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Thread #53731 Message #828758
Posted By: masato sakurai
17-Nov-02 - 11:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Yule Log
Subject: RE: BS: The Yule Log
Jerry, I'm also interested in subjects other than music. I happen to have that 2-volume book. Other references (not so comprehensive) include:
Christina Hole, British Folk Customs (Hutchinson, 1976, pp. 220-222) Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore (Oxford, 2000, pp. 402-403) Iona Opie and Moira Tatem, A Dictionary of Superstitions (Oxford, 1989, p. 77 [under "Christmas log / Ashen Faggot"] Tristram P. Coffin, The Book of Christmas Folklore (Seabury, 1973, p. 18)