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to the end of a wand。 Before the disc is thrown it is set on fire察the wand is swung to and fro察and the impetus thus communicated to the disc is augmented by dashing the rod sharply against a sloping board。 The burning disc is thus thrown off察and mounting high into the air察describes a long fiery curve before it reaches the ground。 The charred embers of the burned witch and discs are taken home and planted in the flax´fields the same night察in the belief that they will keep vermin from the fields。 In the Rhn Mountains察situated on the borders of Hesse and Bavaria察the people used to march to the top of a hill or eminence on the first Sunday in Lent。 Children and lads carried torches察brooms daubed with tar察and poles swathed in straw。 A wheel察wrapt in combustibles察was kindled and rolled down the hill察and the young people rushed about the fields with their burning torches and brooms察till at last they flung them in a heap察and standing round them察struck up a hymn or a popular song。 The object of running about the fields with the blazing torches was to drive away the wicked sower。 Or it was done in honour of the Virgin察that she might preserve the fruits of the earth throughout the year and bless them。 In neighbouring villages of Hesse察between the Rhn and the Vogel Mountains察it is thought that wherever the burning wheels roll察the fields will be safe from hail and strom。

In Switzerland察also察it is or used to be customary to kindle bonfires on high places on the evening of the first Sunday in Lent察and the day is therefore popularly known as Spark Sunday。 The custom prevailed察for example察throughout the canton of Lucerne。 Boys went about from house to house begging for wood and straw察then piled the fuel on a conspicuous mountain or hill round about a pole察which bore a straw effigy called the witch。 At nightfall the pile was set on fire察and the young folks danced wildly round it察some of them cracking whips or ringing bells察and when the fire burned low enough察they leaped over it。 This was called burning the witch。 In some parts of the canton also they used to wrap old wheels in straw and thorns察put a light to them察and send them rolling and blazing down hill。 The more bonfires could be seen sparkling and flaring in the darkness察the more fruitful was the year expected to be察and the higher the dancers leaped beside or over the fire察the higher察it was thought察would grow the flax。 In some districts it was the last married man or woman who must kindle the bonfire。

It seems hardly possible to separate from these bonfires察kindled on the first Sunday in Lent察the fires in which察about the same season察the effigy called Death is burned as part of the ceremony of carrying out Death。 We have seen that at Spachendorf察in Austrian Silesia察on the morning of Rupert's Day Shrove Tuesday殖察a straw´man察dressed in a fur coat and a fur cap察is laid in a hole outside the village and there burned察and that while it is blazing every one seeks to snatch a fragment of it察which he fastens to a branch of the highest tree in his garden or buries in his field察believing that this will make the crops to grow better。 The ceremony is known as the burying of Death。 Even when the straw´man is not designated as Death察the meaning of the observance is probably the same察for the name Death察as I have tried to show察does not express the original intention of the ceremony。 At Cobern in the Eifel Mountains the lads make up a straw´man on Shrove Tuesday。 The effigy is formally tried and accused of having perpetrated all the thefts that have been committed in the neighbourhood throughout the year。 Being condemned to death察the straw´man is led through the village察shot察and burned upon a pyre。 They dance round the blazing pile察and the last bride must leap over it。 In Oldenburg on the evening of Shrove Tuesday people used to make long bundles of straw察which they set on fire察and then ran about the fields waving them察shrieking察and singing wild songs。 Finally they burned a straw´man on the field。 In the district of D┨sseldorf the straw´man burned on Shrove Tuesday was made of an unthreshed sheaf of corn。 On the first Monday after the spring equinox the urchins of Zurich drag a straw´man on a little cart through the streets察while at the same time the girls carry about a May´tree。 When vespers ring察the straw´man is burned。 In the district of Aachen on Ash Wednesday察a man used to be encased in peas´straw and taken to an appointed place。 Here he slipped quietly out of his straw casing察which was then burned察the children thinking that it was the man who was being burned。 In the Val di Ledro Tyrol on the last day of the Carnival a figure is made up of straw and brushwood and then burned。 The figure is called the Old Woman察and the ceremony burning the Old Woman。

3。 The Easter Fires

ANOTHER occasion on which these fire´festivals are held is Easter Eve察the Saturday before Easter Sunday。 On that day it has been customary in Catholic countries to extinguish all the lights in the churches察and then to make a new fire察sometimes with flint and steel察sometimes with a burning´glass。 At this fire is lit the great Paschal or Easter candle察which is then used to rekindle all the extinguished lights in the church。 In many parts of Germany a bonfire is also kindled察by means of the new fire察on some open space near the church。 It is consecrated察and the people bring sticks of oak察walnut察and beech察which they char in the fire察and then take home with them。 Some of these charred sticks are thereupon burned at home in a newly´kindled fire察with a prayer that God will preserve the homestead from fire察lightning察and hail。 Thus every house receives new fire。 Some of the sticks are kept throughout the year and laid on the hearth´fire during heavy thunder´storms to prevent the house from being struck by lightning察or they are inserted in the roof with the like intention。 Others are placed in the fields察gardens察and meadows察with a prayer that God will keep them from blight and hail。 Such fields and gardens are thought to thrive more than others察the corn and the plants that grow in them are not beaten down by hail察nor devoured by mice察vermin察and beetles察no witch harms them察and the ears of corn stand close and full。 The charred sticks are also applied to the plough。 The ashes of the Easter bonfire察together with the ashes of the consecrated palm´branches察are mixed with the seed at sowing。 A wooden figure called Judas is sometimes burned in the consecrated bonfire察and even where this custom has been abolished the bonfire itself in some places goes by the name of the burning of Judas。

The essentially pagan character of the Easter fire festival appears plainly both from the mode in which it is celebrated by the peasants and from the superstitious beliefs which they associate with it。 All over Northern and Central Germany察from Altmark and Anhalt on the east察through Brunswick察Hanover察Oldenburg察the Harz district察and Hesse to Westphalia the Easter bonfires still blaze simultaneously on the hill´tops。 As many as forty may sometimes be counted within sight at once。 Long before Easter the young people have been busy collecting firewood察every farmer contributes察and tar´barrels察petroleum cases察and so forth go to swell the pile。 Neighbouring villages vie with each other as to which shall send up the greatest blaze。 The fires are always kindled察year after year察on the same hill察which accordingly often takes the name of Easter Mountain。 It is a fine spectacle to watch from some eminence the bonfires flaring up one after another on the neighbouring heights。 As far as their light reaches察so far察in the belief of the peasants察the fields will be fruitful察and the houses on which they shine will be safe from conflagration or sickness。 At Volkmarsen and other places in Hesse the people used to observe which way the wind blew the flames察and then they sowed flax seed in that direction察confident that it would grow well。 Brands taken from the bonfires preserve houses from being struck by lightning察and the ashes increase the fertility of the fields察protect them from mice察and mixed with the drinking´water of cattle make the animals thrive and ensure them against plague。 As the flames die down察young and old leap over them察and cattle are sometimes driven through the smouldering embers。 In some places tar´barrels or wheels wrapt in straw used to be set on fire察and then sent rolling down the hillside。 In others the boys light torches and wisps of straw at the bonfires and rush about brandishing them in their hands。

In M┨nsterland these Easter fires are always kindled upon certain definite hills察which are hence known as Easter or Paschal Mountains。 The whole community assembles about the fire。 The young men and maidens察singing Easter hymns察march round and round the fire察till the blaze dies down。 Then the girls jump over the fire in a line察one after the other察each supported by two young men who hold her hands and run beside her。 In the twilight boys with blazing bundles of straw run over the fields to make them fruitful。 At Delmenhorst察in Oldenburg察it used to be the custom to cut down two trees察plant them in the ground side by side察and pile twel

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