Noon-houses, 374-375.
Noon-marks, 299.
Norridgewock, life-work of a citizen of, 407-408.
Northampton, sumptuary laws in, 283-284.
Northboro, spinning match at, 184.
North Saugus, house in, 21.
Norwich, naughty girl in, 373.
Notices, nailed on church doors, 367.
Nott, President, story of boyhood, 202-203.
Occamy, 88.
Occupations, of children, 179, 180, 182, 186, 437; of women, 187.
Oiled paper for windows, 23, 366.
Old South Church, on sampler, 268.
Old Ship, 365.
Old South, 366.
Opening in land, clearing, 406.
Ordinary, name for tavern, 356.
Osenbrigs, 288.
Otis, Hannah, sampler of, 268.
Overhang, in walls, 19-20.
Ovens, 67.
Ox-bows, 311.
Oxen, sign of distress in, 413.
Oysters, in Brooklyn, 118-119; in Virginia, 119; vast size of, 119.
Pace-weight, of loom, 224.
Pack-horses, use of, 336-339; pay for, 337; load of, 337-338.
Pails, early, 58.
Paint, not used, 23.
Pales. See Fences.
Palfrey, quoted, 122.
Palisado, description of, 24.
Pansy, folk-names of, 425-426.
Paper-cutting. See Papyrotamia.
Papyrotamia, 277-278.
Parley, Peter, reminiscence of, 140.
Parsnips, 145.
Pastorius, Father, his choice for seal, 181; his encouragement of gardening, 436.
Patchwork. See Quilt-piecing.
Patent, first to Americans, 138-139, 260.
Pattens, 295.
Paupers, in Narragansett, 313; treatment of, in New England, 324.
p.a.w.n, 55.
Pawtucket, cotton thread in, 207.
Pay, for spinning, 185; for weaving, 230, 250; for cow-herding, 399; of swineherds, 403.
Peabody, Francis, house of, 31.
Peachy, 163.
Peas, 145.
Peel, 67.
Pegging, 262.