It is commonly said to indicate spots which were specially devoted to the worship of baal, and many arguments have been based upon its occurrence and distribution.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
"I don't know about your astronomy or your fine music, or tales of ancestors and heroes, but I'm telling you, old baal himself, with all his thunder and lightning, will not be so much as touching the least hair on your head if you were just to hold up this trifle of two sticks of wood.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
The peasants are not, of course, aware that the ceremony is a remnant of the worship of baal.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews