<P> 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 . </P> <P> Non-English names in the British Isles include Y Bloccyn Gwylian (the Festival Block) in Wales, Yeel Carline (the Christmas Old Wife) in Scotland and Bloc na Nollaig (the Christmas Block) in Ireland . </P> <P> The custom of burning a Yule log for one or more nights starting on Christmas Eve was also formerly widespread in France, where the usual term is bûche de noël . This may derive from a custom requiring peasants to bring a log to their lord . In Burgundy, gifts would be hidden under the log . Prayers were offered as the log was lighted in Brittany and in Provence, where the custom is still widely observed and called cacho fio (blessing of the log): the log, or branch from a fruit - bearing tree, is first paraded three times around the house by the grandfather of the family, then blessed with wine; it is often lighted together with the saved ashes of the previous year's log . Other regional names include cosse de Nau in Berry, mouchon de Nau in Angoumois, chuquet in Normandy, souche in the Île de France, and tréfouiau in the Vendée . The custom has now long been replaced by the eating of a log - shaped cake, also named Bûche de Noël . </P> <P> Baltic people also have a similar ritual called "log pulling" (Latvian: bluķa vilkšana; Lithuanian: blukio vilkimo) where people in a village would drag a log (Latvian: bluķis; Lithuanian: blukis) or a tree stump through the village at the winter solstice and then at the end burn it . </P>

What is the significance of the yule log in french tradition
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