The Ashen Faggot (Lutrell Arms, Dunster) 2015. 

The Ashen Faggot is a West Country Christmas custom - it’s a large log with withies bound around it to make a bundle which is burned indoors in the hearth. A sip is consumed as each withy breaks in the flames. The practice still survives in country pubs notably the Lutrell Arms in Dunster, Somerset and the Harbour Inn at Axmouth in Devon and in both these cases, the burning takes place on Christmas Eve.
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