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similar game, 27; on bridal party jumping over stool at Bamburgh, 38; on a Christmas song, 71; story of the girl who stole the old woman’s money, 249–50
Cricket, misfortune follows the killing of a house, 122
Crieff, the last witch burned at, 245
Crockery or clomb: breaking it on Good Friday in Devonshire, 81; similar custom in Corfu, ib.
Crooked pins offered at wishing wells; sixpences lucky in pocket, 112—drive witches from churn 183; “things, lucky things,” 231
Crook Hall, haunted by a “white ladie,” 314
Cross, mark of, made on chimney crook—on tools and utensils in Scotland as a protection against evil spirits—on sheep by Durham butchers—by house-wives on dough and loaves, 257–8
Cross, The, made of palm, cypress, olive, and cedar, 151
Crow: an ominous bird, 126; child’s charm against, 25; Satan can take its form, 277
Crowing hen, see Hen
Crown of Thorns made of white thorn, 152
Cuckoo: a Sussex greeting to—believed to become a hawk—rhymes on—augury from its cry, in Sweden and Scotland—turning money on hearing, 93; a scolding old woman supposed to have charge of (Sussex), ib.; a Yorkshire adage, 94
Curlews: their cry known as the “Seven Whistlers,” 131
Cypress formed part of the Cross, 151
Dairy and witches, see Witches
Daisies, when foot can be set on twelve, spring has come, 113
Dalton Hill Head: a haunted house, 329
Dalton in Yorkshire: the giant’s grave and knife there, and story respecting them, 195–6
Danby, waff at, 46; witch of, hunted, 210–3
Dartmoor Vicarage, see Ghosts
Dawson (William), a wizard; relieves farmer’s stock from witchcraft, 218–9; his incantation to restore a young man to health, 220–1
Days and Seasons, 64–98
Days of week distinguished by certain epithets; two versions, 98; see Child’s Birth, Marriage
Dead horses and calves hung to branches of trees in Sussex, 167; thought lucky for the cattle, ib.; originally a sacrifice to Odin, ib.
Dead man’s hand, see Goitre, Wen, Hand of Glory.
Dead man’s nails, see Ague
Dean and Chapter: a mixture of the remnants of medicine bottles—a Durham specific for all complaints, 162
Death, opening the door at the time of, 56–7; with falling tide believed to be most usual—David Copperfield quoted—state of tide at time of death inserted in parish register of Heslidon—Sir John Falstaff parted “at turning o’ the tide”—a change of temperature then occurs, 58; difficult on beds
