Editing Bonfire (section)

===Poland===
[[File:3 Midsummer fire at San river, Trepcza (Sanok).jpg|thumb|Midsummer fire (''sobótka'') at [[San (river)]], (Poland).]]
In [[Poland]] bonfires are traditionally and still enthusiastic burned during ''Feast of Saints Peter and Paul'', ''Pentecost'' day and ''Saint John Night'' as {{lang|pl|Sobótki}},<ref>"sobótka ognisko palone w wigilie św. Jana, przy którym odbywały się obrzędy i zabawy związane z odejściem wiosny i nadejściem lata, kontynuacja pogańskiego zwyczaju ludowego. " in: Marian Kucała. Słownik polszczyzny Jana Kochanowskiego. 1994 s. 560</ref> {{lang|pl|ognie świętojańskie}}<ref>"In the south of Poland, from the [[Silesia]]n frontier as far as the bend of the San river including the districts of mountains and foothills, [[Whitsun]] and Saint John's fires were customary. In the low country both kinds of annual fires were called {{lang|pl|sobótki}}; in the mountains term like {{lang|pl|ognie, fakty, składanie watry,}} and {{lang|pl|palenie watry were usedes sobótki.}}" in: Zeitschrift für Ostforschung, t. 22, Johann Gottfried Herder-Forschungsrat. wyd. 1, 1973, str. 115</ref>([[Śląsk]], [[Małopolska]], [[Podkarpacie]]), ''Palinocka'' ([[Warmia]], [[Mazury]], [[Kashubia|Kaszuby]]) or {{lang|pl|[[Noc Kupały]]}} ([[Mazowsze]] and [[Podlasie]]) on 23/24 June.
On 23 and 24 June, according to ancient custom, an immense number of Polish persons of both sexes repaired to the banks of the [[San (river)]], [[Vistula]] and [[Oder|Odra]] river, to consult Fate respecting their future fortunes, jumping through a fire on the Eve of Saint John's was a sure way to health. The leaping of the youths over fire ({{lang|pl|sobótka}}) must be a custom derived from remote antiquity. [[Jan Kochanowski]], who died in 1584, mentions it in a song from an ancient tradition. Varro and Ovid relate, that in the [[Palilia]], celebrated in honour of the goddess [[Pales]], on 20 April, the anniversary of the foundation of [[Rome]], the young Romans leaped over burning bundles of hay. In modern Italy, this kind of saltation is continued by the name of {{lang|it|Sabatina}},<ref>"Włochy mają Sobótki pod imieniem Sabatina; znane są i w Niemczech." in: [[Oskar Kolberg]]. Dzieła wszystkie: Mazowsze.; "sobótka, ital. sabatina, cat. coena sabbathina" in: [[Samuel Bogumił Linde]]. Słownik języka polskiego R-T;</ref> though [[Pope Sergius III]] prohibited it.