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The farmers gathered under an oak and then let out the livestock, sprinkled with ashes so that bees would not sting them.

Three pitchforks-full of manure were removed from the stones.

Some of the men were given eggs, boiled with hot stones, and these were thrown in shrubs or a knothole in an oak tree.

The horses drank the water left over from the baking to help them grow strong.