SALKELD, Curious Remains at, i. 294. Salt, a charm against evil spirits, The falling of, ii. 278. Sarum, Monument in the cathe- SCALDS AND BURNS, i. 205. Sea, Custom at, ii. 265. Sephiroths, ii. 76. Septenary, i. 296, 298. Sequents, or Sequentia, ii. 289. Seremonath, ii. 96. Serpent Eggs, ii. 33. at one time called "The SNAILS, Superstition in regard to, Snakes, their Meetings, ii. 32. ties, i. 245. SHEEP, THE GOLDEN-FLEECED, i. STEPHEN'S (SAINT) DAY, Horses Side-saddle, when first used by Stork (The), uses salt-water as a SIMON, (Saint) his day, ii. 215. SITH, ii. 220. SKIBBS, ii. 250. Sleepers, the Seven, ii. 104. medicine, i. 156. Summer Solstice, ii. 8. SUN, dancing on Easter-Day,i.191. of Fern, ii. 30. of the Dumb Cake, ii. 31. on St. Anne's Eve, i. 41. of Cuckoos, id. of Lamb on Ascension Day, of St. John's Wort and Ver- of a Pool near N. Taunton, i. 293. of choosing Valentines, i. 305. of the Jews as to Houses, SUPERSTITIONS, POPULAR. of signing with the Cross, of Places deemed fatal, ii. TIDDY DOLL, i. 254. 267. a Charm against Thunder, TRUCKLE-CHEESE, i. 57. Trullum, or Trullan Council, ii. Tutbury, Bull Running at, ii. custom of the Flitch of his Dress, i. 238. or Epiphany, i. 21. VOLTAIRE, his attacks on Shak- Walnuts used at Weddings, ii. 216. Wassailing in Herefordshire, i. 19. WASSEL-BOWL, ii. 326. 329. 325. how derived, ii. 329. Well-worship, ii. 271. Were-Wolf, i. 301. Weydmonath, ii. 2. Wheel, how a symbol of the sun's Woedmonath, ii. 2. WOMAN, STRONG, i. 253. WILLOW, Substituted for Palm, i. YULE-DOUGH, ii. 332. YULING-SOP, i. 273. Zephyrinus, ii. 335. Zoroaster, his prediction respect- ing Christ, i. 24, 26. NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE THE MONTHS-JANUARY. THIS month takes its name from the Latin Januarius, which itself was derived from Janus, the two-faced God, who looked both before and behind, and hence was chosen by Numa as typifying the New Year, that stood between the past and the future, and might thus be said to look both ways at once.* Prior to the time of this monarch the Roman year had but ten months, and commenced with March; but he added January and February, making it begin with January, though the months, quintilis, sextilis, &c. still retained their old designations, as if no change had taken place in the Roman calendar.† "In duos novos menses pari ratione divisit, ac de duobus priorem Januarium nuncupavit, primumque anni esse voluit, tanquam bicipitis Dei mensem, respicientem ac prospicientem transacti anni finem futurique principia.”—Aur. Macrobii Saturnal. Lib. i. cap. xiii. p. 263. † Ρομαῖοι δὲ ὅτι μὲν δέκα μῆνας εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν ἔταττον, ἐ δώδεκα, τεκμήριον ἡ τοῦ τελευταίς προσηγορία, δέκατον γὰρ αὐτὸν ἄχρι νῦν καλοῦσιν. ὅτι δὲ τὸν Μάρτιον πρῶτον, ἡ τάξις ἑκδηλοῖ· τὸν γὰρ ἀπ ̓ ἐκείνε πέμπτον, ἐκάλεν πέμπτον· ἕκτον δὲ τον ἕκτον VOL. I, B |