It was hidden behind a wall made with mud from the lake, and protected on the top by thorny brushwood.
The St. John bonfire was not a religious ceremony, but its character lifted it above the ordinary burning of brushwood at night.
The forest was full of fallen brushwood, as dry as tinder, and Henry helped gather it.
The sparks were allowed to fall on tinder and fanned into a flame, with which the dry brushwood was kindled.
There he saw a man coming down from the wood, leading a horse laden with bundles of brushwood.
The brushwood is very thick and 70-80 cm high.
Ethnographic studies have shown that pastoral settlements and instruments are predominantly made of organic materials such as brushwood and animal skins.
The "stove" was essentially a hole dug on the ground with brushwood and grass picked up elsewhere for fuel.
