Grain and Chaff from an English Manor eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Grain and Chaff from an English Manor.

Grain and Chaff from an English Manor eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about Grain and Chaff from an English Manor.

Gray’s Elegy quoted, 23, 46, 198.

Gryphea incurva, 213.

“Hag-ridden,” 47.

Hardy, Mr. Thomas, 77.

Harrow School, 111;
  chapel, 113;
  fourth form room, 114;
  cricket match at Lords, 234, 235.

Harvest, 33, 244.

Hawfinch, 259.

Hawks, 202.

Hay-making, 69.

Hazel, 202.

Hedges,
  overgrown, 205;
  “pleaching,” 59.

Heredity, 117, 118.

Herrick, reference to Gospel Oak, 195.

History of Evesham, May’s, 68;
  Tindal’s, 8.

Hoarding gold, 58.

Hoby, Sir Philip, 4.

Holiday outings, 78, 79.

Holly, 205.

Hood, reference to butterflies, 276.

Hops,
  aphis, 221;
  dioescious, 226;
  drying, 31, 32;
  introduction of Flemish, 205;
  natural protection, 222;
  pocket at R.A.S.E. show, 139;
  Saturnalia, 227;
  tying, 75.

Hop-poles, 202, 203.

Hop-yards, derivation, 221.

Horace, reference to farm work, 207.

Horizon, parochial, 18, 19.

Horses, 36, 40.

Hoskins, Chandos Wren, Talpa,
  on farming, 132;
  draining, 133;
  illustrates Horace’s lines, 207.

Hospitium at Badsey, 67.

Huguenots, 7.

Hurdle-making, 150, 151.

Indian troops at Lyndhurst, 158.

Ingram, Canon Winnington, 300.

Inquest, 64, 65.

I.P., honesty, 56.

Irving, Sir Henry, 120.

Irving, Washington, Bracebridge Hall, on public distress, 245.

Jackdaw, pet, 264.

Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham, 90,96.

Jacobites, 7, 8.

Jarge, 23;
  bon vivant, 28;
  cider-maker, 175;
  daughter, 24, 26;
  discrimination, 26;
  hop foreman, 25;
  London trip, 28;
  narrow escape, 201;
  soloist, 29;
  sporting reputation, 24.

Jarrett monument, 6.

Jays, 265.

J.E.,
  carter, accidents, 54, 55;
  hop-washing, 55.

J.E., Mrs., 55.

Jim,
  carter, 35;
  angler, 35;
  foresight, 41;
  French horses, 37;
  loyalty, 37;
  ploughman, 38;
  rheumatism, 40;
  salesman, 37;
  tender-hearted, 38.

“Jingoism,” derivation, 72.

John C., shepherd, 46.

Keats, reference to trees, 187.

“King Arthur,” 254.

King Edward VII., 138, 203, 234.

Kingfisher, 257.

King George V., 19, 249.

Kingham Old and New, 77.

Kingham Station, 59.

“Know-all,” the, 73, 74.

Kruger, 66.

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