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The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) / or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac cover

The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) / or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

Chapter 1207: II. INDEX TO ROMISH SAINTS.
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Presented as a perpetual calendar, the volume offers day-by-day entries on popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, and seasonal customs. Each dated note interweaves historical anecdotes, explanations of traditional observances and almanac material (including a described clog perpetual almanac), practical rules for weather and health, and short pieces on antiquities, topography, biography, natural history, art, and literature. Engravings, poetical elucidations, and contributions from correspondents broaden the range of domestic festivals, rural customs, and explanatory lore attached to each calendar day.


II. INDEX TO ROMISH SAINTS.


III. INDEX TO THE POETRY.


IV. CORRESPONDENTS’ INDEX.


V. INDEX
TO THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME.

  • 1 Almanack, the “Clog,” Frontispiece.
  • 2 Adalberonis, (Caput sancti,) 1073.
  • 3 April, 479.
  • 4 Avingham, riding the fair at, 1655.
  • 5 August, 1047.
  • 6 Autumnal dress in the fourteenth century, 1342.
  • 7 Baubleshire, duke of, 679.
  • 8 Beadle, (parish,) 129.
  • 9 Becket, St. Thomas à, 929.
  • 10 Ben, old General, of Nottingham, 1569.
  • 11 Biddenden Sisters, the, 443.
  • 12 Boscobel House, 697.
  • 13 —— ——, another view, 699.
  • 14 Boys, street images of, 315.
  • 15 Brown, (Baron,) the Durham poet, 1217.
  • 16 Busby, Dr., his chair, 33.
  • 17 Calves-head club, 159.
  • 18 Car (common travelling) in Ireland, 242.
  • 19 Caraboo, or the wonder of the west, 1631.
  • 20 ——, another engraving, 1634.
  • 21 Carving, ancient, 497.
  • 22 Cat; street image of one, 312.
  • 23 Chimney-sweeper (a machine) 617.
  • 24 —— —— another, 624.
  • 25 Christ’s effigy sent to Abgarus, 63.
  • 26 Cobblers’ festival at Paris, 1055.
  • 27 —— —— another engraving, 1057.
  • 28 Cooke, Sir G., M. P. for Garrett, 830.
  • 29 Cupid, popular representation of, 1545.
  • 30 December, 1585.
  • 31 Dog on trial, 199.
  • 32 Dolmoors, marks for allotting grounds so called, 921.
  • 33 Dream of human faces, 1537.
  • 34 Dunmow, custom about flitch of bacon, 799.
  • 35 —— taking the oath at, 801.
  • 36 Dunstan, sir Jeffrey, M. P. for Garrett, 829.
  • 37 Effigy in Panyer-alley, 1135.
  • 38 Elephant at Exeter-change, 321.
  • 39 —— —— —— —— —— den of, 335.
  • 40 —— killed at Geneva, 705.
  • 41 Emerson, W., autograph of, 690.
  • 42 Execution of farmer Carter’s dog for murder, 199.
  • 43 February, 169.
  • 44 Fountain in June, 785.
  • 45 Garrett, mock election for, 839.
  • 46 —— —— —— —— another engraving, 851.
  • 47 George (St.) and the dragon, 1272.
  • 48 German showman, 1329.
  • 49 Grain measure, 126.
  • 50 Gymnastic exercises, 657.
  • 51 Hampden, John, autographs of, 475.
  • 52 Harvest home, at Hawkesbury, 1153.
  • 53 Heriot, George, hospital founded by 751.
  • 54 —— —— his statue, 753.
  • 55 —— —— his arms, 913.
  • 56 —— —— his autograph, ib.
  • 57 Irish car, 242.
  • 58 Islington old church (St. Mary) 505.
  • 59 Ivanovitch (Vassili) a Russian prince, 548.
  • 60 Jack o’ the green, 577.
  • 61 January, 1.
  • 62 Jenkins, Henry, 1601.
  • 63 Jones, John, of Wandsworth, 821.
  • 64 July, 890.
  • 65 June, 721.
  • 66 “The king drinks,” 31.
  • 67 Lance (holy) 430.
  • 68 Lark-shooting in France, 91.
  • 69 Laughing boy, 543.
  • 70 Leverian Museum, 986.
  • 71 —— —— ticket, 991.
  • 72 London, mayoralty seal of, 257.
  • 73 —— Edward First’s seal for port of, 881.
  • 74 —— an old watch-tower of, 629.
  • 75 —— —— —— —— —— explanatory engraving, ib.
  • 76 Lottery, drawing of, at Guildhall, 1019.
  • 77 —— the last stage of the last, 1407.
  • 78 —— horseback, 1408.
  • 79 —— another, from a lottery bill, 1409.
  • 80 —— wheel, 1439.
  • 81 —— drawing of prizes in, 1441.
  • 82 —— bills, the kitchen-maid from, 1503.
  • 83 —— the cook-maid, 1503.
  • 84 —— the successful footman, 1503.
  • 85 —— the starved apothecary, 1519.
  • 86 —— over-danced man, 1519.
  • 87 —— milkmaid, 1520.
  • 88 —— Nobody, 1520.
  • 89 Love, David, 225
  • 90 Mansfield, Lord, his autograph, 396.
  • 91 March, 273.
  • 92 —— merriment in, 289.
  • 93 Martyr’s stone at Hadleigh, 211.
  • 94 Matthews (Mr.) at home, 465.
  • 95 May, 567.
  • 96 May-dew dancers at Arthur’s seat, Edinburgh, 610.
  • 97 May-garland (Northampton) 615.
  • 98 —— pole (country) 575.
  • 99 —— —— (planting the village) 593.
  • 100 Mercury, 1327.
  • 101 Michael, St. 1271.
  • 102 Milkmaids’ dance, 591.
  • 103 Minerva, 463.
  • 104 Monkeys in an oyster-shop, 59.
  • 105 “My son, sir,” 1542.
  • 106 Necton Guild, 671.
  • 107 New River at Hornsey, 1311.
  • 108 Ninepenny Marl, 983.
  • 109 November, 1361.
  • 110 October, 1281.
  • 111 Parrot; street image of one, 311.
  • 112 Patrick’s (St.) day, 383.
  • 113 Paul Pry in the character of Mr. Liston, 49.
  • 114 Paul’s Cross, preaching at, on Good Friday, 414.
  • 115 Plants, machine for determining the gradual increase of, 186.
  • 116 Potteries, (the,) a summer scene in, 993.
  • 117 Price, Charles, the arch-impostor, 1473.
  • 118 —— —— —— —— —— —— another engraving, 1474.
  • 119 Procession of the Scald Miserables, 524.
  • 120 Pump at Hammersmith, 1231.
  • 121 Refreshment, seasonable, 59.
  • 122 Richard III., his well, 1105.
  • 123 Roman station at Pentonville, 1199.
  • 124 —— —— —— —— another engraving, ib.
  • 125 —— —— at Pancras, 1345.
  • 126 September, 1183.
  • 127 Seymour, [before Stuart,] Arabella, autograph of, 733.
  • 128 Shawsware (Coya) a Persian merchant; his tomb, 1079.
  • 129 Shoe and clog, old lady’s, 1635.
  • 130 Skating on the Serpentine, 97.
  • 131 Spirit’s (the) blasted tree, 1023.
  • 132 Street images in 1826, 315.
  • 133 Sugar hogshead, with boys about it, 1543.
  • 134 Swearing on the horns at Highgate, 79.
  • 135 Travelling in Ireland, 239.
  • 136 “Very deaf, indeed,” 1553.
  • 137 Wassail bowl, 7.
  • 138 Weights and measures, trial of, under Henry VII., 127.
  • 139 West, Benjamin, 366.
  • 140 —— —— his autograph, ib.
  • 141 Willis, Dr. (bishop of Winchester,) his autograph, 296.
  • 142 —— Dr. Browne, his portrait, 193.
  • 143 —— —— —— his autograph, 295.
  • 144 White Conduit (the), 1201.
  • 145 Woodcock, Elizabeth, 175.