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Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan · Clement A. Miles — chapter 7 of 47 · ~43 words · public domain

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THE YULE LOG 249

The Log as Centre of the Domestic Christmas--Customs of the Southern Slavs--The Polaznik--Origin of the Yule Log--Probable Connection with Vegetation-cults or Ancestor-worship--The Souche de Noel in France--Italian and German Christmas Logs--English Customs--The Yule Candle in England and Scandinavia. |10|

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