Child Life in Colonial Days

houses in, 75; barring out, 77; | Pope, quoted, 148.

teachers in, 204.

Pennsylvania Farmer, 72.

Pens, of olden times, 154.
Penwiper, not used, 153–154.
Peonies, playthings of, 398.
Pepperell children, portrait, 52.
Pepperell, Sir William, order of, 57.
Pepys, Samuel, on bathing, 27; friend
of Cocker, 142; cited, 206, 313.
Perambulating the bounds. See
Bounds.

Porter, Dr., cited, 247.

Portulaca, as playthings, 388.
Post, Cathalina, 47.
Potash saved for treat, 77.
Potation-penny, 77.
Prating, 317.

Prayer," Now I lay me," etc., 130.
Present, in address, 157.

Perry, Reverend Joseph, medicine of, Pretty Little Pocket Book, 346, 354, 374-

7-8.

Petticoats, embroidered, 335.

Philadelphia, schools of, 71.

Phips, Sir William, family of, II.
Phlox, wreaths of, 394.

Pierpont, John, quoted, 390.

Pigeons, shooting of, 317 et seq.

Primer, defined, 128.

Primroses, children's interest in, 402.
Prince Library, 156.

Prior, quoted, 124.

Processioning. See Bounds.

Proctor, Master, 153.

Prodigal Daughter, 256.

Pike, Nicholas, arithmetic of, 144- Profanity, punished, 203.

Pinckney, Charles C., education of, Provisions on shipboard, 28.

180-183.

Pinckney, Eliza L., quoted, 180–183.
Pincushion, gift of, 18-19.

Pine-needles, playthings of, 394.

Pious Motions and Devout Exercises,

etc., 251.

Pitch and hustle, 347.

Pitkin, Jerusha, embroidery of, 324-
325.

Pitman, John, precocity of, 185-186.
Plaine Mans Pathway to Heaven, 248,

249.

Plays, in schools, 115 et seq.
Plum trees, gum from, 387.
Plummets, use of, 79; manufacture of,

79.
Points, 313.

Poison, 345.

Pokeberries, dye from, 398.

Poor Robin's Almanack, 18, 21.

Pumpkins, seeds, 386; trombones of,
390; lettering of, 396; lanterns of,
396.

Puncheon floors, 75.

Punishments of scholars. See Disci-
pline and Schools.
Puppets. See Dolls.

Quakers, schools of, 71.
Quills. See Goosequills.
Quilts, 21; piecing of, 339.
Quincy, Dorothy, 107-108.
Quincy, Elizabeth, 108-109.

Quincy, Elizabeth Morton, 115-116,

202.

Quincy, John, portrait of, 40-43.
Quincy, Josiah, rearing of, 25-26;
school life of, 83, 134.

Rabelais, on abridgments, 300.

Raisins

Raisins of the sun, 32.
Raritan, N. J., schoolhouse at, 76.
Rattlesnakes, bounties on, 316.
Ravenel, Daniel, portrait, 48.
Rawhide, 204.

Rawson, Susannah, 113.

Rawson, William, family of, 12.
Reading-boards, 126.
Reading-made-easies, 136.
Record's Arithmetic, 140.
Redemptioners, as teachers, 72.
Reformed Virginian Silk Worm, 310.
Religio Medici, 176.
Ribbon-grass, 390.

Richards, Mary, sampler of, 338.

Rickets, new disease, 7; treatment of,
7-8.

Schoolhouse, building of, 75; descrip-
tions of, 75, 76; furnishings of, 75-
76; discomforts of, 76; windows of,
76; in Raritan, 77.

Riddles, in commonplace book, 174; School-meadows, 68.
old-time esteem of, 275.

Riding for the goose, 352.

Rhyme, grammar in, 135-136; arith-

metic in, 141, 142.
Robinson Crusoe, 265.

Rock, for spinning, 305.
Rock candy, 32.

Roelantsen, Adam, 74.
Rogers, Ezekiel, quoted, 235.

Rogers, John, burning of, 130.

Roll, for hair, 59.

Ropes, Seeth, 15.

School-teachers, character

of, 72;

Scotch, 73; contract with, 74-75;
Dutch, 73-74; women, 97; pay of,
68, 96-97, 103; English, 192; cruelty
of, 204.

School-treats, 77.

School wood, 69–70.

School of Manners, 219, 222.
Scotch-hoppers. See Hopscotch.
Scottow, Joshua, quoted, 2; his daugh-
ter, 86.

Scribbling in books, 161 et seq.

Rose-hips, as playthings, 386, 397, Seaborn, the name, 15.

400.

Rosy-cakes, 401.

Rubila, 7.

Ruskin, quoted, 342.

Sailors, interest in, 319 et seq.
Salem, laws in, 68; curious custom
in, 69; schools in, 68; punishments
in, 199; seating boys in, 246.
Salem Gibraltars, 32.
Saltonstall, Elizabeth, letter of, 100-101.
Sampler, derivation of, 327; descrip-
tion, 328; verses of, 328 et seq.; age

of, 329.
Sanford and Merton, 295, 297.

Seating the meeting, 223, 247.

Seats in school, 75.

Seeth, the name, 15.

Servants, discipline of, 204 et seq.
Sewall, Elizabeth, 237, 238.

Sewall, Joseph, hornbook of, 122; origi-
nal sin of, 208.
Sewall, Rebeka, 223.

Sewall, Samuel, quoted, 4, 15, 16, 32,
44, 122, 208, 237, 238, 351; diary of,
164, 205; tenderness of, 208; servant
of, 205; at funerals, 242.
Shakespeare, first sold in Boston, 180;
songs from, 287.

Shepherd, Thomas, funeral of, 242.

Sheriff,

Sheriff, standing of, 283.
Sherman, John, family of, 12.

Shippack, Pa., school at, 202 et seq.
Shirts, of infants, 34-35.
Shoes, 57-58.

Shoe-pegs, 359.

Shorter Catechism, 130–131.
Shovel board, 351.

Silk culture, 310–311.
Silsbee, Mrs., cited, 225.
Sir Charles Grandison, 300.

Skating, 371 et seq.

Slander, lawsuits for, 213.
Slates, use of, 80, 81.

Sleeves, virago, 43; hanging, 43-44.
Slide-groat, 351.
Small-pox, 4.

Smibert, portraits by, 37, 48, 107.
Smith, John, quoted, 319.
Smith, William, cited, 94-95.
Snails, rhyme to, 399.

Sum-books, 138 et seq.

Sumner, Mary Osgood, 166 et seq.;
monitor of, 167 et seq.

Sumptuary laws, 45-

Sunday, observance of, 243 et seq.
Sunday-school books, 304.

Sunflower seeds, 386.

Superstition, 240–241.

Sweetmeats, 30.

Swimming, prohibited, 244.

Syllabarium, 128.

Tag, various games of, 344 et seq.
Tambour-work, 341.

Tape-weaving, 305.
Tattling stick, 197.
Taws, 204.

Taylor, Ann, 298.

Taylor, Bayard, quoted, 72.

Taylor, John, quoted, 337–338.
Teachers. See School-teachers.
Teething, death by, 10.

Ten Broeck, John, letter of, 80-81.
Ten Broeck, Katherine, portrait of,
47.

Thayer, Mrs. Sarah, family of, 13.
Thimble, first, 338.

Thimell-pie, 198.

Tom Thumb's Play Book, 270.

Tops, 343.

Torrey Papers, 156.
Toss-about, 284, 290.
Town, S., on slates, 80.
Townes cradle, 21.

Toys, home-made, 367, 371; of tin,
367; Chinese, 368; ancient, 371.

Tree of life, embroidered, 326.

Trock, 350.

Trombones, of leaf-stalks, 390.

Trouncing, 197.

95; religious observance in, 232-233;
processioning in, 314.
Virtues, as names, 16..

Vogelweide, W. von der, quoted, 321.

Wadsworth, portrait, 53.

Washington, George, purchase order
of, 56; schooling of, 65-66; manu-
script books of, 66; designs relating
to, 325-326.

Water, cold, bathing in, 26-28; ancient
aversion to, 28, 102.

True Relation of the Flourishing State Watts, Dr., hymns of, 260.

of Philadelphia, 71.

Trumbull, portraits by, 37, 53.
Tryon, Governor, child of, 57.
Tuer, Andrew W., 125, 385.

Tunkers' aversion to education, 72.
Turell, Jane. See Jane Colemen.
Turkeys, trapping of, 317.

Tutor's Guide, 143.

Twitch-up, 318.

Tylor, cited, 385.

Unipod, 199.

Vails, 18.

Valentines, of flowers, 393.

Van Cortlandt family names, 46.

Van Cortlandt, Mrs., quoted, 338-339.
Venice treacle, 7.

Vermin-hunting, 316.

Vermont, ink made in, 154.

Verney, Sir Ralph, on girls' education,
91.

Verney, memoirs, cited, 28, 83.

Verstile, Wm., portrait of, 53; letter

about, 53-54; instruction of, 54-55.

•Vice in its proper shape, 302.

Village School, 226.

Vinegar, as disinfectant, 4.

Violets, fighting, 382.

Vipers, in medicine, 7.

Virginals, 112.

Virginia, schools in, 64, 65, 66; planta-

Waxwork, 336.

Weaving, by children, 306.

Webster, Noah, Jr., quoted, 80; books
of, 136, 144.

Weld, Reverend Abijah, family of, 12;
thrift of, 12.

Welsh, Charles, book of, 266; quoted,

273.

Wendell, Elizabeth. See Elizabeth
Quincy.

Wentworth, John, 103.

Wentworth, William, 104.

Wesley, Samuel, quoted, 258.

West Hartford, Conn., schools in, 70.
Whispering sticks, 198.

Whistles, of willow, 390; of grass,

390.

White Bible, 162.

White, Peregrine, cradle of, 20.

White, Thomas, quoted, 248-249; book
of, 254.

White House Doll, 367.
White-weed. See Daisy.

Who Killed Cock Robin, quoted, 291-

292.

Wicker cradle, 20-21.

Wig-wearing of children, 51.

Wigglesworth, Michael, 252.

Willard, Samuel, family of, 12.

William and Amelia, 293.

Williams, Ephraim, quoted on writing,
158-159.

tions scattered, 66; girls' education in, | Windows, of greased paper, 76.

Windsor,

Windsor, Conn., schools in, 69; boys' | Wood, for school fires, 69-70; farm-

pews in, 247.

Wine-drinking, of children, 102.

Wingate's Arithmetic, 145.

work on, 308.
Woodbridge, Wm., 96.
Worde, Wynkyn de, 193.

Winslow, Edward, portraits of, 38 et Wordsworth, quoted, 163.

seq.

Winslow, Anna Green, handwriting of,
quoted, 17, 19, 58, 59, 307; dress of,
58-59; letter to, 99; diary of, 164,
165; books of, 301.
Winslow family, arithmetic of, 145.
Winthrop, John, history of, 2, 164;
medicine of, 7; quoted, 90; hand-
writing of, 150; early marriage of, 190.
Winthrop, Waitstill, 122.
Witchcraft, 241 et seq.
Woburn, school in, 97.

Wolcott, J., letter of, 84-85.

Wolves, hunting of, 315.

Worthy Tenant, 294.

Writing. See Penmanship.
Writing-masters, esteem for, 150, 152;
in Boston, 153; funeral notice of, 152.
Writing-paper, 156.
Wynter, John, quoted, 206.

Yoking as punishment, 198, 203.
Young Lady's Accidence, 96, 135.
Youth's Behaviour, 27-28, 219.
Youth's Instructor in English Tongue,
159.

Zurishaddai, the name, 16.

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