2" Mock" in allusion to practice of depicting human figure on it?

Pait kept for New Year's Eve Lincs. (modern).

A little burnt every night

till New Year
All night and next day

All night; any left, re-
lighted Old Christmas
Eve

All night

Notts.

Remnant preserved to light
next year's log

Also to preserve house
from fire

To preserve house from

other harm

Northumbd., Lancs. (The
Fylde).

To preserve house from
"fire and lightning
To keep the witch away"

For luck -
Kept under bed
Kept in cellar -

Herefordshire.

South Yorks. (Penistone),
Notts.
Derby, Herefordshire.
North Country, Whitby.
Northants., 1850.

South Yorks. (Penistone).

North Country (Denham)

1 The change from open hearths to grates would naturally affect both the size of the log and the time it would be kept burning.

1 Localities noted: Torquay, Kingsbridge, Ashburton, Exeter (Cleve), Dartmoor, Torrington, Bampton and Dolton in North Devon. More information is needed as to the several areas and the local circumstances affecting them.