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369
Harlequin or Henequin: the name of the Wild Huntsman in many parts of France, 134
Hartz mountains, charm used in, to see future husband, 174
Harvest: rejoicings—the kern (? corn) baby—made with oats, in every cottage, 87; driver of last cart surrenders his whip to mistress, ib.; the mell-supper, guisers, and mell-doll, 88; their prototypes, 89; Yorkshire proclamations when ended, ib.; the Devonshire neck and customs of Schautnberg Lippe, 90
Haselrigg, a quarry at, where Dunnie sat at night, 263
Haunted houses: at Willington Dene—at North Shields—at Chester-le-Street—Crook Hall—South Biddick Hall—Netherby Hall, 314; at Perth, 328; Dalton Hill Head, 329; Lew Trenchard House, 330; Homersfield, 338
Haunted spots, 314–338
Hawker’s (Rev. E. S.) Echoes of Old Cornwall, quoted on bees and the Host, 311
Hawkwell, the witch of, 203
Headless coach (The): driver and steed alike headless; in Durham (Langley Hall); in Northumberland, Norfolk, and Yorkshire (Beverley), 326–7
Headless women: haunt barn near Thirsk, 327; and well at Melsonby, 328
Hearts stuck with pins and roasted in incantations: of beast, 219, of pigeon, 220, of horse, 221–2, of cow, 222, of hen, 222–3; of sheep, buried to afflict a woman—of hare to torment a faithless lover, 223; of pigeon and sheep to discover witches; of pig to counteract a witch, 224
Heaving, see Easter
Hedley Kow: a mischievous bogie of Protean form, 270; farmer’s adventure with, 271; beguiles two young men, ib.; Mr. Baring-Gould on its congeners, 272
Helston, fiery dragon of: deliverance of town commemorated by a festival on May 8th; called Flora Day, 301–2
Hemlock, witches love, 227
Hempseed, sowing: a species of divination practised in Scotland on All Hallow-e’en; and on St. Martin’s Eve in Norfolk, 104–5
Hen, a crowing: looked upon with fear, 43; Quarles quoted; Northampton, Norman, and Cornish proverbs, 43
Henequin, see Harlequin
Henderson’s Proverbs quoted on Maydew, 199
Henderson’s (George) Popular Rhymes of Berwickshire quoted on Brownie of Cranshaws, 250; on Cloutie’s Croft, 278
Herla (King), formerly supposed in England to be the Wild Huntsman, 134
Herlething: the name of the Wild Hunt in England in the twelfth century, 134
Herod, supposed to be the Wild Huntsman, 133
Herring-spear or piece of English Channel, 130: the rustling flight of redwings; regarded with awe, but held to augur good success to the fishermen, 131
Heslidon, parish registers noted state of tide at time of a death, 58
Hill-folk, see Barrow-Folk
Hilton, the Cauld Lad of: a tricksy sprite—the gift of a green cloak and hood made him disappear—the ghost of a serving-lad killed by a Baron of Hilton—verses sung by the startled traveller, 266–7
