During this time of year, hearth fires in family homes were left to burn out while the harvest was gathered. After the harvest work was complete, celebrants joined with Druid priests to light massive bonfires and pray. Celts believed that the barrier between the physical and spirit worlds ...
But hard then to ride on gravel roads. As a teenager in N. St. Louis county we rode our bikes to school and most kids did as well. Rode them to Boy Scout meetings. To the golf course to caddy. All over and paid little attention to traffic. Back then not everyone drove autos ...