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... the evening, after the holiday feast, was the bringing in of the famous yule log, which was often the entire root of a tree. Much ceremony and rejoicing attended this performance, as it was considered lucky to help pull the rope. It was lighted by a person with freshly washed hands, with a brand saved from the last year's fire, and ...

— Myths and Legends of Christmastide • Bertha F. Herrick

... through the heavily-nailed and barred doors, and find yourself in a vast hall panelled up to the ceiling with old oak. The immense fireplace with its brass dogs and andirons tells of the yule log that still at Christmas burns upon the hearth, and trophies of arms of all ages—from the Toledo blade that can be bent by the point into a semicircle, so perfect is the temper of its steel, to the Sikh sword that was brought home after the Indian mutiny—form ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various

... Yanna by the yule log Sat in the empty hall, And watched the goblin firelight Caper ...

— Ballads of Lost Haven - A Book of the Sea • Bliss Carman

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