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111:(January 6). The log is subsequently placed beneath the bed for luck, and particularly for protection from the household threats of lightning and, with some irony, fire. Many have beliefs based on the yule log as it burns, and by counting the sparks and such, they seek to discern their fortunes for the new year and beyond.
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Communal bon-bons with feasting and jollification have a pagan root—ritual bonfires at the beginning of
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and the Yule log tradition. As observed by M. E. Durham (1940), the
Badnjak is a sapling that is placed on the hearth on Christmas Eve. Varying customs involving the Badnjak may be performed, such as smearing it with fowl blood or goat blood and the ashes may be "strewn on the fields or garden to
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Killinghall, Yorkshire in 1923: "In the last generation the Yule log was still burned, and a piece of it saved to light the next year's log. On Christmas morning something green, a leaf or the like, was brought into the house before anything was taken
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is eaten), while the Yule log is burning, all other lights are put out, and the candles are lit from the Yule log by the youngest person present. While they are lit, all are silent and wish. It is common practice for the wish to be kept a secret. Once the candles are on the table, silence may be
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comments that the pagan Yule feast "had a pronounced religious character" and that "it is uncertain whether the
Germanic Yule feast still had a function in the cult of the dead and in the veneration of the ancestors, a function which the mid-winter sacrifice certainly held for the West European
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later, their association with the New Year (January 1st) is an intriguing story. Many, if not all, of the various customs and traditions at one time extensively witnessed at
Christmas and the 'old' New Year stem from this common source, e.g. Twelfth Night bonfires, including '
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The children of the house are in charge of saying beautiful phrases, blessings and rituals (although in some places the blessing is done by the oldest or owner of the house). Sometimes the blessing is done after filling the log with a little wine while the blessing is said.
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defecate nougat candy and small gifts. In the eastern areas in contact with
Catalonia, the ritual has a more playful part, when the children of the house hit the log so it "shits" the presents, which are used to be jellies, candies, nuts and other things to eat or play.
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footage was filmed on 16 millimeter film at Gracie
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burns from
December 24 until the new year in the fireplace of many houses and leaves sweet buns for the children. Then his ashes, which were attributed healing and protective powers for the home, were scattered around the house, the stables and other rooms.
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The familiar custom of burning the Yule log dates back to earlier solstice celebrations and the tradition of bonfires. The
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The term "Yule log" is not the only term used to refer to the custom. It was commonly called a "Yule Clog" in north-east England, and it was also called the "Yule Block" in the Midlands and
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The Yule log is generally given, and is at once put on the hearth. It is unlucky to have to light it again after it has once been started, and it ought not go out until it has burned away.
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therefore hath probably been a Part of those Ceremonies which were perform'd that Night's Ceremonies. It seems to have been used, as an Emblem of the return of the
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burns until the end of the year. The log gives life to good wishes, burns curses, prevents diseases and ensures good harvests. Alternate names include
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the “cachafuòc” or “soc de Nadal” it's also one of the traditional elements that accompany and cheer up Christmas.
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were over, and Night was come on, were wont to light up
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Grimm, Jacob (James Steven Stallybrass trans.). 1882.
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1147:"Yule Log - History and Traditions"
1120:, Paris: Horizons de France, 1950,
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1197:Cook, Lauren (December 23, 2021).
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1323:Dictionary of Northern Mythology
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1694:Legend of the Christmas Spider
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1545:Baptism of the Lord
1339:Simpson, Jacqueline
1055:Christmas in France
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1962:Boar's Head Feast
1631:Star of Bethlehem
1602:Nativity of Jesus
1590:flight into Egypt
1475:St. Stephen's Day
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