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Updated: May 16, 2025
Often they went by the name of the Judas Light or the Judas Candle; and sometimes small waxen figures of Judas were hung on them. See H.J. Feasey, op. cit. pp. 193, 213 sqq. As to the ritual of the new fire at St. G. Finamore, op. cit. pp. 123 sq. M. Lexer, "Volksüberlieferungen aus dem Lesachthal in Karnten," Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde, iii. p. 31.
In the Lesachthal, Carinthia, all the fires in the houses used to be extinguished on Easter Saturday, and rekindled with a fresh fire brought from the churchyard, where the priest had lit it by the friction of flint and steel and had bestowed his blessing on it. Such customs were probably widespread.
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