CHRISTMAS EVE.
and telling 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 vis