Couples, guests placed at (able in, 157. Couit-cupbnaids, 474. Cradle, Anglo-Saxon, 49, 50; Enfrlish, 402. Cressets, implements for giving light, 454, Cupboard, 173, 362, 371, 379, 450, 4G1, 462. Curtam*, bed, 403—411. Curtains of chamber, 214. Cymbals, 189. D. Dais, the, 30, 139, 153, 154. Dames, the game ot, 220. Damsons, considered as delicacies, 388. Dancing, among the Anglo-Saxons, 35; among the Anglo-Normans, 111 ; among the Kng- lish, 227—229, 2s5 ; in the fifteenth century, 387, 419, 42ij. 427. Dav, divisions and d:flferent occupations of the, 92 — 94, 246, 2J7, 396, 424—426. Dice, the game of, 214—217, 4>5, 486. Dinner, among the Anglo-Saxons, 22 — 24 ; among the Anglo-Normans, Ss- 90 ; forms andceremoiiies at'ending the mediaeval dinnfr, 150—153, 156—163; dinner in the lifteenth century. 3i9, 396; after the Reformation, 458—466. Dinner, number of courses at, 349, 463. Dogs. Angln-Saxon, 6s, 69; jiets and house- dogs, 242, 243; dogs used in hawking, 307. Draufht chamber, or drawing-room, 4U8. Draughts, the game of, 221. Dresser, orcu])board, 173, 379, 393, 4E.0, 461, 462. Drinkinir, among the Anglo-Saxons, 3,4,30, 31 ; among the Anglo-Normans, 113 ; among the English, 168. DrinMng ceremonies and formalities, 33, 467—470. Drinliing-cups, Anglo-Saxon, 5,6,31; Anglo- Norman, 89, 90; in the fifteenth century, 390; drinking-vessels, 465, Drum, the, 188, 393. Dulcimer, the, 184, 190. Eating, greediness in, characteristic of the English, 422, 423; their diet in the seven- teenth century, 465. Education, 118, 338-340, 439. Embroidery, among the Anglo-Saxons, 52; among the English, 237, 23^. Faldestol, the, 95. Fashions, extravagant, among the Anglo-Nor- mans, 81. Feasts, great, 357. Female character, estimate of, 105. Feudal society, its classes and prejudices, 280, 416—418. Feudalism, lon, 101, 103; its barbarity, 316 ; its decline, 415, 441. Fiddle, the, 34, 184, 185, 193. Fighting, love of the English for, 4!^9. Fire, lighted in the hall among the Anglo- Saxons, 20 21 ; in the chamber, 245. Fire-irons, 445 — 448. Fireplace, the, 99, 244, 367, 444, 44S— 450. Floor, strewed with rushes, 154, 246. 3^6. Flowers, love of, among the Anglo-Saxons, 60 ; among the English, 289. Flowers, what, cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295 ; by the English, 297, 298, 300, SOI. Food, Anglo-Sax .n, 26, 28; Anglo-Norman, 91. See Cookery. Fool, court or domestic, 390. Forfeits, games of, 233. Forks for eating, not used in the middle ages, 29 ; when first used, 457, 45><. Fostering, practice or, aijd foster-children, 269, 271. Friends, sworn, 271. Friendship, valueof, in the middle age', 271, 272. Frog-in-the-niiddle, game of, 232, 233. Fruit cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295 ; in Neckam's description of a garden, 297; la that of John de Uarlande, 298. Gambling, propensity of the Teutonic race for, 214. Games, among the Anglo-Saxons, 40; among the Anglo-Normans, 106, 107 ; in the middle ages, 195, 236, 4.2, 433; at a later period, 483-490. Gardi;n, the, in the middle ages, 284—290, 397, 429—432, 488. Garden-liouses, 488. Gardening, 60; history of English gardening, 293-303. Gardening, early English treatises on, 302. Garlands, very popular, 288—290, 431. Glass vessels, Anglo-Saxon, 89. Gleemen, 33, 35, 36, 175, 176. Godmundingaham, story of, 55. Gossips, their character, 421. Grammar schools, origin of, 338. H. Hall, the Anglo-Saxon, 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, 19. 39: the Anglo-Norman, 84,98; thf early English, 141, 153; in the fifteenth century, 362 ; fur- niture of the, 364, 365; after the Reforma- tion, 443—445, 450 — 455. Hanging, as a punishrnent, 58, 346. Harlots, the name of a class in medieval society, 407. Harp, 35, 36, 164, 166, 175, 193. Hawking, among the Anglo-Saxons, 70 ; among the English, 305—310, 434. Hedgehogs, how cooked, 356. Herbergeors, 333. Herodias, dancing, 167, 168, 463. Hoodman-blind, game of, 229, 230. Horn, drinking, 32, 89. Horn, the musical instrument, 186, I'-T, 188. Horses, and horsemanship, among the Anglo- Saxons, 71 ; among the Anglo-Normans, 114; history of the horse in the middle ages, 316-319. Hospitality, and its forms, 22, 23, 76, 328—333. Hot cockles, game of, 230—232. Hothouses (baths), 491—493. Hours, early, kept by our ancestors, 217. Hour of rising, 93, 155, 247, 248, 395, 425, 437. of breakfast, 93, 248, 424, 455. of dinner, 9,3, 165, 248, 4j5, 455, 456. otsupper, 94, 155, 425, 455, 456. of going to bed, 94, 155, 246, 425.
