Examples from literature

• Bonfires with some older person in attendance are safe enough and prevent unlawful bonfires in dangerous places. 
• In every town in the country bonfires were lighted, and every colonial assembly sent thanks to the King. 
• Of course it should be a whopping big bonfire, with a parade and speeches and singing and plenty of music! 
• There were also games, dances, street bonfires in front of building doors, and general relaxation of social controls. 
• Young people and children dance and sing round the bonfires, and leap over the embers to secure good crops or a happy marriage within the year, or as a means of guarding themselves against colic.