... BONFIRE NIGHT. All round the bonfires blazing, Keeping up old customs dear. Young and old around them gather. With a hope to meet next year. Brightly shines the waving fsuthogs A« it’s carried and fro: Plain are heard (he cheers of gladness Simple hearts ...

... MIDSUMMER CUSTOMS. BONFIRE NIGHT LEGENDS. : Midsnmmer Day, ss we regard it, occurs 'upon the twenty-fourth of June, the festival ‘of St John the Baptist. In former ages the B ptist’s feast was celebrated by bontires and ‘torchlight processions, but as ...

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