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Fires Were for Leaping From Russia to North Africa and South America less than 200 years ago, people might be found jumping over the bonfires to absorb their powers - and also for the fun of it.
It was variously believed that crops grew as high as lovers could leap hand in hand over the fire, or that jumping across the flames prevented getting a sore back when harvest time came around.
Charred sticks from the fires were thrown into wells to purify the water, or kept at home as protection against thunder and lightning.
Hearths were rekindled from the bonfires. The Irish believed that the first youth to carry the fire into his house brought the
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