I have, quite recently, taken an interest in British culture...?

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from the Maypole dancing to the Haggis. But I still do not get what an ashen fagot is, beside the fact that its a bundle of ash, hence its name, and that you burn it. What other information can you provide for me on this subject?
 
I suggest you look it up on Wikipedia. There is quite a lot of information about it there. There's no point in my cutting and pasting when you can read it straight from that website. Glad to hear you are interested in our culture - which is very varied depending on where you travel in Britain. If you are living outside Britain I hope you come visit us sometime.

P.S. Nothing was blanked out when I read your question. The word beginning with f has a different meaning in America so that might be why some of you couldn't read it all. I had the same problem recently when I typed the word a*s ( the second letter is the same as the third and means a donkey or mule in U.K.) but it would not let the word through. Here the word we use which has the same meaning as America's a*s is spelt and pronounced slightly differently.
 
It is an old custom from Devon and Somerset.
Bundles of ash twigs are tied with green strips of ash to make a faggot (simply bundle for burning)
As each strip bursts a toast is drink.
Sometimes single women throw faggots on fire...the first one to be released from bin=ding will get married during the New Year.
 
As you can see, Yahho's puerile word filters don't get it either.

Is dat sum F word?

Mac-a-licious: re Ashes - wrong. Wikipedia is your friend
 
when you blank out the word, how can anyone possibly answer?? try googling....see history
 
Are you referring to Ash Wednesday and the burning of the Palm Sunday palms to make ashes? That's a Catholic tradition that the C of E practices.
 
A key part of your question got deleted. Could you be referring to "The Ashes" The remains of the wicket that was burnt by the British Team when Australia unexpectedly beat them in a cricket match? These are used as a trophy for the regularly scheduled test matches between Britain and Australia to this day.
 
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