Smoking tongs, 68-69.
Snake-fence, 25.
Sneak-cups, 106.
Snow, name of vessel, 328.
Snowstorm, in New England, 410 _et seq._
Snuffers, 42.
Snuffers tray, 42.
Soap, making of, 253-255.
Society house, 396.
Sorrel, as dye, 194.
South Carolina. See Carolinas.
Southernwood, 428.
Spatter-dashes, 296.
Spelling, varied, of squashes, 144.
Spenser, quoted, 319.
Spermaceti, 42.
Spices, in cooking, 153; ground at home, 158.
Spice-mills, 158.
Spice-mortars, 158.
Spinning, of flax, 174, 230; pay for, 175; in Egypt, 178; in India, 178; in New England, 179-180; in Pennsylvania, 181; in France, 230-231; day"s work in, 185; in modern times, 186; of wool, 196-198, 229-230; new materials for, 211; race between weaving and, 228-229; a by-industry, 228.
Spinning cla.s.ses, 180.
Spinning-cup, 174.
Spinning-jenny, 229.
Spinning-matches, 184-185.
Spinning-school, 180, 182.
Spinning-wheel. See Flax-wheel and Wool-wheel.
Spinster, legal t.i.tle of women, 187.
Splint brooms. See Birch brooms.
Spool-holder. See Skarne.
Spoons, use of, 87; material of, 87-88; types of, 89-90.
Spoon-moulds, 87-88.
Spoon-racks, 68.
Spreading of flax, 168.
s.p.u.n.ks, 50.
Squadrons, of spinners, 189.
Squanto, teaches fishing, 117; teaches corn-planting, 130.
Squashes, varied names of, 144.
Squirrels, abundance of, 110; premium on, 110.
Stage-coaches, in Great Britain, 331, 345-346; in America, 345-346.
Stage-wagon, 345.
Staircases, 27.
Standing salt, 78-79.
Standish, Lorea, sampler of, 266.
Starting a fire, 48-50.
Starving times, in Virginia, 127; in New England, 129.
Staves, 316.
Stays, 291.
Steeples, 366.
Steep-pool, for flax, 169.
Stepping-stones. See Horse-blocks.