The Apple Wassail or Orchard Wassail is a traditional form of wassailing practiced in the cider orchards of Southern England during the winter, on either...
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Wassail (/ˈwɒsəl/, /-eɪl/ WOSS-əl, -ayl) is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of...
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tradition of wassailing (also spelled wasselling) falls into two distinct categories: the house-visiting wassail and the orchard-visiting wassail. The house-visiting...
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Apple Wassail Autumn Autumn Leaf Color Fall International Eat an Apple Day Oak Apple Day, a May Day celebration Seasons Wassail Wassailing "Apple day:...
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Wish tree (section Apple tree wassail)
Ireland and Cornwall. The Apple Wassail is a traditional form of wassailing practiced in the West Country, England. Singing wassailers visit the cider orchards...
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distilled to produce apple brandy. The waste left after pressing, known as pomace, is sold for cattle feed. Hot mulled cider, similar to "wassail", is a popular...
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Here We Come A-wassailing Performed by the U.S. Army Band Chorus. Problems playing this file? See media help. Here We Come A-wassailing (or Here We Come...
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is still celebrated on 17 January. This continues the custom of the Apple Wassail on the date that corresponded to 6 January on the Julian calendar at...
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Christmas Eve (a reflection of the custom and ritual of apple wassailing). He is rewarded by the Apple Tree Man who reveals to him the location of buried gold...
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The Gower Wassail is a wassail song from Gower in Wales. Wassailing is a midwinter tradition wherein either orchards or households are blessed by guisers...
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