of tales. Sometimes it  in ttages t  o burn all nig  out, it was considered a sign of ill luck.

    ions it in one of his songs:

    till burnt in many farm-cicularly in titions connected  among try. If a squinting person come to t is burning, or a person barefooted, it is considered an ill omen. t ao lig years Cmas ?re.

    It ed in ary elboo every . Even t lay stretc , as ed ion and ya tretco sleep, con?dent of kindness and protection. tion from t in genuine ality  is immediately felt and puts tranger at once at  been seated many minutes by table  he family.

    Supper er our arrival. It s decorated omed lig apers, called Cmas candles,  among te. table ly spread antial fare; but ty, a dis cakes boiled in milk anding disimes for Cmas Eve. I inue of t and, ?nding o be perfectly ort I need not be asion, I greeted  an old and very genteel acquaintance.

    tly promoted by tric personage ion of Master Simon. igtle man,  old bac; ly pitted ual bloom on it, like a frostbitten leaf in autumn.  quickness and vivacity,  ible. ly t of te merriment by unately, my ignorance of t permit me to enjoy. It seemed to be  deligo keep a young girl next to inual agony of sti?ed lauge of  opposite. Indeed,  of t everyt every turn of enance. I could not  it; for  s in tate Puncance of a burnt cork and pocket- an orange into sucure t to die h laughing.

    I  brie?y into ory by Frank Bracebridge.  income,  for all s. em like a vagrant comet in its orbit, sometimes visiting one bra