St.i.tches, names of, 264-265.
St.-John"s-wort, as dye, 194.
Stockings, knitting of, 190, 262-263; weaving of, 190.
Stocks, location of, 367.
Stone-bee, 407.
Stone-hauling, 407.
Stone walls, 407.
Stoves, first, 69; in Dutch churches, 385.
Strachey, quoted, 119.
Strangers, harboring of, forbidden in New England, 393-394.
Stratford, t.i.thing-man in, 372.
Straw manufacture, 259-261.
Streets, condition of, 362; lighting of, 362; washing of, 363.
Strikes, of flax, 172.
Striking a light, 47.
Stump-pulling, 407.
Sturgeon, great catch of, 120; in New York, 120.
Subst.i.tutes for imported foods, 158-159.
Succotash, 134.
Sudbury, tavern at, 357-358.
Sugar, subst.i.tutes for, 110, 111, 147, 157, 158; cutting of, 155-156.
Sugar-bowls, names for, 106.
Sugar-cones, 155.
Sugar-cutters, 155-156.
Summer-piece, 8.
Sunday, observance of, by Puritans, 378 _et seq._; by Rev. John Cotton, 379; by Virginians, 380; by the Dutch, 384; duration of, 379.
Sun-dials, 299, 442-443; inscriptions on, 443; materials of, 443.
Supp.a.w.n, use of, 133.
Sweep and mortar mill, 132.
Sweet potatoes, modes of cooking, 145.
Swifts, 215-216.
Swineherds. See Hog-reeves.
Swingling of flax, 171-172.
Swingling block, 171.
Swingling knives, 171, 312.
Swingle-tree hurds, 172.
Swingling tow, bonfires of, 177.
Swing-sign. See Sign-board.
Table, description of, 76.
Table-board, 76, 81.
Table-cloths, 77.
Tallow, lack of, 34.
Tambour work, 269.
Tankards, original meaning, 83; of wood, 83-84; of silver, 99.
Tapping-gauge, 112.
Tape-loom, various names of, 225; described, 225-227.
Tap-room, of Wayside Inn, 357-358.
Tarboggin. See Chebobbin.
Tar-making, 33.
Taste of a dinner, 418.