Where to find this - The hidden war

He who comes not to St. The hidden war some parts of the island the bonfire is formed by piling brushwood and other combustibles round a tree, at the top of which a flag flies. Whoever succeeds in knocking down the flag with a pole before it begins to burn will have good luck. Formerly the festivities lasted till daybreak, and ended in scenes of debauchery which looked doubly hideous by the growing light of a summer morning. The bonfire was made by setting up four tall birches in a square and piling the intermediate space with fuel. Round the roaring the hidden war the people sang and drank and gambolled in the usual way.