Meteors, called Jackalantern, 373.
Sub COELUM.
Michaelmas, festival of, Sept. 29th,
See Archangel.

514.

Goose, whimsical origin
of, 515. See Martinmas.
Milner, Dr. his works quoted, 598.
Mind, distinct from Life and from
Matter, November 7th, 617. Sub
PSYCHE.

Minerva, Festival and origin of,
June 19th, 302.

the Cock dedicated to her,

and why, 304.
Miracles, wrought in attestation of
the sanctity of the Catholic Church,
Ancient and Modern, Aug. 1st, 383
-Nov. 3d, 604.

-, by the Chains of St. Peter,
with Philosophical Reflections on,
Aug. 1st, 383.

of the Resurrection, or
Easter, 163, 170.

a Mistake cleared up re-

specting, 691.
Misletoe, a Christmas decoration, 5.
described by Virgil, 5.
Mohammed's Flight to Mecca, 345.
Molehills, used to make beds for
Tulips, 401.

Monastic Orders, 700.

Months, various names for, and em-
blems of, September 13th, 474, et
seq.

479.

Jewish and Aegyptian,

Banks o' Doon, 51-Ariel's Song,
63-The Wish, 64-Plato's Advice,
67 - Shepherd of Edonia, 68—
Where the Bee Sucks, 70—Ariel's
Song, 76-When Daisies pied, 166
-Angler, 229-Spring Song, 235—
To Harriet, 242-Summer Song,
243-The Cuckoo, 288-Sabrina,
308-Lammas Night, 381-Lady-
bird, 386-Auld Lang Syne, 421—
Burns's Westlin' Winds, 444 — A
Southerly Wind, Hunting Song,
557 — Hunting Classically, 560—
False Hallow, 565-The Last Rose
of Summer, 581 Halloween, by
Burns, 595-The Wish for Pipe
and Bowl, &c. 622-The Tempest,

630.

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MUSAE.

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·Descriptive Verses, &c.—
On January, 1, and the Wassail,
1, 3-Janus, from Ovid, 2-On
Orion, 3—Orion's Girdle, 4—Cold
and Raw, 5-Misletoe, from Virgil,
5- Lavender and Rosemary, 7
Les Rois de la Fêve, 8-St. Distaff,
9-Sheep in Snow, 9-Sliding and
Skating, 10-De Puella Saltante, 12
-On Dog SPECTRE, 13-Days
of Week, 14-Stars, 20—Unlucky
Birds, 20-Fish, 21-St. Peter, 22.
-Winter in Denmark, 22-Dark
still Winter Weather, 23-St. Ag-
nes, 25-Byron's Dog, 26-Winter
Scenes, 27-Birds on St. Paul's
Eve, 28-Wet Weather, 32-Buds,
35-Icicles, 34-Apples, 35-Bells,
36-On a Skull, 39-Primrose, by
J. Mayne, 42-Candles, 45-Snow-
drop, 46-Daisy, 47-Aquarius, 49
-Rule of Health, 50-Winter, 52
Primrose Bank, 54 — Vanity of
Greatness, 55- Heartsease, 59-
Cruelty, 59-Pattens, 59-Valen-
tines, 61-Daisy, 71-Death and
Sleep, 73-An Unwelcome Visitor,
Ephialtes Botanicus, 81
Hounds, 83-Calendae Martis, 85-
Leak, 86-Husbandry, 87-Lambs,
91-Corns, 99-Owl 101—Cunning
Man, 102-Ode to Enterprize, 103
-North Pole, 106-Daffodils, 107
-Flowers Blowing for particular
Days, 108 Palm, 109 March
Husbandry, 113-Spider, 117.
Prodigies, 119 Antares, 121-
Mouse, 121Kyte, 122— Deities
of the Months, 124-Bees, 130-
Music, 132-Violets, 134-Spring
Flowers, 135- Throstle, 136 -
Quendon, 140-March, 143-April
Day, 153— Pleiades, 157 — Birds,
151-Swallows, 165-April, 169-

79

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Swallow, 171-Fools, 172-Liberty,
173-BUSY, 176-TRAY, 177-
Veikhen, 17-Le Printemps, 179
-April Day, 180-Cuckoo, 182-
Nightingale, 183, 194-Robigalia,
189- Spiritual Creatures, 190
Cowslips, 191-Farmyard, 196-
Trees, 199-Flowers, 204-Love,
206-Maypole, 210-Martlet and
Swallow, 212-May, 213-South-
ern Cross, 215-Flowers, 216-
Lachrymal Plants, 218-Napoleon,
219-Vernal Love, 220-Lark and
Nightingale, 221-Lemuria, 225-
Portrait, 226-Urion, 230-Alle-
gro, 231-Progress of Vegetation,
232-Whitsuntide, 238- Retired
Leisure's Delight, 247-Hermitage,
253-Seasons, 256-Flora's Clock,
261-Rosebud, 262-Carna, 267-
Moneta, 268-Sheepshearing, 270-
Owl, 271-Bellona, 272-Faith,
Hope, and Charity, 279-Northern
Bear, 281-Cuckoo, Owl, Poppy,
Fortune, Minerva, Flowers, 294-
Strawberries, 299- Anacreon to
the Rose, 300-Spanish Lines, 301
-Legumena, 302-Jasmine, 304-
Milton's Allegro, 305- Milton's
Serpent, 306-Morat, 307-Ad Mi-
nervam, 309-St. John's Wort, 310
-St. John's, 311-Fishes, 312-
Various Birds' Nests, 313-Strange
Sky, 317-Days, 319-The VIR-
GIN, 321--St. Ulric, 324-De-
scription of Trees, 325 Fish in
Brooks, 327-Cherryclack, 329-
Hay, 330-Evening, 331-Plague,
337 - Hot Weather, 340- Rose,
341-St. Swithin, 342-Wet Mid-
summer, 343-Parting Kiss, 345—
Signs, 346-Steamboat, 346-In-
sects, 351
-St. Margaret, 352-
Robert Burns, 356-Fading Rose,
357-Wet Summer, 359-Dies, 360
-Stars, 362-Sensitive Plant, 363
-Moonlight Walk by the Sea Side,
365 Enchantress, 366- Neptuni
Dies, 369-View of the Alps, 371
-Amaranth, 387-Bellflower, 389
-Shelley's Church Yard, 391-In-
fantine Recollections, 394-Kitty,
396-Poppy, 396-Fly, 397-City
Shower, 398-Fructus, 405-VIR-
GIN, 407-Crescent of Selina, 418
-Signs, 419-Vulcan, 426-Herbs,
429-Grasshopper, 431-John Bar-
leycorn, 435-River Fish, 441
Paternal Reliques, 458-Wig and
Skull, 471 Holy Rood, 484-
Fairy Mab, 503-Hirundo, 514-
Hounds, 528-Hogs, 538-Kitten,

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MUSAE. Odes.-To an Unwelcome
Visitor, 79-to Enterprize, 103
to a Spider, 117-to Fortune, 164
-to a Mouse, 121-to the Auld
Man's Wee House, 139—to a Lady,
154-May Morning, 208-Ode to
May, 213. to Selina, 226 — Ad
Minervam, 309-to the VIRGIN,
a hymn, 407-to Insanity, 532-to
W. G. 537-Fessa Annis Feles, 540

to Mr. Gough, 573- Memory,
574 Ricco Inglese, 625-Fornham,
647-Penelope, 649.

Music and St. Cecilia, Nov. 22d, 650.
-, creates Sympathies by Asso-
ciation, March 20th, 132.
My high Betty Martin, explained,
Nov. 11th, 630.
Mystifying Faculty contended for, as
distinct from Ideality, Hope, and
Fear, 506. Sub HECATE.

Names of the Months, 105, note, and
at the head of every month.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
September 8th, 462.

of Jesus Christ, Dec. 25th.
of Mercury, May 15th, 234.
of Diana, April 6th, 164.
Neptune, his history and festivals,
July 28th, 367.

Horace's Ode written on
his Feast Day, 369.

ridiculous ceremony of his
boarding Vessels, 610.
Neptunalia, in old Rome, November
5th, 610.

Nereides, or Sea Nymphs, July 28th,

369.

spread before the feet of the
Bride, 509.
Ocular spectra of children, Dec. 28th.
distinguished from ce-

rebral spectra, 525.

resembling patterns and
freckles on the wall, 748.
Ode to Enterprize, by Clarke, 103.
Olitory garden and sweet herbs, 298.
Omens, good and evil, 509 and 545;

also Dec. 1st, 676. See Prognostics.
Omer, St. Bishop of Terrouane, 464.
Opalia, or feast of Ops, at Rome,
August 25th, 428, 713.
Organs of the Human Mind, enume-
ration of, 468.

Orion, rising of, a stormy sign, 3.
various risings of, noted by

poets, 3.

lines on his belt, 4.

colour of one of his stars, 17.
cosmical and heliacal rising
of, see Index to Rom. Cal.

formerly called Urion, 230.
Oschrophoria and Ramalia, festivals
of, at Rome, October 10th, 551.
Owl, superstitions respecting, 101.
Sub FAUNA.

considered a bad omen, 545.
Sub HECATE.

Periods of flowers, 71.
Personal Identity preserved by newly
formed cerebral atoms, 531.
Personification of the Elements, 96.
Pheasants, the killing of, begins Oc-
tober 1st, 528.

Philosophy of Kant, and of the Phre-
nologists, November 7th, 619.
Phlebotomy at spring and fall, 587.
Phrenological Society of Edinburgh,
Sept. 11th, 471; and Dec. 31st.
Phrenology established in England by
Journal, 714.
Dr. Spurzheim, December 31.

the peculiar doctrine
of, considered, September 11th,
468.

Piume delle Donne, an Italian song,
January 10th, 11.

Plague, inhuman policy of its treat

ment, 337.

Planets, artificial mode of estimating
the relative magnitude of, May
16th, 236. Sub URANIA.

elements of, 360.

considered as dispersive
mirrors, 680.

Plants, flowering of, near to certain
Saints' days, 107, et alibi.
FLORA.

Sub

sympathy and antipathy of,

102.

sage of the, 358.

--, setting of, April 2d, 156.
➡, rising of, May 2d, 212. See
Hyades. Also see 254.
Plough Monday, 13.

Plums, enumeration of, 405.
Pole of the Earth, 106.

Pole Star, its place and duplicity,

393.

Rain, monthly average of, 116.

prognostics of, 28, 89, 92, 103,
310, 337, 342, 544.

Raven, a bird of evil omen, 545, 549,
550, &c. Sub HECATE.
Refraction and Reflection, on the va
rieties of, 679.

Regifugium of the Roman Calendar,

73.

Religious Rites and Ceremonies de-
fended, 75.

Remy, St. or Remigius, 527.
Ringing. See Bells.

Rings, old custom of hallowing on
Good Friday, 111.

about the Moon. See Halo.
made by Fairies. See Fairy

Rings.
Rising of Sun and Moon, new tables
for, 377.

Robigalia, strange ceremonies of, in
ancient Rome, 189.

Robin Redbreast, its familiar habits,
641. Sub FAUNA.

ROMAN CALENDAR passim sub singulis
diebus.

-, explanation of, 273.

Sub TEMPUS.
Roodloft in ancient churches, 483.
Rosary, festival of, October 1st, 527.

for particular places, 518.

for certain diseases, 519.
St. John's Wort, lines on, 310.
Satellites of the Planets, 361.
Saturn, mythological history of, Sep-
tember 25th, 503.

his children and the Holy
Innocents, December 28th.

his Satellites, 361.
composition of the light of,

680.
Saturnalia, December 17th, 711.
Suxon Gods give names to the days
of the week, 14.

Scarlet Lychnis, June 20th, 305.
Scent, a criterion of good, 563.
Scorpion, bright star in, 17.

rises, March 16th, 120.
Sermon on the Mount, best detailed by
St. Matthew, 495.

Serpents, Suake, Viper, and Slow-
worm, 306.

Servetus burnt at Geneva, October
27th, 588.

Seva and Vishnu, 701.

Shamrock, why worn by the Irish, 122.
Sheepshearing, and lines on, 269. Sub
PALES.

Shrovetide and its customs, 58.
Shepherd of Edonia, 68.
Signs of Rain, February 3d and 5th,
March Sd, 5th, and 9th, 88, 93,
104. Swallows flying low, ibid.
88, et seq.; Crows croaking or
washing, ibid.; Swans flying against
the wind, Wildfowl washing and
diving, the activity of Ants, com-
ing forth of Toads and Frogs,
quackling of Ducks, braying of
Asses, Hogs destroying the Corn-
stalks, Asses shaking their ears,
&c.; for all the above, see Prog-
nostics.

from the Barometer,

&c. July 12th.
Signs of the Zodiac and of the Planets,
&c. 4, 5, and 6.

Signpole at Barbers' shops, 415.
Signposts, August 18th and 20th, 411

and 417.

66.

Simon, St. and St. Jude's Day, reck-
oned rainy, 588.

ori-

ginally marked by a ship, 589.
Smoking, healthiness of, Feb. 5th, 49.
different sorts of pipes

used for, 50.

History of, and Verses on,
November 8th, 621.
Snow, a fall of, described by Thom-
son the Poet, January 9th, 10.
Snowdrop, February 2d, 46; and
March 10th, 107.

Solar System, some of the elements
of, 360. Sub URANIA.
Solstitial Flora, 333.
Songs. See Musae.

Sorcery, Magic, and Necromancy, 509.
Soul, on the existence of, November
2d and 7th.

Sounds heard a great way before
rain, 663.

of aural illusion, 660.

of distant bells, 663.

Southern Cross, May 3d, 214; see
also September 14th, 481.
lines on, 215.

motion of stars, nonexist-

ence of, 698.
Sparrows, great utility of in gardens,
250. Sub FAUNA.

Spectre, Verses on a dog named, 13.
Spectres of the dead, 65. See Appa-
ritions.

physically explained, 524-

526.
Spiders indicate rain, 89.
Spring, on the period so called, 96,
under the word COELUM.
Squirrels hunted on St. Andrew's
Day, 674.

Star of Arcady, noticed by Milton,

207.

Verses on by White, 23.
Suddenwood, and other sweet shrubs,
590. Sub Ors.

Suicide, 675. Sub FURIA.
Summanalia at Rome, 304.
Summer, of the period so called, 282.
Sub TEMPUS.

Sundials which adjust themselves by
magnetism, 676.
Sunflower, description of, 510. Sub
FLORA.

varieties of, 511.
Superstitions, reflections on, 75.
Swallows return in Spring, April 15th,

Swine and Swineherds of New Forest,
538. Sub PALES.

Table for finding the name of every
day in every year, one day only
being given, February 29th, 83.

for finding the time of rising of
the Sun, Moon, and Planets, for
every Latitude, July 31st, 377.
Tables of Weather, February 25th, 77;
August 26th and 31st, 450 and 443.
of Geographical Longitudes and
Latitudes, 581.

Tarquin, on the flight of, 80.
Tears of Old May Day, a poem, 210.
Temperature and Prestan Average, for

January and February, 77.
TEMPUS, or Articles on Division of
Time, 263; and September 13th,
473; 22d, 497.

Tendon of the forefinger divided and
healed again, 104.
Terminalia, a feast of the Romans, 69.
Throstle and Blackbird compared, 137.
Thunderbolts were really meteorolites,

436.
Thunderstorms, extensive range of,
371. Sub COELUM.

violent examples of,

Sub COELUM.
Tide, Table of the, July 28th, 370.
Time, mathematical observations on
the application of, 263.