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Wishing Wells, visiting the, iii. 443
Wishy-washy, its etymology, ii. 64
Wit in unsuspected placen, xi. 446
Witch, a kind of lamp, x. 483; xi. 192
Witch superstitions in the republic of Colombia,
vii 366
Witchcraft: in nineteenth century, ii. 466; collection of tracts relating to, iii. 208, 317 J on Deeside, xi. 208; in Essex, xii. 186, 313 Witchelt = ill-shod, v. 9, 58
Witches, Lancashire, in seventeenth century, iii. 223 Witcombe (J. J.) on Whitcombe or Whetcombe
family, v. 515 Witham arms, xii. 149 Wither (George), his 'Collection of Emblems,' v. 374
his poetry, xi. 266, 409, 492
Withred, King of Kent, his journey to Rome, ii. 8 Withycombe Church struck by lightning, iii. 26, 136,
342
Witnessing by signs, xi. 109, 175, 237, 294, 418 Woad, its definition, v. 246 Woffington (Mary), her portrait, xii. 309 Woking Churchyard, wonderful plant in, xi. 148 Wolfe (Rev. Charles), alternative readings in 'The Burial of Sir John Moore,' iv. 21, 177, 336; his claim to its authorship, vii. 461 ; viii. 72, 169, 188; ix. 83; xi. 105, 143, 214
Wolferstan (E. P.) on ' corns calamus, ii. 377; iii. 73. Adderley (G. and R.), v. 323. Bar-At-Gin & Co., v. 297. Baulk: Balk, ii. 308. Bill: William Bill, vi. 265. Boulder stones, vii. 136. Corn-crake, iv. 58. Cutting babies' nails, vi. 93 February fill- dyke, v. 188. French proverb, iii. 317. " Gentle- men and ladies," iv. 528. Looking-glass folk-lore, vi. 131. Moated mounds, v. 399. Pewter and its marks, iv. 506. Hectors of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, vi. 458. Weather-lore, iv. 437 Wolffsohn (Lily) on Neapolitan marvels: Virgilius,
xii. 509
Wolfram von Eschenbach, his biography, xii. 288, 398 Wollaston (William), biographical notes on, iii. 29 ; early editions of 'Religion of Nature Delineated,' xii 486
Wollaston family arms, ii. 429; iii. 29, 78, 211 Wolsey (Cardinal), his leaden water-pipes, ii. 112 Wolstan on wife of the third Viscount Bourke, v. 236 Wolverhampton, charter relating to St. Peter's, ii. 46,
214; iii. 70, 149
Woman, creation of, Bulgarian legend, iv. 465 Woman, man disguised as, vii. 248, 358 ; married,
"maiden " applied to a, xi. 128, 232, 318 Women, as barbers, ii. 476; vi. 10; epigram on, ix.
288, 378; their status in the Talmud, xi. 221 Women, married, arms of, xi. 114, 197, 313, 477 Wonham, place-name, viii. 283, 353 Wooburn Church, near Maidenhead, bells in, xii. 144 Wood (H.) on Henrietta, Lady Wentworth, i. 475 ;
ii. 49 Wood(J.) on Richter's 'Dream of Infinity,' vi. 106.
Source of quotation sought, vi. 106 Wood (J. Warrington), d. 1886, sculptor, xi. 308, 398 Wood engravings, hand printed books from, iii. 424 Woodall ( W. O. ) on ' ' International Library of Famous
Literature," v. 24 Wooden horse, military punishment, v. 82, 253
Woodford (Samuel) and Walton and Beale, i. 284
Woodham (Mrs.), her biography, ii. 508 ; iii. 36
Woodhouse (Robert), 1773-1827, his portrait, x. 7
Woodin (W. S.), public entertainer, x. 109, 233, 331
Woodlands, Blackheath, carved panels removed, i. 269
Woodrow (G. M.) on " Gardening, man's primeval
work," xii. 129 Woods, the "chink" of, v. 432, 498 ; vi. 154, 235,
314
Woodvine, meaning of the term, xii. 320 Woodward (G. M.) illustrations of ' Seven Ages of
Parsons, 'ii. 309
Woodward (Rev. John), LL.D., his death, i. 500 Woodward (Philip), his translation of ' The Dialogves
of S. Gregorie,' viii. 338
Woodwork in English cathedrals, vi. 68, 135 ; in Pavenham Church, x. 508 ; in Herefordshire and Shropshire, xii. 148 Woodworth (Samuel), his " The moss-covered bucket,"
ix. 148, 257
Wool as a foundation for buildings, xi. 309, 516 Woolford (H.) on bastardy, iv. 108 Woollery (Frances), eighteenth-century actress, vii. 49 Woolpit, co. Suffolk, and fairy mythology, v. 47, 155,
422
Woolward (E. M.) on " Little Man of Kent," i. 146 Woore, in Salop, its etymology, v. 128, 236 ; vi. 33,
157,218,312; vii. 134, 252* Worcester, arms of the see, i. 427, 477 ; ii. 236 Worcestershire dialect, its grammar, iv. 476 ; v. 33 Worcestershire folk-lore, vi. 410 ; vii 54, 255, 374 Word, a missing, xii. 107 Word-coinage, curious, ix. 347, 494 Word-corruption, example of, v. 105, 217 Words, American : linkumfiddle, ix. 355 Words, compound in poetry, ii. 224, 505 Words, longest in the English language, vi. 147 Words with female terminations, ii. 42, 291 Wordsworth (Christopher), edition of Crakanthorp,
xi. 469, 498 ; xii. 32
Wordsworth (William), and Burns, i. 208, 278; allusion by Scott, ii. 489 ; Hi. 114 ; quoted by George Eliot, 47, 151 ; passage in his Excursion,' book i. 91-102, v. 68, 138 ; criticism of his ' Excursion,' vi. 103 ; and Young, 426 ; allusion in ' The Warning,' vii. 188, 232, 338, 438 ; viii. 47; tragedy by, 284, 332; and Keats, x. 284, 398; commentary on his poems, xi. 148; 'White Doe of Bylstone,' 465 ; Prof. Raleigh on, 486 ; on Laodamia, 511 ; quotations by, xii. 88, 153 ; and Henry Vaughan, 146 ; his use of the word sugh, 223 Wordsworthiana, iv. 321, 342, 439 ; vii. 42, 206 Workmen's cheap railway tickets, v. 452 World without end, use of the phrase, xi. 448, 513 Worman (E. J.) on La Belle Sauvage, v. 245 Wormholtvoorta, its topography, xi. 507 Worsham (Sir John), his farm, x. 509 ; xi. 95 Worst, its use as a verb in literature, v. 228, 321 Worth: "In native worth," ii. 409, 477 Wortbam (B. H.) on Walton and Layer families, v.
289
Wotherspoon (E.) on marriage house, xii. 428 Wotton (Sir Henry), and the Bacon-Shakespeare con- troversy, iii. 18; and Kepler, 244; and Mallorie and Candishe, xii. 367, 476
