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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 03:16 PM
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Wicker Man burned to mark the start of spring
A huge 20-foot Wicker Man was burned in Fermanagh at the weekend by mummers marking the end of one of the coldest winters in years.

The spectacular mock sacrifice by Aughakillymaude Community Mummers symbolically returned the ashes of last year’s corn and straw to the same field near Derrylin where they were harvested — marking the Spring Equinox and ensuring a fertile season in 2010.

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