The blog of The Druid

In the Celtic tradition, the ferocity of the bristles makes them symbols of war. But they also have magical properties and links to the other world. Even today appears a black pig in an old tradition that continues in Wales , the day of Calan Gaeaf , in early February. In the evening bonfires are lit on the hills, touched horns and dancing. People running through the fire and each throws a stone inside. when the fire goes out, all fleeing home beyond the mysterious spirit Hwch ddu CWTA . While away, they start screaming the next song, "that everyone try to get there first and that the black sow without a tail take the hindmost." The next morning we must return, and whoever finds the stone he threw into the fire, will have a prosperous year.