"of the Glossary to Douglas' Virgil, is the Sound "which Cocks utter, especially when they are "beaten, from which Sk. is of opinion, that they "have their Name of Cock." In Verb. Marry, a Term of Asseveration in common Use, was originally in Popish Times, a swearing by the Virgin Mary-q. d. by Mary. So also Marrowbones for the Knces: I'll bring him down upon his Marrow-bones, q. d. I'll make him bend his Knees, as he does to the Virgin Mary. There is a vulgar Custom in the North, called riding the Stang, when one in Derision is made to ride on a Pole, for his Neighbour's Wife's Fault: - This Word Stang, says Ray, is still used in some Colleges in the University of Cambridge, to stang Scholars in Christmass Time, being to cause them to ride on a Colt-staff or Pole, for missing of Chapel. It is derived from the Islandic Staung, hasta. Add to the Conjecture on the Etymon of Waffs, P. 109, the following:-Irach in the Glossary to Gawen Douglas' Virgil, signifies a Spirit or Ghost, papian too A. Saxon is rendered stupere, horrere, fluctuare. N. B. I have carefully endeavoured to steer clear of Scripture Controversy in the preceding Observations. The sacred Writings, given for very different Purposes, and to Nations whose Genius and Manners by no means resembled our own, cannot in my Opinion, with any Propriety, be applied to this Subject. If it be objected here that Spirits 6 Spirits and Apparitions, Dreams, &c. are mentioned in them-so, I add, are Miracles, yet we do not now make Pretensions to a Power of performing them. The GREAT BEING, who presides over every Cause of Nature, can undoubtedly make all its Effects subservient to his Pleasure: In the silence of rational Adoration, I prostrate my Faith before the immensity of his Power, of which I believe infallible Wisdom to have been the inseparable Concomitant: I must therefore apply in this Place what Horace said upon another Occasion: Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus Vindice nodus ....... Air, the Means by which a Spirit becomes visible........ 156 314 123 124 5 46 22 Anestese, the Salutation of the Greek Church on Easter Day... 270 Altar, worshipping towards it Ambrose, St. his Corpse watched Angels, good and evil attending upon Men Anthony, St. buries Paul the Hermit The Devil appears to him in the Wilderness Arthur, King, how he observed 13 Days at Christmas ADDENDA and APPENDIX. 60 35 115 91 84 Anselm, a Canon of his against worshipping of Fountains......... Apparitions at Tombs Ash-Wednesday, remarkable Custom on in Germany. Armed Man, meeting, a good Omen on an Expedition Achs and Corns, Prognostication of Weather by Artificial Sun-Dance on Easter-Day Amphidromia, Feast of Ale-house Signs Apple-Parings, Divination by Apple-Kernels,-ditto All-Fools-Day Andrew-merry Agnes' Fast B. ANTIQUITATES VULGARES. Babylas, his Body carried out with Psalmody 35 Bede, his Account of the Custem of Monasteries at the Death -Bells, when first in the Church 1 Tolling of them for the Dead, a Custom of the old Church 3 Burying with the Feet to the East, and the Head to the West... 50 ibid. Bowing and turning to the Altar, additional Remarks on Buller of Buchan 13 15 16 25 38 39 55 82 94 102 104 ibid. 107 108 109 111 ibid. ibid. ..... 123 .129 and 360 131 159 197 203 204 216 Bean- |