“ Fair women of Lancashire, 206 Fairs at Manchester proclaimed, 84 Fairs, origin of, 125 Fairfax, General, 26 Farm house, description of, 17 Fighting "up and down," 145 Fish, superstitions respecting, 224 Fives, game of, 150 Fleetwood Habergham, ballad by, 30 Flodden Field, battle of, 35 Fox, Mr, and Earl of Derby, 51 Furness, rhymes and proverbs in, 202 Fylde, ducking stools in the, 170 ”

“ Oat-cake lads, 239 Oat-cakes, presentation of, 127 Old Crambo, &c., 95 Omens or signs of death, 23 Omens from doves, specks, pip-pins, 228-230 O'Neal, rebellion of, 61 Origin of guilds, 97 Ormskirk, church bell at, 48 Osbaldeston Hall, legend of, 270 Oskatel, Sir, legend of, 20 Oswald's, St, Church, 61 Otter hunting, 154
Pace egg mummers, 101 Pack-sheeting, punishment of, 175 Pageants, maskings, &c., 81 Parker of Extwistle, hunting song, 147 Paulinus at Whalley, 74 Parker, Thomas Townley, cock-fighter, 144 Penance stool at Bispham, 170 Penance in Fylde, 174 Pendle hill rhymes. ”

“ Lady in white, 22, 261 Lancashire v. Yorkshire, 144 Lancashire riddles, rhymes, 186, 188 Lancashire witches, revels of, 247, 257 Lancaster, mayor of, punished, 251 Lapland witches, account of, 258 Latham, Sir Thomas, 19 Latham and Knowsley, sayings, legend, 205, 259 Laws of Edward the Confessor, 133 Loggats, game of, 133 Lomax, James, otter hunter, 154 Lostock tower, description of, 44 Love's evil choice, 30 Lifting or heaving, 142 Liverpool fair, custom at, 95 Liverpool May-day customs, 96 Lucky bone, superstitions respecting, 236 ”