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Holiday Humpday Triviola!!
Ho ho ho to you trivia elves!! Here we go:
With this item the Master of the house would make libations by sprinkling the this with oil, salt and mulled wine and say suitable prayers. It is said to protect the house from lightning and the malevolent powers of the devil.
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Tommy
Re: Holiday Humpday Triviola!!
The new Veritas #4 1/2 Plane I received for Christmas?
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I think I know, but wont say this early, "you'll" just have to figure it out.
Re: Holiday Humpday Triviola!!
I found the answer, but I'm not going to post it yet. How do you guys come up with this stuff? I love it. Thanks, and please keep it up.
Merry Correct Answer! ;-)
There is a custom that on Christmas Eve an enormous log of freshly cut wood called the Yule log would be fetched and carried to the house with great ceremony. On Christmas Eve, the master of the house would place it on the hearth, make libations by sprinkling the trunk with oil, salt and mulled wine and say suitable prayers. In some families, the young girls of the house lit the log with splinters from the preceding year which they had carefully tucked away. In other families, the mother had this privilege. It was said that the cinders of this log could protect the house from lightning and the malevolent powers of the devil. Choices about the variety of wood, the way in which it was lit and the length of time it took to burn constituted a genuine ritual which could vary from region to region.
