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Noon-houses, 374-375.
Noon-marks, 299.
Norridgewock, life-work of a citizen of, 407-408.
Northampton, sumptuary laws in, 283-284.
Northboro, spinning match at, 184.
North Saugus, house in, 21.
Norwich, naughty girl in, 373.
Notices, nailed on church doors, 367.
Nott, President, story of boyhood, 202-203.
Occamy, 88.
Occupations, of children, 179, 180, 182, 186, 437; of women, 187.
Oiled paper for windows, 23, 366.
Old South Church, on sampler, 268.
Old s.h.i.+p, 365.
Old South, 366.
Opening in land, clearing, 406.
Ordinary, name for tavern, 356.
Osenbrigs, 288.
Otis, Hannah, sampler of, 268.
Overhang, in walls, 19-20.
Ovens, 67.
Ox-bows, 311.
Oxen, sign of distress in, 413.
Oysters, in Brooklyn, 118-119; in Virginia, 119; vast size of, 119.
Pace-weight, of loom, 224.
Pack-horses, use of, 336-339; pay for, 337; load of, 337-338.
Pails, early, 58.
Paint, not used, 23.
Pales. See Fences.
Palfrey, quoted, 122.
Palisado, description of, 24.
Pansy, folk-names of, 425-426.
Paper-cutting. See Papyrotamia.
Papyrotamia, 277-278.
Parley, Peter, reminiscence of, 140.
Parsnips, 145.
Pastorius, Father, his choice for seal, 181; his encouragement of gardening, 436.
Patchwork. See Quilt-piecing.
Patent, first to Americans, 138-139, 260.
Pattens, 295.
Paupers, in Narragansett, 313; treatment of, in New England, 324.
p.a.w.n, 55.
Pawtucket, cotton thread in, 207.
Pay, for spinning, 185; for weaving, 230, 250; for cow-herding, 399; of swineherds, 403.
Peabody, Francis, house of, 31.
Peachy, 163.
Peas, 145.
Peel, 67.
Pegging, 262.
