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Fringe-loom, 227.
Frocking, striped, 237.
Fulling-mill, in Boston, 188.
Fulling-stocks, 232.
Fulham jugs, 98.
Funerals, rings at, 298; gloves at, 298-299.
Furs, search for, 115.
Fustian, in America, 237; in Europe, 237.
Gallows-balke, 53.
Gallows-crooks, 53.
Gallows-frame. See Tape-loom.
Gambrels, 310.
Gambrel roof, description, 22.
Games, with corn, 139.
Garden, an old-time, 419 _et seq._; in New England, 419 _et seq._; in southern colonies, 438-439; in New York, 439-440.
Garnish of pewter, 85.
Garrison house, 26.
Garter-loom. See Tape-loom.
Geese, raising of, 257-258; pickings of, 257-259; noise of, 258.
Georgia, deer in, 109; turkeys in, 110; hand-weaving in, 249-251.
Georgius Rex jug, 99.
Germantown, flax-raising at, 181; flax-workers at, 181; seal of, 181; wool manufacture at, 190.
Gibcrokes, 53.
Gimlet, 305.
Giotto, loom of, 213.
Girdling, of trees, 403.
Girls, dress of, 289-292; seats in meeting for, 372.
Giskins, 96.
Gla.s.s, in windows, 23, 366; nailed in, 366; for lamps, 46; early use of, 92.
Gloucester, old house at, 70; fis.h.i.+ng at, 122-123; communal privileges in, 390.
Gloves, given at funerals, 298-299.
Going a-leafing, 67.
Goldenrod, as dye, 193.
Goloe-shoes, 295.
Gookin, quoted, 137.
Goose-basket, 258.
Goose-neck andirons, 62.
Goose yoke, 258.
Gorse. See Woad-wax.
Gourds, cups of, 96; utensils of, 309.
Grant, Mrs. Anne, on Dutch gardens, 439.
Grapes, 145.
Gra.s.sing, of linen, 234.
Greeley, Horace, on ca.n.a.l-travel, 353.
Gridirons, 61.
Grist-mill, earliest, 133.
Guinea wheat, 129. See Corn.
Gun, as summons to meeting, 368.
Gundalow, 329.
