tindlen.
/ˈtɪnd(ə)l/ dialect.
In plural, A name given locally to small fires lighted out of doors at the beginning of May and November. (Cf. tandle n.) See fuller quot. in Eng. Dial. Dict., and references to Notes & Queries and Glossaries there given.
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1784 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 836/2 At..Findern, in Derbyshire,..the boys and girls..in the evening of the second of November..light up a number of small fires amongst the furze..and call them..Tindles.
1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 30 In Derbyshire these fires [on 1st May] were called Tindles, and were kindled at the close of the last century.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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