
Bone-Fire
During the Pre-Halloween celebration of Samhain, bonfires were lit to ensure the sun would return after a long, hard winter. Often Druid priests would throw bones of cattle into the flames and hence, “Bone Fire” became “Bonfire”.
Bone-Fire
During the Pre-Halloween celebration of Samhain, bonfires were lit to ensure the sun would return after a long, hard winter. Often Druid priests would throw bones of cattle into the flames and hence, “Bone Fire” became “Bonfire”.
Aha! I must have missed this one…
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