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| Ash trees on the Dowlands - Tony Atkin [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
"However, about midnight of December 24th, the labourers of Mr. Chappel, the farmer who occupied Dowlands (about a quarter of a mile inland from the brow of the cliff
[White Cliff, near Lyme], and over half a mile from the nearest points of the approaching convulsion) were returning from a supper given them by their employer, whereat the ashen faggot had been burnt according to custom, and were making their way to their cottages, situated near the cliff."
Baring-Gould 1900
Map - Dowlands
Map - White Cliff area
[I have decided to pause in strait transcription of books to do a selected bundle of Christmas themed posts on the Ashen Faggot - I hope you enjoy...]
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