Arnold, Matthew, The Scholar-Gipsy, 123.

Articles enclosed in coffin, 243.

Aryan languages of India and the Gypsy language, 73–74.

Australia, Gypsies in, 167–168.

Baring-Gould, S., Book of Folk-Lore, 22.

Borrow, George, 27, 81, 197, 264; Dumpling Green (Borrow’s birthplace), 197; Lavengro, 27, 28, 160, 197, 241; Borrow’s originals, 28–31, 158; The Romany Rye, 28–30, 143, 230, 232; Romany (Gypsy) Word-Book, 161, 165, 249; The Zincali, 81–83.

Bottomless pool, a, 272.

Brancepeth Castle, 33, 35.

Bread crumbled to ward off evil, 53.

Brewer, Dr., Dictionary of Fable, 126.

Burning possessions of the departed, 243, 246.

Byard’s Leap, a witch legend, 140–141.

Caian, The (quoted), 73–74.

Calderari, the, 206.

Charm, a Gypsy, 36.

Childbirth tabu, 53.

Coining words, 170.

Creel (portable grinding-machine), 161.

Creenies, 206.

Crinks, 207.

Crofton, H. T., on continental origin of certain Anglo-Romany Christian names, 54; The Dialect of the English Gypsies. See Smart.

Crystal-gazing, 108, 223–225.

Dancing booth, 177.

Dark Ages, The, by “L.,” 246.

Death-hawk, 245.

Devil and nuts, 111.

Dialect of the English Gypsies, The, by Dr. Bath Smart and H. T. Crofton, 76, 239.

Dialects, modern Indian, 73.

Dialogue between two Gypsies, 144–145.

Diamond, Manful Heron’s, 190–191.

Didakais (half-breeds), 25, 77.

Drinking-vessels of aliens avoided, 82.

East Anglian Gypsy family, an, 104–117.

Egyptian origin of the Gypsies, legend of, 74–75.

Ermine Street (High Dyke), a Roman road, 134.

Evil eye, 53, 129.

Fairies, 15, 288.

Fairs—Bala, 265; Brough Hill, 275; Horncastle, 229–237; Leicestershire Fair, a, 47; Lincoln, 257; Newark-on-Trent, 141–142; Peterborough, 118–133; Seamer, 184–185; Stow Green, 68–70; West Stockwith, 89–98.

Fasting, 111, 163.

Fear of ghost, 243.

Feeding a gibbeted man, 22.

Ferdousi (quoted), 114.

Fight between Gypsies, a, 69–70.

Fighting song, a, 70.

Flaming, Tinman, the, 28.

Fortune-telling, 61, 107–108, 128.

Fossdyke, a Roman canal, 16–17.

Freckles and Gypsies, 102.

Gamekeepers and Gypsies, 19, 63, 139, 286–287.

Gentleman Gypsy, the. See Stables, Dr. Gordon.

Ghosts, 66–67, 108–109, 183, 284.

Gibberish, 78, 153.

Gilliat-Smith, B., on the Gypsy language, 73–74.

Glanvill, Joseph, The Vanity of Dogmatizing, 123–125.

Gordon, Jean, prototype of Meg Merrilies, 28.

Great North Road, the, 55, 57, 100, 104, 207.

Groome, F. H., 91, 102, 129; Gypsy Folk-Tales, 257; In Gipsy Tents, 85; letter (quoted), 126.

Gypsy baptism, a, 52–53.

„ benison, a, 46.

„ bird (pied wagtail), 89, 285.

,, blood, grades of, 77.

„ burial lore, 240–246.

„ carelessness about names, 131.

,, cheerfulness, 34.

Gypsy, Christian or “fore” names, 53–54, 299–302.

„ church-going, 219.

„ cookery, 277.

„ Court, its characters, 18–27, 105, 176.

„ crimes, 254–255.

„ curse, 129.

„ dreams, 109–110, 159.

„ enchantress, a, 164–165.

„ epitaphs, 150, 244.

„ eye, the, 160–161.

„ fetish, 145–146.

„ fiddlers, 10–11, 29–30, 84, 86, 120, 195, 222, 266–267, 274–275.

„ fighters, 3, 30, 69–70.

„ graves, 150, 170, 238, 240.

„ guiding-signs (patrins), 95–96, 142–143.

„ harpist, 85–86, 275.

„ heroism, 30.

„ hospitality, 49–51.

„ incantation over sick person, 164–165.

Gypsy Jack, a drama, 103.

,, Laddie, the, a ballad, 171.

Gypsy language, the, 73–74, 153.

„ Lore Society (note), 254.

„ love of extraordinary names, 54.

„ love of a fire, 10.

„ marriage, 176.

,, mesmerism, 122–125.

,, migrations, 157.

,, moods, 7.

,, morals, 255.

,, name-changes, 244–245.

,, origins, 72–76.

„ pedigrees, 78–79, 167.

,, pets, 142, 192–193.

,, play-spirit, 91–94, 216.

,, politeness, 3, 79.

„ pride, 76, 156.

,, queens, 71.,, reverence for the dead, 240.

,, sense of beauty, 281.

„ snuff-taking, 18, 196.

,, soldier, a, 27.

„ song, a, 84–85.

„ surnames, 55–56.

„ tent, construction of, 146.

,, tinkers, 205–212.

„ trial, a, 31.

„ tricks, 121–123, 132, 236.

„ unwillingness to impart names, 54–55.

,, warning whistle, 7, 280.

,, washing rules, 113–114.

Gypsyries—Blackpool, 71–88; Derby, 157–165; Lincoln, 2–4; London, 162, 198–201; Scarborough, 173–179.

Half-breeds, 77, 181.

Hangman’s Ditch, 2.

Hedge-crawlers, 77, 156.

Hedgehog, 26, 45, 49–50, 62, 67, 177–178, 257.

“Helm” wind (at Brough Hill), 276.

Henry IV. (Shakespeare), quoted, 207.

High Dyke, or Ermine Street, 134–141.

Hindi, 73.

Hokano Bawro, a traditional swindle, 121–122.

Holyhead Road, the, 262, 268.

Horse of deceased Gypsy shot or sold, 243, 246.

Horse-stealing, 132.

Hoyland, Historical Survey of the Gypsies, 39.

Irish vagrants, 157.

Jack o’ Lantern, 147.

Jewellery of deceased Gypsy dropped into river, 243.

Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, The, 164–165.

King Edward the VII. (when Prince of Wales), 203.

Kirk Yetholm, 115.

Knapp, Dr. W. I., The Life, Writings, and Correspondence of George Borrow, 28.

Legends and folk-tales—

Caspar, one of the Magi, a Gypsy, 75.

Ghost of the Haystack, the, 147–148.

Ghost of the Ford, the, 222.

Happy Boz’ll’s Tales, 257–261.

Nails at the Crucifixion, a legend, 75.

O’Neil’s Horse, 182.

Romanitshels hail from Egypt, a legend, 74–75.

Ruzlam Boz’ll’s Boy and the Fairies, 14–15.

Witch of Byard’s Leap, the, 140–141.

Wry-necked Fiddler, the, and the Devil, 225–227.

Zuba Lovell sells herself to the Devil, 112–113.

Leland, Charles G., 54; The English Gipsies and their Language, 203; his discovery of Shelta (note), 208.

Libation on Gypsy graves, 151, 240.

Lincoln, Upper (described), 1–2.

Lithuanian Gypsies, 75.

Loan-words, 74.

Lying tales, 86–87, 257–261.

Mace, Jem, the pugilist, 195, 233.

M‘Cormick, Provost, his Tinkler Gypsies (quoted), 10.Macfie, R. A. Scott, lecture (quoted), 254–255; System of Anglo-Romany Spelling for English Readers and British Printers, 291–292.

Magi, the, a Gypsy legend, 75.

Merrilies, Meg, 28.

Meyer, Kuno, on Shelta (note), 207.

Miller, Thomas, Gideon Giles the Roper, 161.

Mokadi (unclean), 113–114.

Mousehold Heath, 28, 80–81, 197.

Moveable Dwellings Bill, the, 155.

Mulo-mas (note), 61, 62.

Mumper’s Dingle, 31.

Mumpers and Gypsies contrasted, 77.

Name-changes, 192, 244–245.

Newark ale, 221, 223.

No Man’s Land, 178.

Nomenclature, Gypsy, 299–302.

Oakley (an artist), 163.

Omens, 245, 285–286.

Oppression of Gypsies, 20.

Pall Mall Budget, the, 43.

“Peelers,” 26.

Petulengro Jasper (Ambrose Smith), 28, 30, 157, 197, 229, 241.

Public Record Office, the, 247.

Puvin Graiaw, the illegal pasturing of horses, 138.

Recipe for youth, a, 278.

Robin Hood’s Bay, Gypsies at, 178, 180–183.

„ „ Hills, 149.

Romany Language, its pronunciation, 291–292.

„ Vocabulary, a, 292–298.

Rudiger, 73.

Sampson, Dr. John, on Shelta (note), 207–208.

Sanskrit, 73–74.

Scott, Sir Walter, 28; Guy Mannering, 28; Sheriff of Selkirkshire, 39, 234.

Scythe blades in Horncastle Church, 230–231.

Self-sacrifice of a sweep, 249.

Shelta (tinkers’ talk), its Celtic origin (note), 207–208; short vocabulary of, 212.

Sims, G. R., The Romany Rye (a drama), 103–104.

Smart, Dr. Bath, and Crofton, H. T., The Dialect of the English Gypsies, 76, 239.

Smith, George, of Coalville (philanthropist), 51, 155–156.

Snail broth, 62.

Snakes, 88, 285.

Spanish Gypsies, 196.

Spirits summoned by the spoken name, 54–55.

Stables, Dr. Gordon, 149–150.

Stone, J. Harris, Caravanning and Camping Out, 241.

Stories—

Bishop Trollope’s Story of Dunston Pillar, 137–138.

Bobby Faa and the Shepherd’s Pie, 115–117.

Dunnock (steer), a Tale about, 12–13.

Eliza Gray’s Tale of a Ghost, 108–109.

“Finding” a Horse, 132–133.

Poaching Policeman, a, 63.

The Bough Licence, 232–233.

The Donkey that knew Something, 287–288.

The Gypsy’s Surprise, 37–38.

Tyso Boswell and the Buried Treasure, 190.

Tabu, childbirth, 53.

„ on food and drink of the dead, 39–40, 243.

„ on names of the dead, 244–245.

Tales. See Legends, Lying Tales, Stories, Transportation.

Temple, Sir Richard, on Gypsy Christian names, 54.

Theatre, Harrison’s, 103.

Thompson, T. W., on Gypsy burial, 241.

Times, the, 103–104.

Tinkers, 205–212, 249.

Tinkers’ talk. See Shelta.

Tinklers, 10, 207.

Transportation of Gypsies, 247–254.

,, tales, 247–254.

Trollope, Bishop E., 137.

Turning garments of dead inside out, 242–243.

Victoria, Queen, More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands (quoted), 29.

Watching the corpse, 242.

„ the grave, 243–244.

Wayside burial, 240–242.

Welsh Gypsies, 262–269.

White, Gilbert, of Selborne, 55.

Wine buried, 114.

Wise man, a, 283.

,, woman, a, 223.

Wishing a wish, 129.

Witches, 188, 240, 282–283.

Wood, Abraham, 265–266.