Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered, by Norman Lockyer, [1906], at sacred-texts.com
A.
Abydos, clock star at, 297.
Africa, sacred stones and trees, 235.
Aldebaran, see Tauri α.
"All Hallows," 187; Irish and Welsh equivalents, 195.
"All Souls," change of date, 186.
Alsia well, 227.
Altar stone, Stonehenge, 81; Aberdeen type, 36.
Amen-Rā, 2; temple of, 55, 297.
Animals, sacrifices of, 197.
Annu, temples at, 296, 297, 304.
Antares, see Scorpionis α.
Antiquaries, Society of, 69, 133.
Antrobus, Sir Edward, 49, 69, 94.
Apollo, 52.
Arabia, sacred stones and trees in, 235.
Archæology, relation to astronomy, 4.
Arcturus, see Boötis α.
Armenia, calendar in, 29; fire festival in, 191.
Ash Wednesday, 182.
Assacombe, 158.
Assyria, sacred trees, &c., 245.
Astronomer-priests, procedure of, 110, 316.
Athens, May-day worship, 108; temples at, 32; warning stars at, 311.
August-festival, dates of, 185; in Brittany, 199; in Ireland and Wales, 186; warning-stars, 311.
Aurigae α (Capella), clock- and warning star, 117, 272, 290, 292, 293, 298, 299, 304, 312; associated with Ptah, 304.
Avebury, cove at, 37.
Avenue, at Stonehenge, 63, 65.
Avenues, in Brittany, 149; on Dartmoor, 146, 319; definition of, 37.
Axis (of temple), Stonehenge, 55, 60; Karnak, 56; Kouyunjik, 305; Annu, 305; change of, 42.
Azimuth, defined, 10, 111; changes in, 122; of May sunrise, 264.
Azimuth-marks, illumination of, 110.
B.
"Baal's Fire" (Beltan), 40.
Babylon, 24, 240, 259, 295, 308; May year in, 304.
Babylonians, astronomical knowledge of, 240; early navigators, 241.
Balder, 320.
Balfour, Prof. Bayley, 201.
Ball, Dr. Henry, 26.
Bales, first king of Orkney, 259.
Baring-Gould, Rev. S., 149, 190, 194, 198, 213, 215, 230, 256.
Barnstone-Maeshowe (Orkney), 129.
Barrows, burials in, 323; chambered, 164, 192, 317; date of, 78, 238; employment of, 38, 110, 140, 268; varieties of, 143.
Bartinné, Cornwall, 219.
Battendon, 168.
Batworthy, avenues near, 160.
Bede's well, near Jarrow, 230.
Beirna-well (Barnwell), 230.
Bell, Mr. J., of Dundalk, 253.
Beltaine, ceremonies at, 40, 197, 285, 320; variations of, 201, 204, 218, 259.
Betelgeuse, see Orionis α.
Bigswell, 218.
"Blind Fiddler," The, 291.
Blisland, Cornwall, 291.
Blow, Mr., 69.
"Blue stones," at Stonehenge, 80, 91.
Bolitho, Mr. Horton, 140, 219, 268, 270, 277, 282, 287, 289, 291.
Bonfires, see Fires.
Bookan, Ring of, 128.
Boötis α (Arcturus), 117, 137, 150, 151, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 174, 273, 280, 299, 301, 311, 314.
Borlase, Dr., 134, 218, 219, 234, 254, 255, 267, 289, 323.
Borlase, Mr. W. C., 37, 213, 266, 274.
Boscawen-Un, 287, 290, 309, 314.
Boswells Common, 282.
Britain, introduction of clock-stars, 299; May-year temples, 309; pre-Celtic inhabitants, 250.
Brittany, festivals, 198; megalithic remains, 96; solstitial fires, 194.
Britons, Saxon slaughter of, 95.
Budge, Dr., 296.
Burials, 146, 164; in mounds, 323.
Burton, Captain, 235.
C.
Cairns, employment of, 38, 142, 164, 192, 289; Biblical references to, 244; burials in, 252 orientation of, 254.
Calabria, 312.
Calends, the winter, 195.
Calendar, changes in the, 23; Armenian and Turkish, 29; Celtic, 186; Koptic, 28.
Camden, 289.
Canaan, sacred stones and trees in, 245.
Canis Majoris α (Sirius), 108, 117, 143, 311.
Candlemas. 143, 184, 185, 188, 191.
Canopus, 18.
Capella, see Aurigae α.
Capricorni α, 117.
Caradon Hill, 143.
Cara Kenidjack, 278.
Carnac, bonfires at, 40; menhirs at, 98, 105, 239; sacrifices at, 199.
Carruthers, Mr., 69.
Castallack, Cornwall, 267.
Castor, see Geminorum.
Cattle, drenching in holy wells, 230.
"Cave of Elephanta," 256.
Celts, calendar of the, 186, 195; intrusion of, 324; worship, 32.
Ceylon, 235.
Chabas, 1.
Chaldea, 12.
Challacombe, 158; multiple avenue, 149, 159; solstitial worship, 314.
Chapel Euny, Cornwall, 219, 226.
Chaucer, 203.
"Cheesewring, The," 134.
"Choir Gawr," 53.
Chan Castle, Cornwall, 284, 286.
Chûn Cromlech, Cornwall, 284.
Churches, replaced stone circles, 219.
Chysoister, 323.
Circles (stone), employment of, 232, 316; associated with wells, 228; classification of, 36, 37; star observations in, 109.
Clock-stars, employment of, 108, 294, 296, 298, 299, 304, 308; fall into disuse, 322.
Coinage, early British, 52.
Collimation-marks, 316.
Constantine, Cornwall, 269.
Cord, The stretching of the, 1.
Cormac, Archbishop, 181, 189, 195 204.
Cornwall, astronomical conditions in, 262; azimuths of May sunrise, 264; clock-stars in, 299; May bathing in, 227; stone circles in, 30, 262; wells . and circles in, 219.
Cosens, Bishop, of Durham, 184.
Council of Nice, 23.
Couvade, 319.
Cromlechs, defined, 37; employed, 101, 102, 161, 253; in cairns, 253; uses of, 110, 141, 245, 252, 317.
Crosses (stone), old monoliths, 141, 273.
Crozon monuments at, 101.
Cult, change of, 320.
"Cultus Lapidum," denouncement of, 39.
Cumberland, stone circle in, 36.
Cups, for containing lamps, 319.
Cursus, The, at Stonehenge, 154, 155, 319.
D.
Danams, 90.
Danckworth, Dr., 111.
Dartmoor, avenues on, 146, 151, 319.
Declination, defined, 10, change of, 111.
Deepdale, 132.
Dekkan, sacred stones and trees in the, 235.
Dessil, pre-Christian custom, 234.
Devoir, Lieut., 98, 104, 105, 145, 152.
Diana, temple of, 31.
Diodorus Siculus, 51.
Diseases, cure of, 318.
Divination, at holy well, 226.
Dolmens, 255, 316; derivation of name, 38.; à galerie, described, 38; à l’allée couverte, described, 38; in tumuli, 253; in Ireland, 37; purpose of, 41, 252, 254; Semitic origin of, 245.
Down Tor, May-year at, 309.
Draconis γ, 295, 296, 299, 305.
Drizzlecombe, 158.
Druids, arrival of, 27; customs of, 259, 319, 323; mistletoe and the, 210; teachings of, 52.
Dümichen, 1.
Durham, cathedral customs at, 184.
Dwellings of priests, 317, 323.
E.
Easter, 40, 182, 183; May festival replaced by, 231; variation of date, 24.
Ecliptic, change of obliquity, 15.
Eden Hall, 227.
Edgar (A.D. 963), 233.
Edmonds, Mr., 267.
Egypt, astronomy in, 249; calendar, 28; clock-stars, 295; equinoxes in Lower, 108; May-year, 304; sequence of worships, 312; solstices, 258; temple azimuths, 298; year-gods, of, 259.
Elias (Elijah), or Al-Khidr or El-Khidr, 29, 257.
Ephesus, 32.
Equator, apparent path of stars at, 7.
Equinoxes, the, 13, 18, 108, 211; temples for, 32; in Britain, 64, 315.
Erechtheum, the older, 31, 108, 142.
Euphrates, rise of the, 30.
Evans, Sir John, 70.
F.
Falmouth, Lord, 268.
Farr, Sutherlandshire, 229.
Farmer, Prof., 27.
February, warning-stars in Britain, 312.
Ferguson, Dr., 110.
Fernworthy, avenues at, 158.
Festivals, 182, 185;258; Cornish, 139; May, 40, 185, 196, 198, 226, 247, 258.
Fires, at various seasons, 30, 32, 39, 183, 184, 180, 194, 204; Druidical, 181; in cromlechs, 317; in hollowed stones, 323; pagan, 191; Roman Catholic and Protestant, 182; sacred, 195, 248, 256 customs, 190, 199; festivals, 194; rites, 192; 21; wheels, 193.
Flints, 79.
Florence, fire customs, 193.
Folklore, 179; Babylonian and Indian, 242; Semitic and British, 246.
Fosseway, the Great, 147.
Fountains, 246.
France, place names derived from wells, 234.
Frazer, Dr., 26, 28, 40, 189, 209.
Friar's Heel, the (Stonehenge), 53, 60, 68, 90, 93.
"Furry Dance," the, 206.
G.
"Galgal," description of, 38.
Games, 319.
Garments, offerings of, 318.
Gauls, 323.
Gemini, 15.
Geminorum, α, β and γ, 117.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 52.
Glamorgan. rites at holy wells, 223.
Globe, celestial, 8; precessional, 114.
Goidels, 237.
Gomme, Mr. 195, 213, 216, 221, 222, 227, 236, 238.
"Goon-Rith," 266.
Gould, Baring-, see Baring-Gould.
Gowland, Prof.; 3, 45, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 82, 87, 91, 321.
Greece, astronomical observations in, 34, 298, 311; divisions of year in, 20 304; temples in, 34, 306, 311, 313 315; temple building in, 299.
Grovely Castle, 66.
Groves. Biblical reference to, 245 sacred, 27, 258.
Giraldus Cambrensis, 52.
Gudea (2500 B.C.), 242.
Guest, Dr., 95.
H.
Hall, Mr., 237.
Halley, 54.
Hallowe’en, 125, 143, 201, 311.
Hallowmass, 187.
Hameldon, 147.
Hammerstones, and axes, 74.
Harrison, Mr., 50.
Har Tor, 158.
"Hautville's Quoit," 167, 168.
Hawk's Tor, 291.
Hecatæus, of Abdera, 51.
Hecatompedon, the, 31, 108, 154.
Helios, 29.
Hellard, Colonel, 270.
Holston, May-day at, 205.
Henderson, Capt., 140, 270, 274.
Henry of Huntingdon, 52.
Hermes, 259.
Hieroglyphics, 38.
Higgins, Mr., 62.
Hills, actual and angular heights, 112; effects of, 120, 264, 291.
Holed stones, see stones.
Hollantide, 188.
Holne (Dartmoor), 195.
Holy Thursday, 185.
Honeysuckle, 207.
Hook Lake, 158.
Horizon, angular elevation of, 112; early employment of, 2, 5, 250.
Horses, at May-day festivals, 319.
Huc, 236.
"Hurlers, The" (Cornwall), 36, 133, 134, 135; alignments at, 137; change of warning star at, 311; dates of construction, 139; May-year at, 309; solstices at, 314.
Hyperboreans, 51.
I.
Ihering, 241.
Illuminations, collimation-mark, 317; May-day, 204.
Implements, flint, 74.
Inverness, type of circle at, 36.
Ireland, division of the year in, 30; festivals in, 187, 197, 309.
Isis, 32.
Isle-of-Man, festivals in the, 187, 207; wells and circles in the, 219.
J.
James, Sir Henry, 219.
Jews, equinoctial festivals among the, 258.
Johnston, Colonel, 111, 129, 135, 152, 166.
Jones, Inigo, 53.
Jones, Prof. J. M., 250.
Josephus, 32.
K.
Kenidjack, Carn, 278.
Kerenneur, 105.
Kerlescant, 39.
Kerloas, 105.
King's Teignton, 196.
Kingstone, The, at Roll-Rich (Oxon.), 36.
Kit's Coity House, 37.
Knightlow Hill (Coventry), 188.
Knut (A.D. 1018), 233.
L.
"Lammas," 186.
Lanyon, 273.
Lanyon Quoit, 280.
Latitude, results of, 291.
Layard, Sir H., 241, 307, 308.
Lent, origin and customs of, 183, 184.
Leslie, Colonel, 218, 235, 255.
Lewis, Mr. A. L., 35, 123, 176.
Lockyer, Dr., 111.
Longstones, found in barrows, 268.
Longstone, The (Tregeseal), 278, 280, 309, 314.
"Lug," the Irish Sun-God, 186.
Lugnassad, Irish feast, 186.
Lukis, Dr., 37, 133, 144, 150, 253, 265, 287, 291, 292.
Luxor, 297.
M.
Madron (Cornwall), 225.
Maeshowe (Orkney), 35, 123, 125, 253, 254; date of, 129; use of, 192.
Markab, see Pegasi α.
Martin, St., in Germany, 187.
Martinmas, old, 188.
Mauls, 75.
May-festivals, 40, 185, 196, 198, 228, 247, 258.
May-year, the, 19, 181, 232, 304, 320; divisions of, 263, 304; provided for, 18, 35, 64, 93, 98, 104, 105, 127, 174, 241, 247, 271, 280, 284, 286, 290, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 321; relation to June-year, 106, 230, 251, 261; warning-stars, 117, 142; worship, 95, 96, 109,
Mecca, 245.
Meinvethydd (May-eve), 95.
Melon, island of, 102.
Memphis, Capella at, 304; May worship, 18; temples at, 297, 298.
Menhirs, 37,105; ceremonies at, 256; in Brittany, 96; near holy wells, 225; various, 39, 101, 102, 103, 152, 157.
Men-Peru, 269.
Menu or Min, temple of, 29, 31, 108, 142, 297, 298, 305; associated with Spica, 299.
Mercury, 259.
Merrivale, avenues at, 147, 153, 154;
May-year at, 309.
Merry Maidens, 265; alignments at, 271, 276; clock-stars at, 302; May-year at, 309.
Midsummer, ceremonies at, 231, 285.
Midsummer eve, mistletoe on, 210.
Mihr, Armenian fire-god, 101.
Mistletoe, 26, 27, 201, 210, 320; as a medicine, 210; "Oil of St. John," 210; Swedish notions concerning, 209.
Mitchell's Egyptian Calendar, 28.
Molech, 248.
Molène Island, 103.
Montelius, 76.
Moon, employment of the, 18; worship of the, 249.
Morbihan, alignments at, 100.
Morgan, Lloyd, Prof., 167, .170, 176.
Morgan, Mr., 53.
Mountain-ash, 206.
Mungo-Park, 235.
Murray, Mr. George, 27.
Murray, Mr. John, 308.
Mut, temple of, 297.
Mythology, origin of, 19.
N.
Nantwich, 221.
Naos, The, at Stonehenge, 16, 41, 63, 95.
Need fires, 190.
New-Grange (Meath), 38.
Newton's herbal, 212.
New-year, change of date, 194.
Night-dial, use of, 302.
Nimrood, temples at, 241, 308.
"Nine Maidens" (The), 292, 293.
Nineveh, May temple at, 307.
Norwich, sun-wheel at, 193.
Nos Galan-galaf, 187.
Nos Glamau, 207.
November, festival, 186, 195, 290, 311.
O.
Oak, contiguous to sacred wells, 216.
Obliquity of the Ecliptic, change of the, 15, 43.
Observations, astronomical and religious, 125, 322.
O’Connor, Dr., 216.
Odin stone, Stenness, 127, 218, 283, 285.
Offerings, at holy places, 222, 318.
Onston, 132.
Ordeals, 247.
Orientation, first use of, 18.
Orionis, α (Betelgeuse), 117, 144, 314.
Ouseley, Sir William, 234.
P.
Palæolithic age, 75.
Palm, at vernal equinox, 211.
Panathenæa, 31.
Parallelithons, 148.
"Pardons," in Brittany, 198.
Parthenon, 298.
Pegasi, α and β, 117.
Pennant; tour of Scotland, 206.
Penrose, Mr., 31, 34; 38, 42, 51, 62 78, 89, 93, 94, 109, 142, 154, 298, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315.
Pepi, 295.
Percy's Northumberland Notes, 184.
Perrott, Mr., 148.
Persia, rag-offerings in, 234.
Petrie, Flinders, Prof., 62.
Pet-ser, 2.
Philpot, Mrs. 257.
Picks, of deer's-horn, 78.
"Pierre du Conseil" (Lagatjar), 104.
Piers’ Survey of S. Ireland, 182, 229.
Pins, as offerings at sacred wells, 222, 227, 258, 318.
Pitt-Rivers, General, 235, 236.
Plato, 7.
Pleiades, at British monuments, 153, 273, 274, 280, 290; employed by Semites, 247; elsewhere, 108, 117, 151, 155, 162, 310, 311.
Ploudalmézeau, monuments at, 100.
Ploy-field, the, at Holne, 196.
Pole, apparent path of stars at the north, 6; elevation of the, 9; motion of stars, round, 300, 303.
Pollux, see Geminorum.
Pompeii, 312.
Pont l’Abbé, menhirs at, 105.
Portugal, place-names from wells, 234.
Pratt's flowering plants, 202, 206.
Precession, effects of, 64, 295.
Prestwich, Prof., 79.
Processions, sacred, 319.
Pylons, use of, 55.
Pyramids, building of, 18 worship at, 29.
Pyrenees, genii at holy-wells, 234.
Pyrus aucuparia, 201.
Q.
Quiller-Couch, holy wells, 213, 216, 223, 226, 228.
Quoit, definition of, 38.
R.
Racing, at festivals, 319.
Rags, as offerings in sacred places, 216, 222, 223, 225.
Ram Feast, at Holne (Dartmoor), 196.
Read, Mr. C. H., 237.
Refraction, effect of, 112, 120.
Rent-day, date of, in Ireland, 30.
Rhys, Prof., 26, 30, 186, 188, 202, 206, 207, 208, 213, 215, 219, 220, 223, 250, 260, 319.
Roddon, = Rowan, 206.
Roll-Rich, Oxon., 36.
Rolston, Mr. W. E., 120, 122, 290.
Rorrington, Chirbury, 227.
Rowan-tree, 201, 211, 318, 320; and witchcraft, 206, 208; near sacred wells, 220.
Rowe's perambulation of Dartmoor, 147, 148, 152, 158, 287.
Rūz Kāsim, 29.
S.
Sacred-fires, see fires.
Sagittarius, 15.
Samhain, feast of, 187.
Sanctuary, at Stonehenge, 55.
St. Aelian, Derbyshire, 216.
St. Blaze (" Blayse," "Blazeus"), anniversary of, 184.
St. Burian, Cornwall, 267, 271.
St. Claire, 140.
St. Cleer, holy well at, 229.
St. Cuthbert, Cornwall, 228.
St. Herbot, sacrifices to, 199.
St. John's Day, festivals on, 230.
St. John's Eve, fire customs, 192.
St. Just, Cornwall, atone circle at, 277.
St. Justin, 140.
St. Martin, feast of, 186.
St. Medan, holy well at Kirkmaiden, 229.
St. Michael's Mount, 40.
St. Nicodemus, sacrifices to, 109.
St. Peter's, Rome, 32.
St. Renan, monuments at, 100.
Salisbury, position of cathedral, 65; solstitial custom at, 43.
Saracens, star-worship among the, 249.
Sardonyx, employment of, 32.
Sarsens, stones, 15, 45, 79, 91.
Scandinavia, temples in, 63.
Schübeler, Prof., 202.
Scorpionis α (Antares), 117, 142, 273, 310, 311.
Scotland, May-year in, 109, 186, 321 types of stone circles in, 36.
Scott, Sir Walter, 40.
Seasons, astronomical and vegetational, 212.
Semites, beliefs concerning the stars, 249; in Britain, 243, 246; temple practices among the, 240, 248, 256.
Sennacherib, May temple of, 308.
Sergi, Prof., 237.
Serpentis α, 117.
Sesheta, 2.
Set, British equivalent of, 195.
Shakspeare, 204.
Sheet, see Pegasi β.
Sheen Laa Boaldyn (Manx May-day), 204.
Shinto, cult of 3.
Shovel Down, Devon, 158, 160, 314.
Shrines, trilithons as, 37.
Shrove Tuesday, 182.
Sight-lines, 316; different methods of marking, 107; methods of using; 41.
Silbury (or Sidbury), 66.
Sirius, see Canis Majoris α.
Skins, offerings of, 318.
"Slaughter Stone," the, 90, 93.
Smith, Colonel Hamilton, 148.
Smith, Dr. J., 52.
Smith, Robertson, Prof., 243, 245, 248, 255, 257.
Society of Antiquaries, 69.
Solstices, the, 13, 108, 120; azimuths of sunrise at, 43, 291; at Palenque and, Chichén Itza, 308; celebration of, 40, 193; date of introduction into Britain, 313; determination of, 16; in Egypt, 3, 13; in France, 99, 103, 104; in Morocco and Britain, 243; provided for at British monuments, 93, 129, 176, 274, 280, 290, 312, 314; sunrise at, 36; warning stars for, 117, 314 worship at, 259, 320.
Spence, Mr., 35, 123, 128, 254, 285.
Spica, see Virginis α.
Standen (near Hungerford), 79.
Stanton Drew, 166, 167, 170, 173; cove at, 37; dates of, 174; dimensions: of circles at, 171; May-year at, 309; solstitial worship at, 314.
Stars, changes in declination of, 42, 109; northern, 114; heliacal risings of, 108; reason for observations of, 42; worship of, 139, 249. See clock-stars.
Stenness, 35, 123, 218; azimuths of sunrise at, 120; observations required, at, 129; seasons provided for at, 127, 131, 309, 314.
Stirling, festivals at, 238.
Stone-age, 75.
Stonehenge, 41, 50, 51, 52, 58, 88, 91; amplitudes of stars at, 11; apparent paths of stars at, 7; architecture of, 83; avenue, 63, 65; axis, 55, 60; azimuth of sunrise at, 120; the "Cursus" at, 319; custom at, 43; date of; 62; 67, 93; desecration of, 47; erection of, 84; "Leaning Stone" at, 69, 84; May-year at, 109; origin of stones, 90; position of, 65; rededication of, 109; solstitial temple, 108, 314; "Stanenges," 52; tools found at, 74.
Stones, as azimuth marks, 110; anointing of, 255; cresset-, 190, 256; holed, 37, 128, 282, 285, 286, 316, 318; hollowed, 192, 248, 323; Semitic, sacred, 244; unhewn and worked, 321.
Stone-worship, proscribed, 271.
Stripple Stones, Cornwall, 30, 292.
Stukeley, Dr., 37, 53, 134, 289.
Sunrise, apparent, 120; azimuth of, 64; determination of, 118; observation of, 63, 66, 99; November, 93.
Sunset, determination of, 118; the May-, 93.
Sycamore, 204.
T.
"Tan Heol," 40.
"Tan St. Jean," 40.
Tara, perpetual fire at temple of, 191.
Tauri α, Aldebaran, 315.
Tavistock, 147.
Temenos mound, at Stonehenge, 47, 93.
Temple-axis, fixing of, 1.
Temples, associated, 297; Egyptian, 55; solstitial, 313.
Thebes (Egypt), 8, 108; amplitudes at, 11; stars used at, 299, 304; May-year at, 247, 305.
Thebes (Greece), 299.
Theodolite, adjustments of, 172, 329.
Thorn-trees, associated with holy wells, 221.
Thoth, 259.
Thurnham, Dr., 63.
Tigris, rise of the, 30
Tissington, Derbyshire, 228.
Tombs, dolmens not intended for, 254.
Torches, 317.
Toutates, 260.
Track-lines, 149.
Tradition, 179.
"Treachery of the Long Knives," 95.
Trees, sacred, 200, 220, 257; Arabian worship of, 245; Semitic, 244, 246.
Tregaseal, 277, 278, 280, 309, 314.
Trilithons, 81, at Stonehenge, 58; functions of, 37, 41; in Japan, 3.
Trippet stones. 36.
Tristis rock, 158.
Truthwall Common, 277.
Tubberpatrick, well at, 225.
Tumuli, 93, 102, 254; at Stenness, 131.
Turkey, calendar in, 29.
U.
V.
Vega, see Lyrae α.
Via, stones of, 128.
Virginis α, (Spica), 108, 142, 299, 305, 315.
W.
Wales, wells near churches, 229.
Warning-stars, 108; in Britain, 310; in Greece, 311.
Water, near holy places, 246, 317.
Wells, associated with trees, 219, 220; curative powers, 235; sacred associations, 206, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 228, 229, 234, 257, 273; "Waking the Well," 228; wishing, 215; worship at, 215, 233; worship, modern, 221, 223, 225, 226.
Westermarck, Mr., 319.
Westmorland, May-day customs, 207.
Whitethorn, 202.
Whitley, Rev. D., 255.
Willow, blossoms used on Palm Sunday, 211.
Wiltshire Archæological Society, 50.
Windle, Mr., 37.
Witchen-tree, 206.
Wood-Martin, Mr., 213, 214, 220, 223, 233.
Woon Gumpus Common, 282.
Worship, British and Semitic, 252; flower-, 203; sun- and star-, 230; well-, 228.
Worth, Mr. Hansford, 146, 148, 150, 153, 164.
"Wroth silver," payment of, 188.
Y.
Year, the astronomical, 16, 25; the Celtic, 186; division of the, 18; the Julian, 23; the lunar-, in Babylon, 24; the solstitial-, 19, 159, 261; the vegetation-, 18, 19, 25, 97, 109, 203.
Yucatan, the temples of, 33.
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