Coelcerth

[My Good Babushka]

In North Wales, during Halloween, families built a bonfire called the coelcerth. When the fire was nearly extinguished each family member would mark a white stone and throw it in the fire. If anyone’s stone was not found in the ashes in the morning, that person was fated to die within the year.

[hifiguy]

1. I thought you misspelled coelecanth

which is a rare and ancient fish. Viz:



That bonfire is definitely not piscene in origin.

[Wait Wut]

3. I wonder...

...what it would've tasted like if you threw it into a fire?

[Wait Wut]

2. Why the hell would you do that?

I'd like to see them try and make me throw a damned stone in there. Like freakin' hell.

[WinkyDink]

4. What a pleasant tradition! Not.