Catalogue of Brand Material.
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Bit thrown into fire will quell raging storm
The "Ashen Faggot" of small branches encircling a larger one or sometimes a tree-trunk, bound with 3. 9, or more " binds " of hazel, bramble, or withy, or of ash itself, burnt instead of log
Cut by farm-labourers, pre- sented by woodmen, or (Exeter) purchased of greengrocer.
A whole main branch of tree used ; green wood, to burn longer
Bad luck to omit faggot. Object, to burn up bogies, which fi}^ up chimne\' -
Brought in by four oxen, though one would have sufficed
Sometimes laid on fire ; sometimes head of house proceeds through lines of servants and lights faggot with length, of tow
All who helped in harvest invited to join party ■ Distinctions of rank dis- carded while faggot burns
Quart of cider " craved " at bursting of each " bind " - - -
Young people choose " binds " ; order of break- age denotes order of marriage . . -
Whitby.
Devon (" some parts ') and Somerset.^
Exeter, Kiagsbridge.
Bampton.
Torwood Manor House, Torquay, 1836.
Somerset. Authority ? Ashburton.
General. General.
1 Localities noted : Torquay, Kingsbridge, Ashburton, Exeter (Cleve), Dart- moor, Torrington, Bampton and Dolton in North Devon. More information is needed as to the several areas and the local circumstances affecting them.
