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Wassail meaning
A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion. | The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc. | Revelry.
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Wassail means "be in good health".
Based at the Folk of Gloucester on Westgate Street, the Apple Tree Wassail is based on a tradition that goes back centuries.
Dancing, singing and colourful costumes will bring Glasgow to life as Wassail festivities take place this weekend.
Last month, the farm hosted a quirky Wassail event which saw a huge turnout of people singing songs, rattling pans and putting toast in trees in the hope that the trees will provide a bountiful harvest in the autumn.
THE LICKEY Hills annual Wassail celebration proved to be a delightful affair despite earlier rain threats.
The wassailers were led by Mark Bamforth with Wassail Queen Alison Ainge carrying out the watering - or cidering - of an apple tree.
Visitors will enjoy Wassail, a hot cider punch; live music; and a taste of Peppermint Pig, the only Victorian Christmas tradition originating in the U.S. In addition, each year, there is always new exhibit in the middle parlor.
They also have a 19-proof hard cider called Pommaux that isn't exactly liquor — but it is great for making an interesting twist on the Wassail-type hot-spiced holiday mug.
Father Christmas, ‘ivy crown’d’, sits in front of the wassail bowl and is surrounded by mummers (the Dragon and St George sit side by side) and local people.
The National Trust for Jersey is inviting islanders to join the annual Wassail Festival between midday until 4 pm.
A mummers play mentioned in The Book of Days (1864) opened with "Old Father Christmas, bearing, as emblematic devices, the holly bough, wassail-bowl, &c". citation The online version is the 1888 reprint.