Editing Yule log (section)

===United Kingdom===
Scholars have observed similarities between the Yule log and the folk custom of the [[ashen faggot]], recorded solely in the [[West Country]] of [[England]]. First recorded at the beginning of the 19th century, the ashen faggot is burnt on Christmas Eve, is associated with a variety of folk beliefs, and is "made of smaller ash sticks bound into a faggot with strips of hazel, [[withy]], or bramble".<ref name="SIMPSON-ROUD-11">Simpson and Roud (2003:11).</ref> G. R. Wiley observes that the ashen faggot may have developed out of the Yule log.<ref name="WILEY-42">Wiley (1983:42).</ref>

The term "Yule log" is not the only term used to refer to the custom. It was commonly called a "Yule Clog" in north-east England, and it was also called the "Yule Block" in the Midlands and [[West Country]] and  "Gule Block" in Lincolnshire. In Cornwall, the term "Stock of the Mock" was found.<ref name="HUTTON-3839">Hutton (1996:38&ndash;39).</ref>  In [[Wales]] it's called ''Boncyff Nadolig'' or ''Blocyn y Gwyliau'' (the Christmas Log or the Festival Block).<ref name="HUTTON-39" />  In [[Scotland]] it's called ''Yeel Carline'' (the Christmas Old Wife).<ref name="HUTTON-39" />