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GENERAL INDEX.

Birkie, card game, i. 468

Birmingham: Brumagem, x. 22, 112, 196

"Birmingham's drees," meaning of the term, x. 409, 471 ; xi. 33

Birth, consulting stars at, ii. 385

Birthday cake with candles, German custom, viii. 344, 486 ; ix. 96

Births, their registration, i. 131, 213 ; registers of British colonial, ii. 108

' Bisclavret,' derivation of the word, xii. 46, 112

Biscuit ware, origin of group in, xi. 28

Bishop, "Lord," the title, i. 47, 230

Bishop in the game of chess, xii. 269

"Bishop of Brooks" in volume issued by Historical Manuscripts Commission, ix. 286

Bishopric of Mons Maranus, vii. 208, 250

Bishop's Head and Foot at Penwith, Cornwall, vii. 409, 471

Bishop's Stortford, borough of, x. 89

Bishops, their ' Licences for Prostitution,' iv. 200, 277 ; Welsh Nonjuring, iv. 268 ; portraits depicting their ornaments, viii. 206, 289, 392; their signatures, ix. 9, 118, 239, 272; Coronation dress, ix. 506; x. 34, 112 ; three in one tomb and of one family, x. 476

Bishopsgate Street and Broad Street in 1677 as residential quarters, ix. 146

Bishop-Wearmouth, co. Durham, rectors of, x. 409

Bisk, use and meaning of the word, xii. 186, 375

Bismarck, its etymology, i. 84

Bissona, meaning and derivation, vi. 268, 338, 476

Black (A. & C.) on Scott queries, viii. 48, 453. Shuttles, its meaning, vii. 477

Black (C. B.) his guide-book to ' Normandy and Picardy,' xii. 346

Black (W. G.) on endorsement of bills, i. 53. Bookbinding question, i. 73. Chalices of wood, ix. 89. Christian name, brothers bearing same, i. 446. Erlking= elf king, iii. 487. Funerals, burning trees at, i. 266. Imaginary or invented saints, xii. 127. Jews covering at grace, i. 226. Kipling (John Stewart), vii. 48. Lobster, order of the, i. 46. Owen (Robert), of New Lanark, vii. 9. Picture restoring under Napoleon I., ii. 184. Political nicknames, Chamberlain and Billow, ix. 186. Pre- Reformation practices, xi. 134. Riding the marches, i. 426. Ritual: quotation from Glad- stone, xi. 209. Rotten Row, i. 217. St. Kilda, " stranger's cold " at, i. 85. " Sitting on the fence," ix. 84. Stewart (Rev. James Haldane), vii. 88. Tapping and Tipping, vii. 337. Tithe, its origin, vii. 286. Vampires, Italian precautions against, i. 205. Verifying references, ii. 324

Black (William), beacon in memorial of, vii. 446

Black as a badge of mourning, x. 87, 212

Black Canons at Great Missenden, xi. 101, 251, 352

Black cats and the Mahrattas, xii. 69, 115

Black ivory =slaves, vi. 268, 452

Black sanctus, its meaning, i. 37, 406

Blackacre, Widow, in Wycherley's ' Plain Dealer,' v.

228

Blackall (Dr. Offspring), Bishop of Exeter, xi. 464 Blackburn, some recollections of bygone, v. 85 Blackburne (Archbishop), anecdote of, iii. 484 Blackcap, its meaning, iii. 428

Blackfriars, Mountfichet Castle, vi. 25, 91; St. Anne's Church, vi. 48, 117, 238, 330; xii. 517; the order, bridge, and theatre, vii. 40 Blackham (A.) on Blackham family, vi. 409 Blackham family, vi. 409, 512 Blackheads, use of the word, vii. 169, 253 ; xii. 434 Blackheath, Ranger's Lodge, its history and design,

viii. 204

Blackie & Son on 'The Two Duchesses,' vii. 471 Blacking for boots and shoes, ii. 514 ; iii. 216 Blackmore family of Bishop's Nympton, viii. 343, 468 Blaokmore (J. F.) on " Paying through the nose," ii. 48 Blackstone Edge, Roman road over, x. 302 Blackstrap, origin of the word, vi. 505 ; vii. 33 Blackwood (A.) on Glengarry, use of the word, v. 372 Blackwood (W.) on 'The Moss Rose,' viii. 148 Blackwood's Magazine,' and Maginn, i. 122, 212 ; bibliography, 266 ; its thousandth number, iii. 81, 117

Blair (D.) on Australian flora and fauna, i. 383. Australian nomenclature, ii. 124. Bentham (Jeremy), ii. 165. James I. and the preachers, i. 321 Blair (David), his death, iii. 280

Blair (Sir O. H.) on angels and their representation, ii. 16. Arms of Berkshire towns, i. 353. Beoket (Thomas a), ii. 32. Castles, heraldic, i. 414. Cer- vantes on the stage, i. 398. Churches, ancient, their dedication, i. 337. Corpus Christi, i. 453. Gordon family, ii. 235. Honourable, the title, ii. 292. Houses without staircases, i. 210. Huguenot cruelties, i. 197. "In Dominicis Auguwti," ii. 337- McLennan's ' Kinship in Ancient Greece,' i. 217. Monks and friars, i. 513. Murray (Sir C.) and Goethe, i. 363. Nationality, its constitution, ii. 216. Oath of allegiance, i. 216. ' Secret History of the Court,' i. 331. ' Veni, Creator,' i. 497. Wellington and Ney, ii. 257 Blair (R.) on brick dated 1383, iv. 157. "None"

with plural verbs, iv. 544 Blaisdell, the name, iv. 55, 75, 158 Blaise (Madam), her portrait, i. 47, 90, 233 Blake, bis iron railway, v. 268, 443 Blake (John), of Langport, Somerset, ii. 288 Blake (Admiral Robert), his sisters, i. 285 Blake (William), books illustrated by, i. 454 ; fireflies and glowworms, x. 365 ; sale of his drawings, xi. 285

Blakemore, near Crewkerne, and Robert Ford, iv. 519 Bland (John), Edinburgh actor, c. 1773, xii. 207, 277,

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Bland (Maria Theresa), 1769-1838, singer, her inter- ment at St. Margaret's, Westminster, vi. 342 Blandford (G. F.) on French Embassy, Albert Gate, i. 295. Navy of late seventeenth century, i. 53. Pictures of taverns, viii. 209 Blandford farthing, i. 514

Blaney (Elizabeth) and Dr. Johnson's father, vi. 6, 93 Blanket family of Bristol, vii. 68, 155 Blantyre family, viii. 424

Blashill (T.) on carriages. pack-saddles, vii. 92. Chink of woods, vi. 154, 314. Crooked Usage, Chelsea, xi. 217. "Hill me up," viii. 112. Hooper (Daniel), i. 377. Longevity, xi. 378. Raleigh, its pronunciation, xii. 497 Blatheramskate. See Blether amskite.