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luck of the year with him - which led to spirited competition.
Farmers led their animals through the embers or the smoke from the fires, to keep them healthy. Even the ashes were considered potent, and Belgians drank a spoonful mixed with water as a cure for tuberculosis.
French shepherdesses daubed their sheep with the ash to keep them from harm. Berber tribesmen in North Africa marked the foreheads of their horses with the ashes, so the mounts would be sure-footed.
And for good measure, the Arabs rubbed ashes from the midsummer bonfire into their own hair -- to prevent baldness.
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