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- Abgarus, Letter of Christ to, [7]
- Ague, Charms against, [149]
- Apes, Leading, [43]
- Apple-peel as a love-test, [30]
- Apple-tree blooming twice, a sign of Death, [52]
- Apron, Superstitions about, [84]
- Articles of Dress, [81]
- "Arval" and "Arval Bread," [64]
- Aryan Myths and Legends, [16]
- Astrology, Divination by, [144]
- Auguries gathered from Shoes, [89]
- Baby and Kitten, [8]
- Banns, Superstitions about putting up, [43]
- Baptism, how rendered propitious in Scotland, [19]
- —— Effect of, on Children, [18]
- Barring out, [27]
- —— Addison's conduct at, [27]
- Beards, Dyeing of, [76]
- Bed, Folk-lore about, [118]
- —— Position of, [119]
- Bellows, Superstition about, [120], [160]
- Bent piece of money, [133]
- Best man's prize, [46]
- Bible and Key, [135]
- Birds, Presages of Death by, [51]
- Birth and Infancy, Folk-lore relating to, [2]
- "Bishopping," good for rheumatism, [21]
- Bishop's Left Hand, Superstition respecting, [20]
- Biting the Glove, [95]
- "Black Ox" in Scotland, [51]
- Blade-bone, Divination by, [139]
- Bleeding of the Nose, [68], [150]
- —— as a sign of love, [68]
- Blue Vein across Nose, [69]
- Brake or Fern, Divination by, [31]
- Bread, Superstitions about, [107]
- Breaking Egg-shells, [108]
- Bride and Looking-glass, [113]
- —— Sun shining on, [40]
- Brides of Elizabethan Dramas, [39]
- Bride's Stockings, [86]
- Broom left in Room after Sweeping, [126]
- Burial of Dead among Greeks, [63]
- "Burial without the Sanctuary," [62]
- Burn or Scald, [151]
- Burning Hair, Omens from, [74]
- —— tail of Coat, &c., [84]
- Butter-dock, Scattering Seeds of, [35]
- Cæna feralis of Romans, [64]
- Candle in Ghost's Hand, [54]
- Candles, Omens from, [130]
- Carbuncle in Ring, [96]
- Cards, Divination by, [144]
- Carrying the Dead with the Sun, [61]
- Casting Lot, Divination by, [146]
- Cat, Sneezing of, [123]
- Cats and Toads, Form of, assumed by Witches, [177]
- —— Sucking Child's Breath, [13]
- Caul, Superstition about, [3], [4]
- —— Hood's Ballad about, [3]
- —— Price paid for, [4]
- Chairs, Superstitions about, [111], [118]
- Changelings, Superstitions about, [4]
- —— Luther's remarks on, [4]
- Character of Book, [180]
- Charm-remedies, [148]
- Charmer, her power, [172]
- Charms against changing Children, [5]
- —— to detect Changelings, [5]
- —— against stumbling, [124]
- Cheeks, Itching of, [77]
- Cheese given by Bride, [42]
- Child Dying unchristened, [18]
- Childhood's Folk-lore, [16]
- "Chime Hours," Birth at, [2]
- Chiromancy, or Palmistry, [140]
- Christmas Eve, Divinations on, [34]
- Christ's College, Cambridge, Fellowships at, [103]
- Churchyard Lore, [61]
- Cinderella, a Nature-myth, [17]
- "Clock-falling," [117]
- —— striking thirteen, [54]
- —— losing stroke, [55]
- Clothes of the Dead, [83]
- Cock-crowing at Night, [52]
- "Connoisseur," Love-tests in, [29]
- Corn in Marriage Ceremony, [44]
- "Corpse-candles" in Wales, [54]
- Counting one's Gains, [133]
- Covering Looking-glass at Death, [113]
- Cramp, Charms against, [151]
- "Creeling" the Bridegroom in Scotland, [48]
- Crockery, Breaking of, [127]
- Cross on Dough, [170]
- Crowing Hen, [125]
- —— of a Cock, [138]
- Crying at Baptism, [19]
- —— Anecdote regarding, [20]
- —— at Wedding, [40]
- Cuckoo's Notes, [32]
- —— First Note heard in Bed, Ominous of Illness or Death, [52]
- "Cunning Man," [121]
- Curious Marriage Customs, [47]
- Cutting the Nails, [80]
- Dactylomancy, or Divination by Rings, [98]
- Dandelion, Divination by, [31]
- Days of Week, Sneezing on, [123]
- Dead Children cannot rest if Mothers fret for them, [15]
- —— Hand, Rubbing with, [78]
- —— Anecdotes respecting, [78]
- —— Man's Hand at Bryn Hall, Lancashire, [79]
- Death and Burial, Superstition respecting, [48]
- —— Announced by the Dying, [55]
- —— Bell in Scotland, [67]
- —— Anecdote of Hogg about, [67]
- Dee, Dr., and Magic Mirror, [114]
- Destiny of Children, how augured in Scotland, [19]
- Diamond, potent against Poison, [97]
- "Dipping," in Bible, [136]
- Divination among Children, [26]
- —— by Pins, [100]
- —— of Sex of unborn Infant, [3]
- Dog, Howling of, at Death, how caused, [50]
- Doorstep, Lifting Bride over, [42]
- Drawing Blood from Witch, [171]
- Dreams, What denoted by, [177]
- Dutch Parson and Will-o'-the-Wisp, [18]
- "Dying Hard," [58]
- Ears, Tingling of, [66]
- Easter Day, New Clothes on, [82]
- Ecclesiastical Dignity and Gloves, Association of, [94]
- Eggs, Divination by, [146]
- —— Superstitions about, [108]
- Elder Sister Dancing in Hog's trough at younger Sister's Marriage, [43]
- Emerald, and Purity of Thought, [97]
- Epilepsy, Remedies for, [152]
- Erysipelas, Amulets against, [153]
- Evil Eye, [6]
- —— in "Satires of Persius," [6]
- —— Lancashire belief about, [6]
- Exeter Lammas Fair, [94]
- Eye, Omens relating to, [70]
- "Eye-biting" in Ireland, [7]
- Eye-brows, Meeting of, [70]
- Eyes, Itching of, [70]
- Face, or Look-divination, [142]
- Fair, Opening of, announced by hanging out Glove, [94]
- Fairy-tales, What embodied in, [16]
- Feet, Folk-lore about, [80]
- —— Itching of, [80]
- "Fetch-lights," [54]
- Finger-nails, Superstitions about, [10]
- —— in Germany, [10]
- —— in Northumberland, [11]
- —— in Scotland, [11]
- Fire, Omens and Portents of, [129]
- First Teeth, Precautions taken when they come out, [10]
- —— Tooth in Upper Jaw, [8]
- Fits, Charms against, [154]
- Flat Feet and Bad Temper, [80]
- Flinging the Stocking, [85]
- Foot going to Sleep, [81]
- Fretting Baby, [12]
- Friday, an Unlucky Day, [128]
- —— Good for Love-omens, [35]
- —— Inauspicious for Marrying, [38]
- —— Lucky for Marrying in Scotland, [39]
- Funeral Feasts, [64]
- —— Meeting of, by Bride or Bridegroom, [40]
- —— Meeting a, [65]
- —— of Unmarried Girl, Custom at, [64]
- Furniture Omens, [111]
- Garters, Superstitions about, [86]
- —— Tying Knots in, [30]
- Gathering Rose on Midsummer Eve, [30]
- Getting out of Bed the wrong way, [119]
- Ghosts, Belief in, [174]
- —— do not appear on Christmas Eve, [175]
- —— Favourite Days for appearance of, [176]
- —— seen by Animals, [50]
- Gloucester, Duke of, Born with Teeth, [9]
- Glove, Use of, at Fairs, [95]
- Glove-money, [93]
- Gloves, Superstitions about, [92]
- Going in at one Door and out at another at Marriage, [41]
- "Going up" at Birth, [8]
- Gout, Charms against, [155]
- "Grave Scab," [14]
- —— Remedy for, [14]
- Graves, Position of, [63]
- Green Yarrow, [31]
- Grounds at bottom of Tea-cup, [110]