 The Askafroa was thought be a malicious creature which did much damage, and to propitiate her it was necessary to make a sacrifice to her on Ash Wednesday.The Swedish scholar Hyltén-Cavallius recorded in his ethnographic work "Wärend och Wirdarne" a belief of a female creature living in the ash tree, in Ljunit Hundred.The elders used to sacrifice to the Askafroa on the morning of Ash Wednesday.