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In Scottish Highland hearths, the Yule log twists fierce: Chalk the Cailleach Nollich—"Christmas Old Lady"—onto its bark, then set her ablaze.
This rite derives from sketching a female effigy directly onto the log. As the blaze intensified, the woman's traced form would dissolve in the heat, "Charring the Old Wife," this mocking pyre scorches winter's crone.