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INDEX. AccROSHAY, game, 187. [of, 14. Advent, Sunday, 5 ; Monday, custom A fox went forth, ballad, 196. Agnes, St., well of, 64; Scilly, 118; St. Warna's well at, 119; Troy- town, ib. Ague, charm for, 150. Allan, apples, 2 ; Allantide custom, 3 ; AH Hallow's day, divinations, ib. Altarnon, legend of, 97. Alter Nunne, St., well of, 61. [100. Anthony, St. (in Meneage), church of, Apple orchards, blessing of, 9. Arthur, King, birth of, 57 ; castles of, ib. ; legends of, 58. Arundell, legend of, 109. Austell, St., wishing well, 19; Long- stone, legend of, 58 ; superstition at, ISS- Avery, buccaneer, 95. Baari.ey mow, harvest song, 203. Bad leg, charm for, 153. Bassetts, legend of, 105. Bat and ball, game of, 12. Bathes of Kilkhampton, legend of, 109. Bees, superstitions about, 137. Birds, 14, 60, 131, 138, 163, 167, 205. Blanchminsters, of Stratton, 109, 113. Blazey, St., feast of, 19. Blind-buck-a-davy, game of, 184. Board-em, card game, 17. Boconnoc, oak at, 104. Bobby Bingo, game of, 185. Bodmin Riding, 46. Body, superstitions about, 169. Bonfires, 40, 44. Bottreaux (Boscastle), legend of bells, 106; St. Nighton's Kieve, near, 107. Breage, St. , Pengersick castle in, 86 to 88 ; bells of, 88 ; wreckers, 89. Brownie, 123. Bucca (a spirit), 79, 85, 129. Buck-shee-buck, game of, 186; Buckey- how, 187. Bull-baiting, 5. Buryan, St., legend of, 77; Dawns Myin, in, ib. Buzza'shill (Scilly), legend of, 113. Camelford, battle near, 58 ; wise woman at, 155. Camborne, feast of, S ; game at, 18 ; Bassetts of Tehidy, near, 105 ; superstition at, 154. Card, games, 17 ; table superstitions, 169. Cam Brea, legend of, 56. Castles, An-dinas, St. Columb, 58 ; near Penzance, 78 ; Treryn, 77 ; Pen- gersick, 86; Cromwell's (Scilly), 118; Chfln, Addenda. Charles, King, 1 18. Charms, 3, 16, 25, 42, 68, 127, 139; various, 143 to 171, Addenda. Chewidden Thursday, 6. Children, superstitions about, 156 ; christening, 157; May children, 159; rhymes, 1 60 ; diseases, charms against, ib. ; superstitions, 162. Childermas day, 14. [168. Church, ales, 38, 46 ; yard superstitions, Christmas customs, 6, 19. Cleer, St., legend of, 21 ; Longstone, 60 ; Holy well, 61. [188. Cock-fighting, 23 ; cock-haw, game of, Columb, St., custom at, 21 ; Shrove Tuesday, 23 ; King Arthur, 58. Col-perra, 22. Conerton, manor of, 83. [at, 26. Constantine, St., feast of, 25; tenure Coppinger, wrecker, 89. Cornish pies, 8, 26. Corns, charm for, 148. Cornwall, stone, 93 ; on a Duke's daughter (ballad), 192 ; Stout Cripple of, 200. Cottrell house, legend of, 106 ; Dupath well, near, ib. Cramp, charm for, 149. [at, 154. Crowan, taking-day, 48 ; superstition Cubert, St., Holywell, 3. Curls (carols), 7. Cutters and Trucklers, game of, 187. Danes, 74. Dawns Myin (Merry Maidens), 77. Dead man's hand (charms with), 152.