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Picture No 10194607
Date 1909
Description Saint John's Fire
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In Bretagne (Brittany) fires are lit in the public square at the summer solstice, on St John's eve (21 June), couples leap through them, acquiring certain benefits.
Source Liebig card in series 980 'Vieilles coutumes de France' issued in 1909 1 of 6
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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