Mazer, 319.
Mead, 163.
Meeting-house, in Boston, 364, 366; in Salem, 364; in Hingham, 365; descriptions of, 364, 366-369.
Metheglin, 163.
Metheglin cups, 85.
Metzel-soup, 419.
Milestones, 335-336.
Milford, Conn., palisados in, 24.
Milk, price of, 148; use as food, 148.
Milk pitchers, names of, 106.
Milkweed, for candle wicks, 35, 211.
Mill, Indian, 132.
Mince-pies, pioneer, 159.
Ministers, encourage fisheries, 121.
Mittens, fine knitting of, 262; quick knitting of, 262.
Modesty-piece, 270-271.
Mola.s.ses, for New England slave-trade, 163.
Monkey spoons, 90.
Moore, Thomas, quoted, 348.
Mortar, Indian, 132.
Morton, quoted, 120-121.
Moss-pink, 423.
Mount Vernon, description of, 13; weaving at, 237; garden at, 431.
Mourning rings. See Rings.
Mourning samplers, 268-269.
m.u.f.fs, worn by men, 298, 386.
Mutton, its disuse previous to Revolution, 189, 191.
Nails, scarcity of, 11.
Napkins, use of, 77.
Narragansett, hand-weaving in, 241-244; shift marriages in, 241-242; old quilt in, 275-276; threshing in, 313-314.
Needlework, st.i.tches in, 264-265; delicacy of, 265; rules for, 265.
Neighborhood, t.i.tle of settlement, 391.
Neighbors, old-time, 388 _et seq._, 395 _et seq._
Netting, 263-264.
Nettles, fibre spun, 211.
New Amsterdam, first church in, 385; laws about fences in, 401-402.
Newman, Rev. Mr., manner of work, 33.
Newburyport, house at, 27; straw bleaching at, 261; sumptuary laws in, 283; fines in, 374.
New England, houses in, 15; candle-wood in, 32; lobsters in, 117; fisheries in, 117-124; Indian corn in, 127-136; mills in, 131-133; pumpkins in, 142-143; potatoes in, 144; squashes in, 144; milk and ministers in, 148; churns in, 149; cider in, 161-162; rum in, 163-164; slavery in, 164; wool-raising in, 188-189; taverns in, 356-357; watchmen in, 363; meeting-houses in, 365 _et seq._; summons to meeting in, 368; Sunday observance in, 378 _et seq._; "taste of dinner in," 418; old-time gardens in, 421 _et seq._
New Hampshire, candle-wood in, 32; potatoes in, 144; pioneer mince-pies in, 159; wheelwrights in, 176; flax manufacture in, 180, 236; fine knitting in, 269; birch brooms in, 304.
New Haven, restrictions in, 392.
New London, mill at, 133.
Newport, box plants at, 430; garden in, 437-438.
New York, houses in, 8; candle-wood in, 32; first fork in, 78; venison in, 109; lobsters at, 118; fish in, 120; salting shad in, 124-125; supp.a.w.n in, 133; ale and beer in, 161; wool-raising in, 191; dress in, 292; turnpikes in, 349-350; coaches in, 354-355; sleighs in, 355; street lighting in, 362; watch in, 363; Sunday observance in, 384; cow-herding in, 399; gardens in, 439-440.
Niddy-noddy, 200-201; carved, 320.
Nightgowns, 294.
Nocake, description of, 137; use of, 137; Eliot"s use of word, 137-138.
Noggins, 82.
Noil, 196.
Nokick. See Nocake.