id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 12261 Frazer, James George Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul .txt text/plain 164408 10760 82 bonfires on certain days of the year, dancing round them, leaping over [European custom of kindling bonfires on certain days of the year, to kindle bonfires on certain days of the year, and to dance round or witches."[393] The custom of kindling fires on the eve of May Day Midsummer Eve or Midsummer Day, which the church has dedicated to St. John the Baptist; the bonfires, the torches, and the burning wheels of In Wales the midsummer fires were kindled on St. John's Eve and on St. John's Day. Three or nine different kinds of wood and charred faggots bonfires were kindled on Midsummer Eve.[513] On the same day people in great bonfire is kindled on St. John's Eve, and that the young people till New Year's Day to kindle a light with or it is carried out to the ./cache/12261.txt ./txt/12261.txt