Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs - P. H. Ditchfield

INDEX.

Agape, suggested origin of "Church ales," [53]
Ales, Church, [52], [ 53], [ 57]
Alfred, laws relating to holidays, [5]
All-hallow Eve, [105]
Animals to be hunted, [16]
April, [36]
Archery, [25-31]
Ascension Day, [50]
Ascham's accomplishments of English Gentleman, [97]
Back-sword play, [81]
Baiting bears, bulls, &c., [89]
Bale-fires,[50]
Ball games, [20], [ 21], [ 61-71]
Barley-brake, [39]
Bath, wakes at, [81]
Battledore, [23]
Bean, King of, [7]
Berks—Old sports, [81]
"Bessy,"[ 9]
Blaize St., [18]
Boar's head at Christmas, [123]
Bonfires, 6, [57], [106], [108]
Book of Sports, [48], [ 50]
Bounds, beating, [50]
Bowl, [49]
Boy bishop, [116]
Bull-baiting, [89]
Burning wheel, [59]
Butts, [27]
Caber-tossing, [38]
Candlemas, [18]
Carols, [111]
Catherine, St., miracle play, [ 99]
Charlemagne, [58]
Chess, 112
Chester,[ 41], [48]
Choirs, Old, [111]
Christmas holidays,[ 5]
- customs, [118-126]
- at Court, [120]
Church decoration, [37], [49], [121],
Churchwardens' accounts, [34], [36], [42], [54], [72], [100]
Church ale, [52], [53], [57]
Church house, [53]
Cloudslee, William of,[ 28]
Club-ball, [65], [66]
Cock-fighting, [23], [ 24]
Cock-throwing, [23]
Collop Monday,[ 19]
Colloquies of Erasmus, [113]
Conversion of St. Paul, mystery play, [98]
Country parson, [51]
Coventry, [42], [103]
Crafte of Hunting, [16]
Cricket, [38], [61-65]
Cross-bow, [27]
Cudgel-play, [38]
Curling, [39]
Customs, local,[ 4], [ 5], [ 6], [ 12], [ 20], [ 24], [ 33], [ 34], [ 37], [ 38], [ 39], [ 40], [ 41], [ 50], [ 54], [ 60], [ 62], [ 78], [ 81], [ 106], [ 108], [ 109], [ 117]

Dances, country, on village green, [ 11]
Dancing with swords, [ 10]
December, [115]
Dedication festivals,[ 3]
Demands Joyous, [110]
Devonshire custom, [ 4]
Distaff, St., [ 9]
Dragons, [59]
Dues, Cock-fight, [ 24]
Early sport,[ 14], [16]
Easter, [36-41]
Eighteenth century cricket, [63]
Election of King of Bean,[ 7]
England "Merry,"[ 1], [125], [126]
English Villages, Our,[ 3], [80]
Epiphany,[ 5]
Erasmus, Colloquies of, [113]
Evelyn's Diary, [90]
Fairs, [3], [80],
Falconer, [87]
February,[ 13]
Festivals,[ 3], [36], [50], [118]
Finsbury,[ 28]
Football, [20], [21], [41]
Foot-races,[ 22], [38]
Fox-hunting extraordinary,[ 17]
France, home of tennis, [39]
Gambling, [112]
Games, minor ball, [71]
- ball, [20], [21], [ 64], [71]
- indoor, [21], [112]
George Herbert, [51]
Golf, [66], [68]
Good Friday cake,[ 33]
Gospel trees, [50]
Grasmere, [72]
Guildford, cricket at, [62]
Gunpowder Plot, [108]
Guy Fawkes, [107]
Hambledon Cricket Club, [63], [ 64]
Handball, [27]
Handball in Church, [38]
Harvest home, [75], [79]
Hawking, [84]
Heaving, [37]
Herbert, George, [51]
Herefordshire custom,[ 6]
Herrick,[ 9], [31], [ 74], [115], [ 119], [125]
Hobby-horse,[ 26]
Hock-cart, [75]
Hocking, [54]
Hock-tide, [41], [42]
Holland, golf introduced from, [66]
Horse-collar, grinning through a, [54]
Hot cross buns,[ 33], [34]
Hunting,[ 13], [ 17]
Hurling,[ 22], [23]
Indoor games, [21]
Ireland, [50]
Isaak Walton,[ 17]
January,[ 1]
Jersey, [59]
Jingling match, [56]
John's, St., Eve, [57]
Jousts, [94]
July, [61]
June, [52]
Kenilworth Castle, pageants at [103]
Kent and Sussex, first homes of cricket, [62]
King of the Bean,[ 7]
Lammas, [74]
Lancashire, [49]
Lawn-tennis, [70]
Lifting, [37]
Lillywhite, [65]
Local customs, [4], [5], [12], [19], [24], [33], [34], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [50], [54], [60], [62], [78], [81], [107], [108], [109], [117], [123]
"Lord of Misrule," [125]

Magdalen hymn, [45]
Magdalen pulpit, [60]
March, [25]
Martinmas, [110]
Maundy Thursday—Money,[ 33]
May—May Day, [44]
May-pole, [45], [46], [48]
May Queen, [46]
"Merry England,"[ 1], [125], [126]
Mews, origin of word, [88]
Michaelmas, [88]
Midsummer Eve, [58]
Minor ball-games, [71]
Miracle plays, [36], [57], [98]
Misrule," "Lord of, [125]
Mitford, Miss, Our Village,[ 64]
Moralities, [99]
Mothering-Sunday, [31]
Mummers, [124]
Mysteries, [57], [98], [100]
New Year's Day, [45]
Nicholas, St., The Image of, mystery play, [99]
Nicholas, Day, St., [116]
Noah and the Flood, mystery play, [98]
November, [105]
October, [92]
Old songs, [4], [6], [8], [13], [14], [23], [28], [36], [46], [63], [75], [76], [77], [109]
Orchards, wassailing of, [4], [6]
Otter-hunting, [17]
Our English Villages, reference, [3], [80]
Our Village, reference,[ 64]
Outdoor winter sports, [7]
Oxford customs, [109], [123]
Pace, Pasche, Paschal, eggs, [37]
Pageants, [101]
Pall Mall, [68]
Palm Sunday,[ 32]
Park, St. James's, [68]
Parson, country, [50]
Pea, Queen of,[ 8]
Pig-catching, [56]
Pigeon-holes, [56]
Plagues, [72]
Plough Monday,[ 9]
Pole-leaping, [38]
Purification, [18]
Puritans, [47]
Quarter-staff, [38], [54], [56]
Queen of the Pea, [8]
Queen of the Play, [46]
Quintain, [41]
Reading town, [27], [42], [54]
Reformation,[ 9], [18], [22]
Refreshment Sunday, [31]
Relics of Sun-worship, [51], [59]
Revival of Bounds-beating, [51]
Robin Hood,[ 28]
Roch's, St., Day, [75]
Rogation Days, [50]
Royal golfers, [66]
- tennis players, [69], [70]
Rush-bearing, rushes in Churches, [49], [71], [72]
Salisbury, boy bishop, [116]
September, [84]
Sepulchres,[ 35]
Sheep-shearing, [79]
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]