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GENERAL INDEX.
O-Morphi, i. 275 Rex, or St. George Rex
xii. 378 " Riding the high horse," v. 54
Ring-, guinea-, money-droppers, vi. 366
Robert of Normandy and Arlette, ii. 495
Robinson (Sir John), i. 490 Robinson (Luke),
M.F., xi. Ill ; xii. 304 Roman augurs, i. 397
" Roy ne veult, Le," xi. 451 Royal Jubilees,
iii. 467" Rumbelow," xii. 468 Russell (Lord
William), murder of, vi. 258 Russian National
Anthem, xi. 309 St. Armand, ii. 517 St.
Bartholomew, massacre of : medal, v. 474 ;
vi. 52 St. George's Chapel, Windsor, east
window, x. 210 St. M'ary-le-bone Charity
School, iv. 186 St. Mary's, Soho : Joseph
Georgirenes, Archbishop of Samos, x. 493
St. Paul's, height of, x. 474 Scarborough
warning, xi. 158 Scottish titles conferred by
Cromwell, iii. 371 Scribble, ii. 79 Seven as a
mystic number in Papua, ii. 305 ' Slang
Dictionary,' x. 488 Sloe Fair, x. 174 Song
wanted : ' John Brown's Body,' xii. 450
" Souchy," iv. 13 Sowing by hand, i. 133 ; ii.
216 Stone capital in High Tower, West-
minster, ii. 181 Storm in a teacup, ii. 173
Stulz (Baron), vii.' 336 " Sung by Reynolds
in 1820," v. 172 Swallow Street Chapel, xii.
316 Swords, wearing of, ix. 71 Syllepsis or
zeugma : ' Pickwick,' iv. 366 Tackle-house :
tackle-porter, i. 74 Toapoy : cellarette :
garde vin, iii. 272 " Think it possible that you
may be wrong " : Cromwell, iv. 68 Thomas
(Rev. James), c. 1819, x. 50 Toasts and good
stories, v. 275 Truro's (Lord) Universal
Information Bureau, vi. 335, 511 Turcopo-
lerius : Sir John Shelley, ii. 371 ; iii. 12
Turkey's (Sultan of) titles, vii. 147 Twain
(Mark) : Artemus Ward, i. 457 " Twin," xi.
318 Venice and its patron saint, i. 468 ;
statues <S:c. in, iv. 308 ' Vicar of Bray ' :
' The Turn-Coat,' xii. -153 Vieira (Antonio),
xi. 191 "Vive la Beige," iv. 129 " Wai
loons," x. 507 -Warren's (Samuel) ' Ten
Thousand a Year ' : ' Aubrey,' xii. 339
Water-shoes for walking on water : G. Parratt,
iii. 77, 177 Wellington, and Bliicher at Water-
loo, ii. 371 : statues in London : M. C. Wyafet,
iv. 55 Westminster Cathedral : alphabet
ceremony, ii. 110 " What you but see when
you haven't a gun," v. 378" When, dearest,
I but think of thee " : song by Suckling or by
Felltham, vi. :M6 " Whom " as subject, ii.
538 " Widow's men," ix. 136 Wine bottles :
Magnum, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, x. 365 Wit
and humour, ancient, viii. 517 Woodhouse,
shoemaker and poet, xi. 173 Worcester, tale
cf the Battle of, xii. 324
Pierson (I. f? .!.]), engraver, c. 1800, vii. 49 Pig-iron, called " sow metal," c. 1840, xii. 278,
366
Pigeon English, Longfellow's ' Excelsior ' in, ii. 309 Pigeon-houses in the Middle Ages. ii. 49, 95 Piggins = joists, use of the word, i. 465 Figgott (Ralph), Catholic judge, 1576, iv. 38 Piggott (Ralph), Catholic judge, 1724, his bio- graphy, iii. 449
Pigments, used for painting ships of Oddysseus vii. 169, 237, 295 ; used by the Van Eycks, vii. 169, 295
Pigot (Cuthbert B.) on Australian explorers, rehc of, vii. 107 Relic bureau suggested, v.
Figot (Col. John), c. 1778, his biography, i-
349
Pigott (J.) captain 1772, and Black Hole of Cal- cutta, iii. 74, 111, 192, 272, 432 Pigott (Lieut. J.)=Jane Bennett, 1764, i. 509;
ii. 77
Pigott (Capt. John) at Gibraltar, 1778, ii. 429 Pigott ( John )= Johanna Walshe, 1562, x. 330 Pigott (W. Jackson) on Aylofte, ix. 191 Bennett (Jane) : Lieut. Pigott, i. 509 ; ii. 77 Fitz- william of ' Maplethorpe, xii. 85 Gilbert of Kilminchy and Knockinay, vii. 268 Hoi- croft of Vale Royal, x. 130 Holwell family, iii. 74, 192, 432 Jackson (Sir Anthony), vi. 309 ; his wife, ix. 251 ; xii. 220 Jefferson = Samp- son, iv. 330 Jefferson (Sir John), v. 230 Jefferson (Robert), viii. 130 Johnstone (Che- valier), v. 167 Middleton (Sir Thomas), iv.- 169 Percy (Sir Alexander), ix. 349 Figott ( John )= Johanna Walshe, x. 330 Pigott (Capt. John), ii. 249 Tosh (Machintosh) of Rutherglen, xii. 49
Pigs, cured by nightshade, iii. 427, 491 Pigtails, Chinese, origin of, v. 188, 413 Pigtails last worn in British Army, 1808, iii.
466 ; iv. 17
Pike (Roy) on forlorn hope at Badajos, v. 395 Pike family of Market Harborough, v. 389 " Pikes pro caminis," meaning of the term, viiL
426
Pilcher (G. T.) on heart-burial in niches in church
walls, viii. 336 King's Lynn as a spa, ix. 116
" File " side of scissors, meaning of the word, iv.
269, 317
Pilford family of Effingham, vi. 29, 154 Pilgrim Fathers, John Alden, viii. 306, 376, 436,
494
Pilgrims, the patron saint of, x. 210, 254, 297, 354 ' Pilgrim's Progress,' illustrated, 1880, v. 30 Pilkington (Rev. M.), d. 1774, his will, vi. 65 " Pill," " to pill," meaning of the word, ix. 148,
213 Pillar-stones, Irish, x. 167 ; next cromlechs,.
instances of, v. 370 ' Pillowbeor "= pillow-case, use of the word, vii.
103, 211 Pirn (G. Wakefield) on Queen of Tahiti's feather
robe, vi. 210
Pimlico, the exact locality of, xii. 364 'Pimlico order," origin of the phrase, v. 167,
254
Pimpernel : scarlet pimpernel, rime, i. 78 Fin and needle rimes, i. 55 Pin in necromancy, meaning of, iv. 368 Pincerna (Simon), and Westminster, iii. 170 ;
hereditary Butler, vii. 268
Pinchbeck (W. H.) on ' All's Well that Ends Well,' emendation in, x. 197 " Four square humours," vii. 354 " Gas " as a street-name, viii. 337 " Hallooing," xi. 13 Heraldic : bearer of coat sought, vi. 410 Keats's ' Ode to a Nightingale,' v. 58, 175 Milton's ' Lycidas,' vii. 17 Pelham (Speaker), i. 357 Shakespeare plays, Second Folio of, ix. 173 Shakespeariana, i. 504 ; xi. 13 Solomon, judgment of, xii.. 18 Spoon folk-lore, x. 196 Tattershall : Elsham : Grantham, iv. 314 ; v. 57 " Tun- dish " -funnel, xi. 155 Whitened doorstep, vi. 472 "Wyvern part-per-pale addressed, A,'" vii. 395 Pincushion, birth-records on, c. 1760, ii. 326
