Three hours on three? What does it mean?
Context:
‘And on Samain Eve,’ I said, ‘you light the fires and wait?’
‘Three hours on three, Lord, the fires must burn, and at the sixth hour we begin the ceremony.’ And sometime after that the night would turn to day, the sky would fill with fire and the smoky air would be lashed into turmoil by the Gods’ beating wings.
Question:
Three hours on three? What does it mean?

Question

Three hours on three? What does it mean?
Context:
‘And on Samain Eve,’ I said, ‘you light the fires and wait?’
‘Three hours on three, Lord, the fires must burn, and at the sixth hour we be­gin the cer­emo­ny.’ And some­time af­ter that the night would turn to day, the sky would fill with fire and the smoky air would be lashed in­to tur­moil by the Gods’ beat­ing wings.
Question:
Three hours on three? What does it mean?

Answer

Do you mean Samhain Eve?

Answer

I have never seen anything like “three hours on three” before, but in context it must mean “6 hours” (3 hours plus 3 more hours), since at the 6th hour they begin the ceremony.