 150, 151.
Indian troops at Lyndhurst, 158.
Ingram, Canon Winnington, 300.
Inquest, 64, 65.
I.P., honesty, 56.
Irving, Sir Henry, 120.
Irving, Washington, Bracebridge Hall, on public distress, 245.
Jackdaw, pet, 264.
Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham, 90,96.
Jacobites, 7, 8.
Jarge, 23; bon vivant, 28; cider-maker, 175; daughter, 24, 26; discrimination, 26; hop foreman, 25; London trip, 28; narrow escape, 201; soloist, 29; sporting reputation, 24.
Jarrett monument, 6.
Jays, 265.
J.E.,
carter, accidents, 54, 55;
hop-washing, 55.
J.E., Mrs., 55.
Jim,
carter, 35;
angler, 35;
foresight, 41;
French horses, 37;
loyalty, 37;
ploughman, 38;
rheumatism, 40;
salesman, 37;
tender-hearted, 38.
"Jingoism," derivation, 72.
John C., shepherd, 46.
Keats, reference to trees, 187.
"King Arthur," 254.
King Edward VII., 138, 203, 234.
Kingfisher, 257.
King George V., 19, 249.
Kingham Old and New, 77.
Kingham Station, 59.
"Know-all," the, 73, 74.
Kruger, 66.
Labourers,
agricultural: bad temper, effect on animals, 74;
aesthetic feeling, 61;
enfranchised, 83;
enjoyment of grievance, 65;
feuds, 71;
honesty, 56;
interest in horrors, 64;
limited vocabulary, 62;
literal use of words, 62, 63;
not callous, 62;
"not paid to think," exceptional, 45;
recognize visible property only, 57;
resignation and fortitude, 60;
responsibility, effect of, 73;
reticence, 61;
savings, 57;
seldom slackers, 69;
suspicious of change, 63;
sympathetic, 58;
understand sarcasm, seldom irony, 73.
Ladybirds, 225.
Lamb, New Zealand, 162.
Lambs not to be killed, 160, 161, 162.
Land, division of, 84.
Land girls, 76.
"Leasing," derivation of, 211.
Leland, 4, 296.
Lind, Jenny, 124, 125.
Liver-rot, 160.
London, Bishop of, a former, 198.
Long Marston, 7.
Loudon, John, 197.
Machinery, 80.
Magpies, 256.
Maid-servants, 76.
Malvern concerts, 27, 90, 91, 92.
Martin, Mr. C.S., 139, 140; on cabbage butterflies, 275; wasps, 275.
Martin, Mr. Wm., on finding wasps' nests, 274.
Matriculation, young yeoman's, 283, 284.
May's History of Evesham, 68.
May, shelter during, 155.
Medicinal herbs during war, 45.
Melanism, 255.
"'Merican beef," 72, 155.
Merry gardens, derivation, 186.
Meteorology, 230-234, 237.
Mickleton tunnel, 29.
"Mist-bow,", 251.
Mistifier, 55.
Mist-lake, 252.
Mistletoe, 173.
Mole-catcher, 143.
Moths, 271, 272, 273.
Mountford's restaurant, 20, 21.
Mowing machines, 81.
"Mug," a, 140.
Names, place, 291-292; villagers, 292-293.
New Forest,
"commoners," 194;
communion between man and trees, 199;
land mostly poor, 188;
oaks, 189, 190, 199;
timber during war, 194, 204.
Nightingales, 261.
Nuthatch, 257.
Oak, 188, 189; American, 96, 97; attitudes of, 190; bark, 193; "Gospel," 195; history in, 195; heart of, 193; plantations, 192.
Obadiah B., thatcher, 148.
Onomatopoeia, use of, 196, 256.
Omnicycle, 22, 61.
Orchards, 167, 168.
Overton fair, 49.
"Ox-droves," 157.
Pageants of the roads, 279.
Parochial horizon, 18, 19.
Peacocks, 253, 254.
Pear trees, 179, 180.
Peking, relief of, 104.
Pekingese, 267, 268, 269.
Perry, 179, 180.
Pershore, 37, 197.
Peruvian guano, 87.
Pheasants, 204, 255.
Philips, Cyder, 175.
Picker, a, 103.
"Pleaching," 59.
Ploughing, 38, 39, 213, 214.
Plumber's story, 45.
Plums, 182, 183, 184.
Pony, "Taffy," 270.
Poodle, 266.
"Popery," 20, 110.
Postman, 122.
Potatoes, 18; disease, 222; Myatt's ashleaf, origin, 54.
Poulton, Miss, 90.
Poultry, 164.
Punch quoted, 19, 102.
Queen Victoria, 255.
Railway accident, 163; sleepers, 204-205.
Randell, Mr. Charles, 81.
Randulf, Abbot, 4.
Rat-catcher, 143.
Rats, 143.
"Reconstruction," 246.
Ridge and furrow, 213, 214.
Rival hedgers, 105.
Roads, ancient, 279-280, 283, 296-297.
Roberts, Lord, 66.
Roman coins, 300; Emperors, 301-305; remains, 294, 295.
Rooks' arithmetic, 260; building, 91.
Rottingdean, 262, 271, 276.
Rough music, 77, 78.
Royal Agricultural Society of England, 138, 139.
Rus in urbe, 234-237.
Ruskin, 81.
Ryknield Street, 156, 295-297, 300.
Sabbath-breaking, 163, 164.
Sales,
by bailiff, 132, 133;
books, 133;
fruit, 172;
sheep, 136, 137;
short-horns, 134, 135.
Salisbury, Lord, 90, 91.
Salter Street, 296.
"Satan leading on," 105.
Savory, Mrs. A.H., 86, 90, 122-124, 153, 164.
Savory, Mr. F.E., 250.
Selborne (see White), Church, 94.
Seventh Division in New Forest, 280.
Scapula, P. Ostorius, 297.
School Board, Badsey, 106; chairman, 107; economy, 115; "first duty" of members, 107; grouped parishes, 108; "ignoramus," an, 115; inspectors, 111, 114; mares' nests, 116; reading-book, 114; religious instruction, 109-111; reporters at meetings, 108; site for building, 109; "six little pigs," 114.
"Score," derivation of, 16.
Scots-fir, 204.
Scottish wool trade, 145.
Scot, Reynolde, on hops, 220.
Scrutator, 253.
Shakespeare, local phraseology, 289, 290; local reputation, 120.
Shakespeare quoted, on bargains, 126; carouse at Bidford, 179; content, 57; "daring" larks, 263; England if true to self, 66; fairy rings, 47; fool i' the forest, 191; gadfly, 156; hope and despair, 220; lady-smocks, 276; narrow outlook, 19; "pleaching," 59; Providence, 1; sweet of the year, 232.
Shappen, derivation, 129.
Sheep, 47-50, 158-160.
Sheep dipper, 142.
Shelley on skylark, 253.
Shepherds, 46, 50, 76, 77.
"Shepherd's neglect," 48.
Signhurst, derivation, 67.
Skylark, 263.
Sladden, Mr. Julius, 89, 121.
Snake and Toad, 282.
Snewin, carpenter, 42.
Squirrels, 281.
Stag-beetles, 277.
Steam power, 83.
Stockmen often resemble their animals, 162.
Stupid places, 292.
"Summer dance," 251.
"Summer-time," 230, 231.
Sunday work, 244.
Superstition, 18, 21, 46, 47, 67.
Tacitus, 297.
"Tantiddy's fire," 33.
Taylor, Chevalier, 52.
Telegraph wires in frost, 183.
Tennyson quoted, on apples, 167; business men, 141; changes of earth's surface, 239; dairy, 153; farming walk, 207; hazels, 202; home-made bread, 211; Morte d'Arthur, 1; music, 119; old oaks, 187; onomatopoeic lines, 196; our echoes, 288; politics, 80; royal oak, 195; spring-time, 202; steam cultivation, 83; "summer dance," 251; tea-cup times, 286; town and country, 230.
Tennyson at agricultural show, 139.
Temper, effect on animals, 74.
Temple, Sir Richard, 83-86, 88.
Thatching, 148, 149, 200.
Thistles, 260.
Thomson quoted, 36.
Thoreau quoted, 199.
Thrashing, 80, 81, 215.
"Three acres and a cow," 84.
Tom, 29;
caution, 33, 34;
draining, 31;
harvesting, 32, 33;
hop-drying, 31;
mowing, 30;
musical critic, 33;
tree-felling, 30.
Tom G., 41; accuracy, 42; builder, 44; carpenter, 41; efficiency, 45; epigram, 43, 44; teetotal, 41.
Trees, paintings of, 192, 193.
Tricker, 50, 51, 52.
Trout, 35, 36, 49.
Truffle-hunter, 144, 145.
Tusser, Thomas, on hop-growing, 220, 221.
Urchins, 264, 282, 291.
Valentine's Day, St., 160.
Vestry meetings, 99, 100.
Veterinary surgeons, 147, 148.
Vicar (my first) as prosecutor, 101; former ways of parishioners, 94, 95; impressive reader, 98, 99; "new farmers," 13; procession with choir, 102; restoration of church, 89, 90.
Vicar (my second)
declines to act on School Board, 109;
religious instruction, 110;
scholar, 104.
Vicar (my third),
innovations, 110;
relief of Peking, 104;
religious instruction, 110, 111.
Vicar, a Gloucestershire, 104.
Vicar of Old Basing, 165.
Victory, old battleship, 194.
Villagers, see Labourers, funeral, 15.
Villages, Cotswold and Vale of Evesham, 283.
"Viper,"
egg-eater, 166;
rescues children, 21, 22;
avoids "dipping," 142.
Virgil, Georgics, and farm work, 207; onomatopoeic lines, 195, 196; on planting trees, 168; prophetic lines, 300.
Wages, 68, 69, 70.
Waggon, an ancient, 139; name on a, 131, 132.
Wakefield, Bishop of, 230.
Walnut chair, 7.
War, great, 45, 161, 227.
Warde Fowler, Mr., 77, 78.
Washington, Penelope, 9, 10.
Wasps, 274, 275.
Water-rats, 144.
Waterspouts, 250.
Way-warden, 100.
Weather, abnormal, 247, 248, 249; signs, 233.
Wedding feast, a village, 65.
Weeds, 70.
Weighing machine, incorrect, 43.
Wellington, Duke of, 197.
"Welsher," a, 137.
"Wendy," Pekingese, 267.
Westwood, Professor, 276.
Weyhill Fair, 228.
Wickhamford, 8, 94, 299.
Wild geese, 263.
Wild, Miss Margaret, 92.
Will Hall farm, 235.
Will-o'-the-wisp, 249.
Willow ("withy"), 199, 201.
Wheatear, bird, 262.
Wheat:
growing, ruined by importations, 208;
harvest, 210;
hoeing, 70;
rick building, 212.
Whisky, 131, 178.
White, Gilbert, black bullfinch, 257; dew-ponds, 243; salted flesh, 296; Saxon plurals, 289; Selborne Church bells, 94.
White, Miss Maude V., 124.
Women on the land, 74, 75, 76.
Woodcock, 258, 259.
Woodpecker, green, 256.
Woodpigeons, 261.
Wool, 146, 147; staplers, 145.
"Woonts," 143.
Worcester, Battle of, 7; Bishops of, 103; butter market, 154; china, 161; hop-fair, 227.
Words, confusion of, 51, 52.
Wordsworth quoted, 61, 263.
Wren, golden-crested, 261.
"Wusser and wusser, old," 29.
Wych-elm, 53.
Yardley, Richard, will of, 5.