Need-fire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ritual fire created by friction.

    "In Silesia, also, need-fires were often employed for the purpose of curing a murrain or preventing its spread."

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"In Silesia, also, need-fires were often employed for the purpose of curing a murrain or preventing its spread."

Etymology

Cognate to German Notfeuer.

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