taverns in, 359; cow-herding in, 400- | Pot-hangers, 53. 401. Pickling, old-time, 152. Pierce Garrison House, 26. Pothooks, 53. Pots, cost of, 56; size of, 56. Powdering of hair, 297. Powdering tub, 153. Power-loom, 230. Pierpont, Rev. John, verses of, 306-307. Powder-horns, 320–321. Pies, 146. Pigeons, plenty of, 110; price of, 110. Pilgrims, starvation of, 129. Piling-bee, 406. Pillions, 331-332. Pillory, location of, 367. Pinckney, Mrs., exchange of flowers of, Prayers, length of, 376; with the sick, Plymouth, vacant fields at, 130; sam- Pumpkin, tributes to, 143; modes of Raising, of a house, 408 et seq. Raspberry leaves for tea, 158, 165. Rattle-watch, 362. Ravel. See Raddle. Rush, for scouring, 85. Rutland, cave-dwellers in, 3. Sabba-day house. See Noon-house. Sack, law of sale, 357. Reading, communal privileges in, 391. Sacjes, 386-387. Rings, wearing of, 297; at funerals, Salt-cellar, 78-79. Salting of fish, 124; of meat, 153. Rippling of flax, 168-169; of hemp, Samp, mode of preparing, 131-132, 134; porridge of, 134. Rippling-comb, 168; of Egyptians, 178. Samplers, 265-268. Roof, of Dutch houses, 10; gambrel, Sconces, 42. 22. Roquelaure, 295. Rosselini, quoted, 178. Roving, of yarn, 201. Rowley, spinning match at, 184. Ruffler for flax, 172. Rum, manufacture of, 163; in New Scouring-rush, 85. Scutching. See Swingling. Seats, at table, 101; in New England Slave quarters, 14. Slavery, in New England, 163; in Vir- Spinning-wheel. See Flax-wheel and ginia, 164. Sleds, 343. Sleighs, in New York, 355. Sley, of loom, 219-220; price of, 224. Slippings, of flax thread, 175. Smith, John, quoted, 115-116; plants Wool-wheel. Spinster, legal title of women, 187. Spoons, use of, 87; material of, 87-88; Squadrons, of spinners, 189. Sugar-bowls, names for, 106. Squanto, teaches fishing, 117; teaches Sugar-cones, 155. Squashes, varied names of, 144. Stage-coaches, in Great Britain, 331, 345-346; in America, 345-346. Staircases, 27. Standing salt, 78-79. Standish, Lorea, sampler of, 266. Starting a fire, 48-50. Sugar-cutters, 155-156. Sunday, observance of, by Puritans, Sweep and mortar mill, 132. Sweet potatoes, modes of cooking, 145. Starving times, in Virginia, 127; in Swifts, 215-216. Strangers, harboring of, forbidden in Tape-loom, various names of, 225; de- New England, 393-394. Stratford, tithing-man in, 372. Straw manufacture, 259-261. scribed, 225-227. Tap-room, of Wayside Inn, 357-358. Streets, condition of, 362; lighting of, Tar-making, 33. 362; washing of, 363. Strikes, of flax, 172. Sturgeon, great catch of, 120; in New Substitutes for imported foods, 158-159. Sudbury, tavern at, 357-358. Taste of a dinner, 418. Tasters, 86-87. Taverns, establishment of, 356; titles Tea, substitutes for, 158-159; first sales Sugar, substitutes for, 110, 111, 147, Teazels, 232. Teazeling, of cloth, 232. Temperature, of houses, 70-71; of Turnips, 145. churches, 374. Temple, of loom, 223. Tennessee, hand-weaving in, 249. Tenting, of cloth, 232. Terbobbin. See Chebobbin. Terrapin, 120. Thatch, for roofs, 15. Threshing, 313–314. Thumbing, in weaving, 218. Thumb-rings, 298. Tin, slight use of, 58. Tinder, 48. Tinder-box, 48. Tinder-mill, 50. Tinder-wheel, 49. Tithing-men, 372, 373. Titles, old-time, for women, 187. Tobacco, as currency, 189; use forbid- Tongs, 236. Tow, garments of, 235-236. row feeling of, 391. Townsend, revolutionary story of, 203. Transportation, on horseback, 176, 336 et seq.; by wagons, 339 et seq. Van der Donck, quoted, 118, 119, 120. Veils, interference about, 285. Vermont, candle-wood in, 32; broom- Victualling, name for tavern, 356. Virginia, early houses in, 11; palisados in, 24; candle-wood in, 32; first fork Trenchers, description, 80; material, | Voiders, 106-107. Turkeys, wild, 109; size of, 109-110; Warping, 217-218. price of, 110. Turkey wheat, 129. See Corn. Turkey-wings, 309. Warping-bars, 217-218. Warp-threads. See Warp. |