Show 4 4 BURNING THE t YULE LOG kar name given by tho ancient goths and saxons to the festival fest ital of the winter solstice was vas jul or yule the latter terra term Is as still reserved i by the scowl Scot cli I 1 the burning of the yule log known by other names in continental europe 1 was as o 0 U it ancient Chrls tinus ceremony descending from froni the scandinavians who at their feast of jul used to kindle huge in honor of their god thor SI similar DIllar bonfires were kin died in europe and elsewhere at the summer solstice the english ceremony ce remon of bringing in and burning the yule log on christmas eve which still lias has its local survivals was nas full of picturesque detail the log was a massive piece of wood frequently the rugged and grotesquely marked root of ain oak it w aa as draw drann n in triumph from frova its j resting place amid mid shouts and laugh j i ter every enery waT farer doffing his hat ns it passed on its entrance into I 1 the baronial halls the minstrels balled hailed it with song and music or in the ab ut acce of the minstrels wastrels each member of the family sat upon it in turn tum and wing a yule song |