Fiery Cross, an ancient summons to arms used in the Scottish Highlands, sent by swift messengers from place to place. It was a small cross of light wood, the extremities of which were set on fire, and then dipped in the blood of a goat.
Fiery Cross
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 613
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