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Swarths: Cumberland term for the apparition of living persons, 46
Swedish bridal folk-lore, 37
Swine, vision of a coach drawn by, presaging a death, 327
Sword-dance: a relic of the war-dance of our ancestors; the characters and verses used by the dancers; of the ancient Goths and Swedes; still kept up in Gothland, 67–70
Sympathies, 305–313
Talismans: the “kenning-stone” and a lammer-bead, 145
Tamlane, ballad of, quoted, 225
T’andry cakes made in honour of St. Andrew, 98
Tansy pudding eaten at Easter in allusion to the bitter herbs of the Passover (York), 84; leaves in shoe a charm for the ague, 150
Tavistock, the witch of, hunted as a hare, 202
Taylor (Rev. Hugh), on bees humming Christmas hymn, 311
Tea, milk before sugar in, causes loss of lovers, 116
Teasle: water from the cups, a cure for weak eyes, 145
Tees, Peg Powler the sprite of the river, 265; a body discovered therein by a dream, 341
Teeth, dreaming of their loss portends a death, 111; see Child’s teeth
Tether (hair), used by witches to gather dew; yielding milk, 199
“Thomasing,” “going a,” see Christmas
Thorn, black: unlucky to take it into a house—regarded as a death-token in Sussex—belief extends to Germany, 50; white: protects from lightning; old rhyme; sprig worn by Norman peasant, 17; formed Christ’s crown and therefore reverenced in middle ages, 152; loved by witches, 226
Thorns, charms for extracting: a fox’s tongue, 159; word-charm, 171
Thorpe’s Mythology, quoted on Sunday-child, 10; on Martin Luther’s credulity; on birth cake in bridal-bed, 12; on walking over graves, 13; on rocking empty cradle, 19; on using looking-glass after dark, 21; on Swedish bridal customs, 37; on a coffin, portending death, 45; on magpies, 126; on witches, 184; on changelings, 190; on witch-riding, 192–3; on witches and May-dew, 200–1; on witches in hare-shape, 204; on German miller’s witch wife, 208; on cats and witches, 209; on duck witch, 210; on Hyldemoer, 220; on waxen images, 228; on steel propitiatory offerings, 230–1; on fingers and foot used by thieves, 243; on Hill-folk, &c., 248; on Tomte and Kaboutermannekin, 250–3; on Dutch Redcaps, 255
Threads worn round neck by nursing mothers to avert ephemeral fevers; and when charmed, to cure tic and lumbago, 20
Throstlenest, a Barguest haunts a glen near, 275
Thrumpin, an attendant sprite; obscure verses on, 262
Thunder termed rattley-bags by children, 26
Tic-douloureux, charmed threads worn round the head to cure, 20
Tide, see Death
Toad: witch in Flanders killed in this form, 204–5; figure largely in records of superstition; hind leg dried, a charm for King’s evil, 205; burnt to powder, a cure for rheumatism (Devon), 206
