INDEX TO PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

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Ale Christmas, account of[35]
Boar’s head and brawn[30], [32]
Boy Bishop, referred to[80]
Carol singing[173]
Carols, list of[207]
Carol, Merry, tale of[185]
Carol, Cherry Tree, account of[200]
Carol singing in France[192]
Christmas block[113]
Christmas boxes[149]
Christmas plays[153]
Christmas tree[151]
Cross, account of[204]
Epiphany, offerings on[37], [42], [55]
Evergreens, practice of decorating with[11], [127]
Feasts of fools and asses[13]
Fools, domestic, referred to[124]
Gray’s Inn, Christmas feast[93]
Gray’s Inn, Serjeant Roe’s play at[76]
Inns of Court, revels[73]
King of the bean[39], [42], [164], [166]
Lord of Misrule[60], [86], [91], [121-2]
Minced pies[138]
Misletoe[12]
Mysteries and miracle plays[48]
New year’s gifts[37], [39], [42], [47], [59], [78], [90], [99], [110], [123], [133], [143]
Noël, description of term[190]
Pageants, revels, and mummings[40], [44], [48], [65-70], [86], [106]
Pantomime, Christmas[152]
Star-song[171]
Temple Christmas feasts[92], [122]
Thirty pieces of silver, legend of[169]
Three Kings, history of[159]
Turkeys at Christmas[112]
Twelfth cake[166]
Twelfth Night—Epiphany[164]
Twelfth Night at sea[132]
Waits[83], [96], [116]
Wassail bowl[18], [55]
Yule, explanation of[5]