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Re: Ashes Ceremony
Jo Ernst (njernst@LOGICSOUTH.COM)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:07:12 -0500
>The tradition for these ashes is this: Someone participating (either as a
>spectator or performer) in a campfire pours his ashes into the fire. At
>the end of the campfire, ashes from the new campfire are divvied up among
>it's participants. Thus, the ashes are perpetuated. You can't just
>borrow ashes from someone else. To legitimately get ashes, you either
>need to visit the campfire of someone who has ashes, or invite someone
>who has ashes to your campfire. If our paths cross, you can be sure I'll
>be honored to share my ashes in a campfire with you.
In addition there is usually a list that goes along with the ashes that has
the dates and places of all the campfires that the ashes have come from.
This list should be available at the "new" campfire which is added to the
end of the list. You would be amazed at some of the lists and what
campfires are represented.
YIS,
Jo Ernst
njernst@Bigfoot.com
SM Troop 813
And a Good Old Fiesty Fox, too ...NE-VI-26
Columbia, SC
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