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Yule-Log Ceremony
By Myths and Folk-Lore of the Aryan Peoples
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Till sunne-set, let it burne;
Which quencht, then lay it up agen,
Till Christmas next returne.
The Christmas log next yeare;
And where ’tis safely kept, the fiend
Can do no mischiefe there.