Biddeford, communal privileges in, 390. | Bread-peel, 67.
Birch-bark, doors of, 6; plates of, 83; Breakfast, or bread and milk, 148.
baskets of, cans of, 253, 310.
Breaking, of flax, 169–170; of hemp,
Birch broom, making of, 301-303; price
of, 302.
Blackjacks, 95-96.
Blazing, of trees, 330.
Breaking out the winter roads, 412
et seq.
Breweries, in New York, 161.
Bleaching, of flax thread, 175; of linen, Brewster, Elder, quoted, 117.
Brooklyn, oysters in, 118-119; salting
shad in, 124-125.
Brooms, of broom-corn, 256-257; of
birch, 301-304; of hemlock, 304-305.
Broom-corn, 256-257.
Brown University, dress of first gradu-
ating class, 183.
Bucking, of flax thread, 175; of linen,
234.
Boston, fire-engine in, 19; early houses
of, 19, 27; first fork in, 77; pigeons
in, 110; fish in, 123; tea in, 164–165; | Bull's-eye lamp, 45.
coffee in, 165; chocolate in, 165; Bun, of flax, 169.
spinning schools in, 180; fulling- Bunch-thread, 251.
mill in, 187; dress in, 292-294;
coach in, 331; stage-travel from,
350-351; night watch in, 363; meet-
ing-houses in, 364, 366; restrictions
of settlement in, 394; cows in, 400.
Bottles, of wood, 82; of pewter, 85; of
glass, 92-93; of leather, 95.
Boucher, Jonathan, quoted, 382.
Bouncing-bet, 427, 447.
Bounty coats, 248.
Bouts, in weaving, 218.
Box-borders, a plea for, 430-431.
Boxing, of maple trees, 112.
Boylston, Nicholas, banyan of, 294.
Boys, clothing of, 287-288; wigs of,
297; seats in meeting for, 372 et seq.;
misbehavior of, 372-373; in church,
384.
Braid-loom. See Tape-loom.
Bundling-mould. See Shingling-mould.
Burlers, in weaving, 252.
Bushnell, Horace, quoted, 246.
Busks, carved, 320.
Butter, price of, 149.
Buttermilk, for bleaching, 175.
Caches, for corn, 138.
Cage, for babies, 372; for bad boys,
385.
Calf-keeper, duties of, 400.
Cambridge, cowherding in, 399.
Campbell, Madam Angelica, coach of,
335.
Candles, cost of, 34; making of, 35-37 ;
materials for, 38-39, 42.
Candle-arms, 42.
Bradford, Governor, quoted, 129-130. Candle-box, 38.
Bread, white, 147; rye and Indian, 147. | Candle-dipping, 36.
Cloth, finishing of, 231–233.
Cloth bar, 224.
Clothes, durability of, 281; extrava-
gance in, 281; laws about, 281 et
seq.; of Massachusetts settlers, 286-
287; of Virginia planters, 287; of
children, 288 et seq.
Coaches, in Boston, 331, 353-354; in
England, 354; Judge Sewall on, 354;
in New York, 354-355. See also
Stage-coach.
Coat-of-arms, on sampler, 267.
Coat roll, 248.
Cob irons, 62.
Cocoanut-cups, 96–97.
Codfish, early discoverers on, 115-116;
plenty of, 115; in New England
waters, 120-121; varieties of, 121;
for Saturday dinner, 122; price in
Boston, 123. See Fish and Fishing.
Coffee, substitutes for, 159; early use
of, 165; queer mode of cooking,
165.
Colchester, girls' life in, 253.
Cold houses, 70-71.
Cold party, 419.
Colored herbs, 430.
Coloring, 23.
Combing, description of, 196.
Combing machine, 230.
Combs. See Wool-combs.
Comfortier, 69.
Common lands, 398.
Communal privileges, 390 et seq.
Conch-shell, as summons to meeting,
367-368.
Concord coaches, 352-353.
Concordance, 33.
131; modes of cooking, 133-136; as
currency, 138; profits on raising, 139;
games with, 139; shelling of, 139–140;
as ballots, 141; as national flower,
Corn-cobs, use of, 141, 209.
Corn dances, 138.
Corn-husking, description of, 136.
Corn-sheller, 140-141.
Cotton, early use of, 206-207; cultiva-
tion of, 207; rarity of, 207-208; do-
mestic manufacture, 209-210; Golden
Age of, 230.
Cotton-gin, 208.
Cotton, John, quoted, 148, 285.
Coverlets, in Pennsylvania, 190; in
Narragansett, 242–246.
Cows, herding of, 399–401.
Cowherds, duties of, 399-400; pay of,
Cowkeeps, 399.
Cow-pens, 400.
Crabs, in Virginia, 118.
Crane, 53.
Creepers, 62.
Crocus, 237.
Conestoga wagon, 339-343; shape of,
339; rates on, 340; great number Crofting, of linen, 234.
of, 340.
Crown-imperial, 425.
Connecticut, tar-making in, 33; pump-Cups, 85, 90, 93–96.
kin bread in, 143; flax culture in, Currency, corn as, 138.
179; straw manufacture in, 260. "Cut-down," of trees, 405.
Contributions in New England meet- Cutler, Dr., quoted, 159.
ings, 378; in Dutch churches, 386- Cut-tails, 122-123.
387.
Cooking, influence of Indian methods,
131-136; English modes of, 151;
spices used in, 152; limitations in,
158-159.
Daffodils, 426–427.
Dale, Sir Thomas, on corn-growing,
127; on Sunday observance, 380.
Danvers, Mass., house in, 30.
Coöperation in olden times, 389 et seq. Daubing walls, 5.
Corbel roof, 9.
Coreopsis, persistence of, 448.
Corn, influence on colonists' lives, 126;
in Virginia, 127-128; price of, 128,
138; scarcity of, 129; mode of culti-
vating, 130-131; Indian foods from,
131; Indian modes of preparing,
Daughters of Liberty, 183-184.
Day's work in spinning, 185.
Deacons, in Dutch churches, 386–387.
Deacons' pew, 374.
'Deaconing" the psalm, 378.
Deaf pew, 374.
Dedham, Mass., house in, 22-23.
Deer, abundance of, 108-109; descrip- Dutch oven, 65.
Deerskin, clothing of, 288-289.
De La Warre, church attendance of,
Delaware, house pie in, 146.
Delft ware, 100.
Dents, of sley, 219-220.
Designs, for weaving, 243-244, 250-
251; of ancient Gauls, 242; for quilts,
272-273; for paper-cutting, 278-289.
Dew-retting, 169.
Dimity, 250.
Dinner, serving of, 104; primitive forms,
105-106; for Saturday, 122; in New
York, 159; at John Adams' home,
159-160.
Discomforts of temperature, 70-71.
Distaff, in India, 178.
Dogs, in meeting, 374.
Dog-whipper, 374.
Donnison family, fire buckets of, 18.
Door latch, II, 318.
Dyes, domestic, 155, 193-194, 250-251.
Dye-flower, 251.
Eastern Stage Company, 351.
Economy of colonists, 42, 185, 321-324;
of Martha Washington, 237-238.
Eddis, quoted, 118.
Eels, method of catching, 117.
Egypt, flax in, 177-178; linen in, 178.
Embroidery. See Needlework.
Emerson, R. W., appointed hog-reeve,
403.
Endicott, Governor, sun-dial of, 443;
his introduction of woad-wax, 448.
Entering, in weaving. See Drawing.
Ernst, C. W., quoted, 343, 345.
Etiquette for children, 100-102; of
carving, 104-105.
Eye, of harness, 218.
Fairbanks, Jacob, house of, 22-23;
sun-dial of, 443.
Dorchester, windmill at, 133; corpora- Fairs, instituted by Penn, 190; en-
Fire-room, 7.
Fire-wardens, 15.
Fish, plenty of, 115-125; varieties of,
in New England waters, 117; in
Virginia waters, 119; in New York
waters, 120; salted, 124-125; as fer-
tilizer, 130; poisoned by flax, 169.
Fishing, King James on, 116; ill-suc-
cess in, 117; supplies for, 117; in
Virginia, 119-120; encouragement
of, 121; laws on, 121; division of
profit, 122, 123.
Fish-weirs, 121.
Flag, as summons to meeting, 368.
Flails, making of, 312; use of, 313-314.
Flannel sheets, 238.
Flax, patch of, 167; blossom of, 167;
growth of, 168; weeding of, 168;
ripening of, 168; pulling of, 168;
spreading of, 168; rippling of, 168-
169; watering of, 169; stacking of,
169; breaking of, 169-170; tenacity
of, 171; swingling of, 171-172; beet-
ling of, 172; hetcheling of, 172-173;
spreading and drawing, 173; many
manipulations of, 173; spinning of,
174; in Bible, 177; in Egypt, 177-
178; in New England, 179-181, 186;
in Pennsylvania, 181; in Virginia,
181, 182; in South Carolina, 182-
183; in Ireland, 186; in Courtrai,
186; in England, 186.
Flax basket, 173.
Flax-brake, 169–170.
Flax hetchels, 172.
Flaxseed, how sown, 167; how gath-
ered, 168, 176; how stored, 176.
Flax-thread, spinning of, 174; knot-
ting of, 175; reeling of, 175; bleach-
ing of, 175; backing of, 175.
Flax-wheel, revival of, 167; use of, 174;
price of, 177.
Flint and steel, 48.
Flower, a national, 141.
of, 443-445; persistency of, 447;
escaped from cultivation, 448.
Flower-seeds, sold by women, 440-
441; old list of, 441.
Flutes, in meeting, 378.
Flying-machine, 345.
Fly-shuttle, 228.
Food, from forests, 108-114; from sea
and river, 114-125; transportation
of, 143; entirely from farm, 158;
substitutes, 158-159.
Foot-mantle, 295.
Foot-paths, 329.
Foot-stoves, 375, 385.
Foot-treadle, of loom, 219.
Foot-wheel. See Flax-wheel.
Foote, Abigail, diary of, 253.
Forefathers' Dinner, 129.
Forests, destruction of, 52; riches of,
108-114.
Forks, use of, 77; first, 77.
Forts, as churches, 365, 385.
Fox, George, bequest of, 437.
Franklin, quoted, 53, 181; fairs en-
couraged by, 191; advertisement of,
292-293; as postmaster, 333; set mile-
stones, 335; cyclometer of, 335-336;
on canals, 353; in sedan-chair, 356.
Franklin stove, 70.
Fraxinella, 449.
Fringe-loom, 227.
Frocking, striped, 237.
Fulling-mill, in Boston, 188.
Fulling-stocks, 232.
Fulham jugs, 98.
Funerals, rings at, 298; gloves at, 298-
299.
Furs, search for, 115.
Fustian, in America, 237; in Europe,
237.
Gallows-balke, 53.
Gallows-crooks, 53.
Flowers, in churches, 383; old-time, Gallows-frame. See Tape-loom.
421 et seq.; folk-names of, 448; age | Gambrels, 310.
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