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Bonfire in North Irish Tradition" Alan Gailey; G. B. Adams. Folklore, Vol. 88, No. 1. (1977), pp. 3-38. ...supports the three claims marked as needing citations about etymology of "bone fire," walking (driving the cattle, actually) between two fires
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i'm sure there are regional traditions here and there in the US, but in new england at least, it is fairly common to have a community bonfire to burn christmas trees on or around 6 jan. i myself have never seen one for halloween or the 4th of july; yet the christmas tree/epiphany one i've seen in 4
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Why are the US traditions surrounding bonfires put under the UK/Ireland subheading? If the US has similar celebrations involving bonfires then they should have their own subheading, rather than being glued to the end of another. Might as well put it in under Indian or Israel if you're going to do
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The bonfire is part of a ritual of purification and consecration. In ancient times, cattle, important symbols of wealth and status, were led through the smoke of a bonfire. Couples who were to be wed on May Day would leap through the flames of the bonfire to seal their vows. Coals from a bonfire
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Some references would be good. At least the Wicca site that this was stolen from. The correct place to seek the etymology for the word would be the Oxford
English Dictionary, probably the online version. And as for the content of a wiccan bonfire, wiccan traditions are probably unverifiable.
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would be taken home to light the fires in family hearths, a practice thought to bring good fortune. It was also believed that the residents of the Faery realm were incapable of producing fire themselves; embers of bonfires would be carried to the underworld and tended there.
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Aristocracy who were and are ruling the Uk. In the 1600s they still spoke french as their first language. Bon fire night is french for "good fire night".````
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