Bonfire

Bonfires are another common thread, although now mainly used for entertainment, historically, the bonfire was used to cleanse and bond the village. The bones of slaughtered livestock were burnt and the fireplaces of all the houses in a village were put out and re-lit from the communal flame, a powerful…

Named for the Roman goddess Juno, patroness of marriage and the well being of women. thunderbolts was Juno's thing to do as this was her ability. the calends, the whole month of June was sacred to Juno. Etruscan Uni as it also means "She Who Gives", as it says she is a generous Goddess of abundance and answers the prayers for those in need. Shes guarded over the finances of the empire and had a temple on the Arx. Also from the Latin word juvenis, "young people." The fourth month was named in…

different about him. It all started one day he just didn’t seem like himself. No one knew; girl trouble, grades, problems at home, we didn’t have a clue. About a month goes by and one night he called all the guys up and said he found a place for a bonfire. Tyler and I just thought he was back to normal; we were wrong. We all hopped in our trucks and headed down to Elsberry, were Jake had found a maze of tunnels in the side of a rock wall. It went for miles into the side of a hill, it was pitch…

My mom, dad, and grandma are the most important people in my life. My mom Jennifer Lovell is always there to help me when I need someone to talk to, She always gives me advice on what not to do and to learn from her mistakes. My dad Bryce Harrison is always there to cheer me up and put a smile on my face whenever I am sad or even when I’m happy he still tries to make me laugh constantly. My grandma Janet is a lot like both my mom and dad, she gives me advice all the time and makes me laugh a lot…

river says Grillo: “On Nov. 7, Mexico's Attorney General, Jesús Murillo Karam, revealed that three cartel assassins had confessed to taking the students to a garbage dump, where they allegedly murdered them and incinerated their bodies in a huge bonfire kept alight for more than 14 hours with diesel, gasoline, wood and tires. The men say they packed the charred remains into plastic bags and threw them into a river. Murillo Karam told reporters that bone fragments recovered by federal agents were…

boys! I am sick and tired of this group! Let me see what kind of group that you will become later on! Go! Leave me alone! I don't want to see you anymore! I am going to work with Piggy and Simon. Building up our own base on the beach, with a small bonfire. Lighting the hope for being rescue again. Jack! Look at how nasty you are! You left us then came back stealing our stuff! You will be punished by God. May he die a violent death!…

In the middle of the lush woods in Chatham County North Carolina there is a mysterious circle, that’s 40 ft in diameter, of barren land. Animals tend to avoid the area and plants do not grow. This has intrigued soil scientist Rich Hayes, and he has ventured to this area to collect various samples from within the circle and around the circles exterior. Because of this the locals have come up with a legend stating that the devil himself paces the circle with his fiery hooves every night and plans…

Athletics vs. Friends Descriptive Essay-Major #2 You’ve been playing sports since you were old enough to even pick up a ball or swing a bat. Sports mean everything to you, but so do your friends. You work so hard to get better at the sport that you’re in and it seems pointless to even think about giving it up. So which ones do you choose? Katie wakes up each morning, really exhausted and tired from practice that night. Like every morning she wakes up and gets ready, then packs her basketball…

In the compelling novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger discovers the importance and power of words, especially the power they have in the book’s setting of Molching, Germany during the reign of anti-semitic Adolf Hitler. After Liesel loses her mother and her brother she is sent to live with her new foster parents, the accordion playing Hans Hubermann, and his wife, the resilient Rosa Hubermann. Her new life has much in store for her including stealing books, a Jewish man…

lit in every house, as the stars start to come out and after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill with dancers and onlookers. Christmas in Spain is a time of decorations, joy, Christmas carols, and festive street lights. "Hogueras" (bonfires), this tradition originated long before Christmas. It is the observance of the shortest day of the year. The true mark of the beginning of Christmas in Spain is the Spanish national lottery draw held on December 22nd. ‘El Gordo’ is the largest…