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tandle, tanle Sc. and north. dial.|ˈtand(ə)l, ˈtɑn(ə)l|
Also 8–9 taanle, tawnle, 9 taunle, tannel.
[perh. an altered form of ON. tandr, tandri fire = OHG. zantaro, zantro, MHG. zanter, zander: but the history is incomplete.]
A large fire in the open air, a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November.
1788Picken Now-a-days Poems 62 Thae flirds o' silk..Had I our doghter's at a candle, They'd mak' a been an' rowsan tandle. 1793Statist. Acc. Scotl. VII. 622 An antient practise..of kindling a large fire, or tawnle as it is usually termed, of wood. 1802Sibbald Scot. Poetry Gloss. s.v., The custom of kindling large fires or Taanles, at Midsummer, was formerly common in Scotland. 1845New Statist. Acc. Scotl. V. 223 The custom of the baal-fire or Tannel is still observed on the last day of July, St. Margaret's Day. 1887J. Service Dr. Duguid iv. 28 Bigging great taunles on the holms o' the Garnock. |