This is then dropped in a glass jar and applied to my bare shoulders: known as "fire cupping", it was supposed to draw out disease through the skin.
Next I decided to get some fire cupping done.
I had a go at candling (left) and fire cupping (right) and I'll tell you right now that both procedures are a total bullshit con.
Fire cupping, where a small cut is made in the skin, a piece of cotton wool doused with a small amount of isopropyl alcohol is placed on top, lit on fire and enclosed by a cup.
With dry or fire cupping the cups are applied to the intact skin, while with so-called wet or bloody cupping the skin is incised before the cups are applied.
I was sat round the fire with a cup of tea and suddenly - whoop!
The Fire won the Cup three other times and are seeking to join two other clubs (Bethlehem Steel and Los Angeles Maccabi) as five-time winners.
Whether to snuggle in front of the fire with a cup of hot chocolate or slap on the sunscreen and work up a tan.
Someone will emerge from the pack that no-one is talking about and when he's got that Ryder Cup fire going I like the cut of his jib.
