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Anthropology

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1. Sounds like the forerunner of the Yule Log

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 06:56 PM

Oct 2022

I believe the tradition was to drag in a huge log and keep in burning for 12 days.

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Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2022 OP

Sounds like the forerunner of the Yule Log Wicked Blue Oct 2022 #1

According to Wikipedia, you might be right. wnylib Oct 2022 #2