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for the birtue that a great fire hat to purge the infection of the air. on the vigil of st john baptist and st peter and paul the apostles, every man's door being shadowed with green birch, long fennel, st john's wort, orpin, white lillies and such like, garnished upon with garlands of beautiful flowers
, had also lamps of glass, with oil burinin in them all night, some hung branches of iron curiously wrought, containing hundreds of lamps lit at once, which made goodly show. [ ] these fires are commonly called saint john's fires in various languages. historian ronald hutton states that the "lighting...
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