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YULE is young on Yule even, and auld on Saint Steven. Spoken when people are much taken with novelties, and as soon weary of them.-Kelly.

YULE Rhymes. -Shetland.

The very babe unborn,

Cries, O dul! dul!

For the breaking o' Thammasmas nicht,

Five nichts afore Yule.

Thammasmas e'en was five nights before Yule day. No work was to be done after day set, the evening was regarded as peculiarly holy, and unlike all the other evenings of Yule tide, no amusements were allowed. The smallest divergence from this superstition was believed to bring misfortune, as indicated in the rhyme.

No sort of work was done during Yule, for the old rhyme said—
Nedder bake nor brew,
Shape nor shew,
Upon gude Yüle,
Else muckle düll
Will be dy share

Dis year and mair.

Some fishermen who went to sea on the fourth day of Yule, brought upon their lines a hideous monster, half fish, half horse. This creature told them that

Man who fished in Yule week,

Fortune never mair did seek.

Work was resumed on New Year's day, and from that time until twenty-fourth night, work and play went hand and hand. The festivi

ties were concluded by a ball on twenty-fourth night. An old rhyme warned the young men to

Make the maist o' ony chance,

Yüle is time to drink and dance,
Newrsmas lucky lines should bring
Twenty-fourth night, get the ring,
Gi'e the lass a kiss, and mind

Time and tide are easily tined.

The Yules began with Tul-ya's e'en, which was seven days before Yule tide. On that day the trows received permission to leave their homes in the heart of the earth, and to dwell for a while above ground. It was believed that the " grey folk," as they were called, would injure life and property unless due care was taken to sain-guard by spellsthe people and their gear from the malign influence of those troublesome visitors. To guard a child from danger, the following rhyme was said over the cradle on Helya's night, which came immediately after Tul-ya's e'en

Mary midder haud de haund

Ower aboot for sleeping baund,
Had da lass and had da wife,
Had da bairn a' its life;

Mary midder haud de haund
Round da infants o' oor land.

The sleeping band was a broad belt with which the baby was tied into the cradle.

On Yule morning the gudeman went round to all his household with a dram, saying

Yule gude, and yule gear,

Follow de trew da year.

As the trows cannot abide the sight of iron, so some article made of this metal was always displayed in a prominent position in every dwelling during the Yule season as a charm against the "grey folk." On twenty-fourth night the trow's holiday came to an end for the season. YULE'S Come, and Yule's gane, | And we hae feasted weel; Sae Jock maun to his flail again, | And Jenny to her wheel. A Fifeshire rhyme. In allusion to the festive character of Christmas, boys use this rhyme

On Christmas night I turned the spit,

I burnt my fingers-I find it yet.

2.

ZEAL catches fire at a slight spark as fast as a brunstane match.

"Heart of Midlothian," ch. 18.

INDEX.

A.

Aberdeenshire, sayings relating to, 15,
20, 23, 24, 37, 45, 49, 68, 69, 75, 91,
110, 180, 186, 203, 204, 205, 219, 223,
225, 237, 251, 256, 264, 273, 298, 309,
310, 314, 317, 318, 324, 326, 327, 328,
330, 346, 348, 349, 352, 363, 368, 378,
382, 387, 392, 396, 414.

Ailsa Craig, 43.

April. 8, 41, 176, 270.
Argyleshire, sayings relating to, 207,
319.

Aurora Borealis, 339, 341.
Ayrshire, sayings relating to, 44, 48,
50, 73, 89, 105, 229, 247, 276, 279,
292, 307, 326, 332, 345, 376, 381, 410.

B.

Banffshire, sayings relating to, 33, 50,
74, 83, 127, 342.
Beatrice, Princess, 127.
Beltane, 165, 186, 408, 41€.
Berwickshire, sayings relating to, 13,
19, 43, 50, 52, 54, 55, 68, 71, 72, 78,
90, 91, 97, 99, 101, 102, 105, 107.
110, 111, 113, 119, 120, 121, 127, 133,
157, 159, 160, 163, 164, 168, 169, 174,
175, 176, 182, 183, 190, 199, 202, 216,
217, 219, 220, 221, 230, 239, 240, 242,
253, 267, 268, 272, 277, 283, 285, 286.
294, 296, 297, 301, 307, 313, 314, 317,
318, 319, 320, 324, 328, 329, 331, 335.
339, 341, 342, 344, 350, 352, 353, 354,
356, 362, 367, 368, 369, 371, 382, 385,
386, 387, 395, 396, 401, 413, 418, 420,
421, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427.
Border sayings, 3. 13, 18, 29. 65, 81,
100, 104, 164, 174, 202, 225, 275, 298,
306, 336, 369, 375, 376, 377, 392.
Borrowing days, 65, 66, 155.
Braxfield, Lord. Justice Clerk, 126.
Brownies, 21, 71, 114, 124, 143, 218,
355.

Buteshire, saying relating to, 67.

C.

Caledonian Hunt, 387.
Cameronian, a, 168.
Candlemas, 3, 46, 104, 193.
Carlisle, 262.

Charms, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 76, 80, 82,
86, 166, 196, 256, 283, 286, 287, 304,
380, 391,
Children's rhymes, 63, 81, 82, 87, 93,
100, 128, 166, 167, 178, 181, 226, 228,
230, 254, 256, 259, 265, 270, 282, 283,
301, 304, 307, 308, 312, 338, 401.
Clackmananshire, saying relating to,

267.

Comparisons, 42-50, 160, 161, 191, 204,
205, 216, 217, 236, 237, 238, 294, 295,
296, 297, 403, 404, 409, 412, 420, 421,
422, 423, 425.
Cromarty, 5.
Culloden, 34.

Dublin, 210.

D.

Dumbartonshire, sayings relating to,
91, 409, 422.
Dumbeck, 143.

Dumfries-shire, sayings relating to,
16, 17, 36, 38, 62, 70, 111, 120, 123,
234, 238, 239, 333, 340, 341, 356, 384,
395.

E.

Easter, 50, 397.
Ecclesiastical, 6, 7, 27, 29, 36, 39, 63,
79, 96, 135, 163, 188, 195, 198, 239,
243, 247, 263, 276, 282, 319, 320, 321,
326. 340, 341, 348, 352, 356, 374, 377,
389, 393, 405, 407, 408, 418, 423.
Edinburgh, sayings relating to the city
of, 26, 43, 51, 93, 97, 102, 115, 167,

173, 248, 256, 279, 281, 299, 311, 325,
329, 330, 339, 368, 371, 388, 415, 427.
Edinburghshire, sayings relating to,
202, 256, 265, 331, 403.

England and the English, savings re-
lating to, 95, 96, 149, 229, 262, 273,
277, 293, 323, 324, 333, 345, 399, 407.

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178, 199, 205, 206, 214, 225, 229, 238,
239, 249, 255, 259, 260, 264, 282, 284,
300, 309, 310, 311, 315, 316, 317, 319,
323, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 332, 336,
337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 345,
346, 347, 348, 350, 351, 353, 357, 363,

i.
Inverness-shire, saying relating to, 235.
Ireland and the Irish, sayings relating
to, 203, 326.

J.

368, 374, 381, 384, 398, 399, 416, 418, Jacobite phrases, relating to, 21, 197,

423, 424, 426.

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Fasten's e'en, 50, 68, 104, 274.
February, 14, 103, 231, 268.
Fifeshire, sayings relating to, 1, 4, 5,
15, 42, 46, 63, 73, 78, 89, 90, 91, 101,
104, 149, 192, 193, 197, 228, 230, 241,
247, 267, 276, 311, 315, 318, 322, 335,
338, 348, 381, 393, 401, 402,, 424, 430.
Forfarshire, sayings relating to, 41, 61,
64, 65, 68, 86, 99, 123, 182, 241, 243,
280, 315, 317, 319, 320, 325, 334, 348,
357, 396, 401.

Forth, the, 5, 108.
France, 139, 196, 338.
Friday, 109, 298.

G.

Gaelic proverbs, 22, 24, 55, 56, 58, 62,
76. 79, 95, 110, 195, 239, 249, 278,
343.

Glasgow, sayings relating to, 10, 116,
207, 229, 344, 347, 368.
Gordon, gowks of, 119.
Gourock, 10.

Graces before meat, 117, 302.
Greenock, 116, 207.

H.

Haddingtonshire, sayings relating to,
61, 73, 124, 125, 268, 306, 310, 334,
335, 344, 354, 396.
Hallow Fair, 12.
Hallowe'en, 165, 363.

Harvest, savings relating to, 11, 32, 38.
80. 83, 164, 178, 181, 202, 225, 285,
333.

Hawick, 13.

Highlanders, sayings relating to, 13, 47,
63, 117, 127, 142, 167, 182, 188, 202
214, 215, 237, 248, 253, 276, 284, 303.
307, 316, 327, 332, 337, 340, 362, 372,
373, 374, 376, 391, 395, 398, 405.
Hogmanay, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173.
373.
Holyrood, 173.

214, 272, 277, 300, 310, 322, 332, 337,
350, 358, 373, 377, 386.
January, 14, 193.
Jedburgh, 15, 204, 221, 414.
Jews, 80.
July, 25.
June, 20, 249.

Kelso, 15.

K.

Kincardineshire, sayings relating to,
32, 63, 93, 112, 288.
Kinross-shire, sayings relating to, 237,
240, 241, 335, 339, 359, 393.
Kirkcudbrightshire, sayings relating to,
26, 32, 72, 91, 104, 118, 196, 332, 392.

L.

Lammas, 8, 35, 216.
Lanarkshire, sayings relating to, 55, 61,
74, 81, 112, 115, 188, 239, 270, 292,
330, 340, 351, 374, 383, 405.

Law and lawyers, sayings relating to,
7, 16. 31, 34, 42, 84, 86, 95, 97, 147,
210, 226, 231, 253, 261, 277, 279, 298,
311, 313, 320, 323, 327, 331, 333, 336,
342, 344, 345, 348, 356, 357, 369, 371,
376, 397.

Leith, 227.

Linlithgowshire, sayings relating to,
229, 239, 324, 334, 335, 412.
Lochaber axe, 139.

London, sayings relating to, 8, 34, 197,
390, 391, 427.

M.

March, 197, 237, 246, 270, 393.
Marriage, sayings relating to, 6, 12, 18,
21, 22, 58, 67, 69, 74, 75, 81, 85, 145,
152, 166, 173, 178, 196, 200, 201, 205,
206, 215; 222, 236, 243, 250, 252, 263,
264, 285, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 331,
350, 352, 378, 394.
Marriages, irregular, 4, 126, 223, 247,

287.
Martinmas, 381.

May, 20, 41, 73, 78, 150, 197, 201, 248,
249, 269, 270.

Meals, sayings relating to, 81, 108,
279, 306, 373, 378.

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Paisley, 116, 277.
Peeblesshire, sayings relating to, 64, 93,
116, 123, 239, 275, 279, 300, 324, 326,
353, 359, 381, 396, 405, 428.
Pentland Firth, 43.

Perthshire, sayings relating to, 21, 26,

33, 41, 61, 82, 91, 97, 120, 226, 276,
290, 305, 307, 318, 324, 339, 340, 346,
390, 392.
Pipers, 70, 276, 303, 340, 341, 357, 365,
390, 412, 418.

Political sayings, 47, 78, 83, 85, 87, 99,
124, 126, 146, 155, 205, 232, 258, 282,
309, 310, 311, 340, 341, 352, 353, 354,
361, 365, 375, 385, 389.

R.

Rainbow, 23, 283.
Renfrewshire, sayings relating to, 77,
191, 360, 422.
Rivers, Scottish, 41, 130, 290, 324, 381,
392, 396.

Royalty, sayings relating to, 1, 19, 32,
221, 238, 246, 298, 305, 311, 324, 327,
328, 332, 333, 337, 339. 343, 346.
Rome, 214.
Roxburghshire, savings relating to, 13,
15, 27, 49, 62, 78, 84, 94, 100, 104,
130, 194, 204, 292, 350, 357, 370, 383,
394, 414.

Saturday, 289.

S.

Scott, Michael, 181, 245.
Scott, Sir Walter, 138, 350.
Scottish and Scotland, sayings relating
to, 11, 24, 25, 42, 43, 45, 47, 55, 83,
99, 109, 111, 114, 118, 149. 158, 178,
196, 197, 222, 232, 265, 266, 267, 270,
273, 278, 287, 290, 291, 292, 322, 323,
343, 346, 365, 369, 370, 377, 386, 399.
Selkirkshire, sayings relating to, 40, 50,
95, 106, 121, 123, 270, 285, 291, 300,
303, 324, 338, 396.
Session, Court of, 126.
Session, Lords of, 17, 180, 325.
Shakspeare, 218.

Shetland, sayings relating to, 79, 89,
132, 210, 286, 289, 329, 337, 390, 429,
430.
Slogans of the Clans, 1, 6, 13, 36, 52,
62, 64, 71, 76, 81, 109, 112, 119, 165,
177, 227, 236, 240, 241, 269, 293, 304,
305, 380.

Sports, sayings relating to, 70, 84, 167,
192, 387.

Stirlingshire sayings relating to, 53, 59,
101, 239, 273, 317, 345, 394, 407.
Summer, 7, 299, 401.

Sunday, 107, 298, 306, 307.
Superstitions, sayings relating to, 69,
90, 101, 103, 108, 112, 116, 128, 147,
152, 161, 194, 196, 197, 218, 246, 263,
270, 363, 364, 369, 383, 392, 426.

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Wakefield, 135.

W.

Wallace, Sir William, 384, 388.
Wales, 9, 205.
Weather, sayings relating to, 29, 35,
37, 41, 48, 51, 53, 68, 73, 78, 92, 93,
110, 193, 196, 197, 198, 249, 252, 269,
292, 302, 305, 340, 345, 369, 377, 382.
392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 400, 401.
Weirds, 35, 53, 100, 104, 252, 253, 402.
Wife, 6, 12, 23, 28, 29, 38, 51, 52, 54,

67, 100, 105, 112, 124, 145, 146, 160,
183, 253, 354, 385, 388, 402, 410.
Wigtonshire, sayings relating to, 45, 72,
104, 196, 225, 332, 381, 422.
Winter, 8, 30, 37, 401.

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