#wassailing — Public Fediverse posts
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Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀
Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!
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Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀
Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!
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Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀
Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!
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Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀
Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!
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Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀
Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!
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I know there are many traditions associated with Wassailing. Here it has been our custom to Wassail our small orchard on 12th Night. We do this by giving each tree a bit of toasted bread that has been dipped in apple cider. Thereby "toasting" each tree. We then do a chorus of "Here we Come a-Wassailing" and recite some poetry. It is our way to give thanks for all the wonderful apples these trees provide us!
#Wassailing
#Orchard
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#BeetBear -
Here we come a wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a wandering
So fair to be seen. “Health to thee, good apple-tree,Well to bear, pocket-fulls, hat-fulls,
Peck-fulls, bushel-bag-fulls.”
“Here’s to thee, old apple-tree,
Whence thou may’st bud, and whence thou may’st blow,
And whence thou may’st bear apples enow
Hats full! caps full!
Bushel-bushel-sacks full,
And my pockets full, too, huzza!”
#Wassailing
#Apples
#Orchard
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#BeetBear -
Free Weekly #Puzzle! This time it's a #sudoku with a #vermont #wassailing theme! But first, you'll need to...join our #cozycommunity to gain access! → skool.com/cozy 😄
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'Tech weary Brits revive apple tree ' #wassailing' tradition'... https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250216-tech-weary-brits-revive-apple-tree-wassailing-tradition #folklore
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Off to do some #Wassailing today. I'm not dancing at this one, but will be singing (dancing at another #Wassail on the 18th though!)
Here's my post about last year's event, which I just attended as a spectator (except for the very important job of holding some apples), so it's fun to actually be taking part this year:
https://mastodon.art/@SpellsAgainstCivilisation/111709946314002156Not quite as sunny today, but very glad that it's dry, for now!
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Off to do some #Wassailing today. I'm not dancing at this one, but will be singing (dancing at another #Wassail on the 18th though!)
Here's my post about last year's event, which I just attended as a spectator (except for the very important job of holding some apples), so it's fun to actually be taking part this year:
https://mastodon.art/@SpellsAgainstCivilisation/111709946314002156Not quite as sunny today, but very glad that it's dry, for now!
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Off to do some #Wassailing today. I'm not dancing at this one, but will be singing (dancing at another #Wassail on the 18th though!)
Here's my post about last year's event, which I just attended as a spectator (except for the very important job of holding some apples), so it's fun to actually be taking part this year:
https://mastodon.art/@SpellsAgainstCivilisation/111709946314002156Not quite as sunny today, but very glad that it's dry, for now!
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@gardening I know there are many traditions associated with Wassailing. Here it has been our custom to Wassail our small orchard on New Year's day. We do this by giving each tree a bit of toasted bread that has been dipped in apple brandy. Thereby "toasting" each tree. We then do a chorus of "Here we Come a-Wassailing" and recite some poetry. It is our way to give thanks for all the wonderful apples these trees provide us!
#Wassailing
#Orchard
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#BeetBear -
Here we come a wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a wandering
So fair to be seen. “Health to thee, good apple-tree,Well to bear, pocket-fulls, hat-fulls,
Peck-fulls, bushel-bag-fulls.”
“Here’s to thee, old apple-tree,
Whence thou may’st bud, and whence thou may’st blow,
And whence thou may’st bear apples enow
Hats full! caps full!
Bushel-bushel-sacks full,
And my pockets full, too, huzza!”
#Wassailing
#Apples
#Orchard
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#BeetBear
@gardening -
For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)
Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)
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For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)
Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)
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For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)
Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)
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For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)
Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)
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For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)
Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)
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Photo 1: Husband wearing his Unsung Women in Somerset hoodie that he designed. Get your orders in, people!
Photo 2 is the Wassail we went to yesterday. Kids couldn't manage staying for all of it but we saw the mummers.
Wassailing is singing, shooting guns, sprinkling apple trees with cider etc to ward off evil spirits and ensure a good apple crop for the cider.#qotd What unusual traditions does your country have?
#wassail #wassailing #cider #apples #somerset #clarksvilage #unsungWomen
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My #wassailing #hat - very important to #wassail the garden. All of it, not just the fruit trees :)
#traditions #tradition #traditional #pagan #newyear #artistsgarden #imperfectgarden #gardener #artist #wolfkettler #photography #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #winter #naturalGarden #superstition
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Decided to go out early today to do our annual #Wassailing in my small home apple orchard. It was 19⁰F (-7⁰C) and a big snow is forecast for later so we did it while we could. #BeetBear sits in the tree holding the "toast" while some scruffy old gardener is hogging all the cider.
“Here’s to thee, old apple-tree,
Whence thou may bud, and whence thou may blow,
And whence thou may bear apples enow
Hats full! caps full!
Bushel-sacks full,
& my pockets full, too, huzza!”
#gardening
#NewEngland -
The type of wassailing still common today takes place in orchards, particularly those growing Apples or Pears. People gather in the orchards to sing and generally make noise. They might bang pots and pans or even let off shotguns. The purpose of this is twofold: firstly to wake up the trees and second to scare away any evil spirits lurking in the branches.
10 things you might not know about Wassailing:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/01/5-january-wassailing.html
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Ancient traditions such as #wassailing can be an inspiration rather than a burden for the communities that embrace them.
The new Out of the Margins is free to read for the next 7 days at https://buff.ly/41HUgPO #folklore
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#solstice greetings from all of us at Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. #wintersolstice #wassail #wassailing #magick #PsychedelicDuelling
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First of the new cards this year! My take on the Welsh folk tradition of Mari Lwyd.
Nothing says Xmas than a skeletal horse banging on your door for beer and snacks in my opinion! And I know the Welsh feel the same.
Let’s go a-wassailing!#marilwyd #horse #wassailing #wales #welsh #folklore #christmas #darkchristmas #yule #creepmas #gothmas #goth #christmascard #justacard #linocut #lino #printmaker #print
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On Sunday whilst I was flaneuring around #Brixton I happened upon as #Wassailing! The #BrixtonTatterjacks #Morris were waking up #BrixtonOrchard with bright sticks a'clacking
(1/4 Thread)HTs: #MorrisDancing #photography #london #tradition #folkdance
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the Lions part will celebrate Twelfth Night tomorrow.
On the #Bankside, outside #shakespearesglobe
A #traditional #twelfthnight with #mumming, #wassailing, #music & #dance
I will be a #WhiteBear playing the #violin
Do join us!#wassail #wassails #mummers #ragcoat #elizabethancostume #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #beelzebub #OldOss #FolkTraditions #StGeorge #MummersPlay #holly #Ivy #OldChristmas #earlymoderndrama #folkplay
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the Lions part will celebrate Twelfth Night tomorrow.
On the #Bankside, outside #shakespearesglobe
A #traditional #twelfthnight with #mumming, #wassailing, #music & #dance
I will be a #WhiteBear playing the #violin
Do join us!#wassail #wassails #mummers #ragcoat #elizabethancostume #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #beelzebub #OldOss #FolkTraditions #StGeorge #MummersPlay #holly #Ivy #OldChristmas #earlymoderndrama #folkplay
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the Lions part will celebrate Twelfth Night tomorrow.
On the #Bankside, outside #shakespearesglobe
A #traditional #twelfthnight with #mumming, #wassailing, #music & #dance
I will be a #WhiteBear playing the #violin
Do join us!#wassail #wassails #mummers #ragcoat #elizabethancostume #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #beelzebub #OldOss #FolkTraditions #StGeorge #MummersPlay #holly #Ivy #OldChristmas #earlymoderndrama #folkplay
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Wassail in Ashford Kent tomorrow! https://victoriaparkashford.co.uk/events-calendar #ashford #kent #wassail #wassailing #customs #traditions #newyear
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Late this afternoon we offered (real) cider and bread to the fruit trees (mostly apple) in our orchard, along with this toast:
Here's to thee, old apple tree,
Whence thou mayst bud
And whence thou mayst blow!
And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
Hats full! Caps full!
Bushel - bushel - sacks full,
And my pockets full too!
Huzza!Wassailing poem, Devon, 1791
In: The Stations of the Sun by Hutton, 2001 -
#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ⭐️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray! -
#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ⭐️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray! -
#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ⭐️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray! -
#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ⭐️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray! -
#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ⭐️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray! -
the Lions part will be having their annual Twelfth Night festival outside Shakespeare's Globe on Sunday.
Do join us if you're free.
https://londonist.com/london/things-to-do/bankside-twelfth-night-january-holly-man
[I will be a violin-playing bear as usual]
#wassail #mummersplay #mumming #twelfthnight #wassailing #streettheatre #shakespearesglobe -
Thanks to Tradfolk Rach's dedicated wassail work, we can now confirm that this year's #Wassail Directory has outstripped last year's. Too soon to say whether #wassailing is on the increase, but this list certainly is...
https://tradfolk.co/customs/wassailing/where-to-wassail-this-year/
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Me and the crew hauled out our old costumes these last two weekends, to sang our old #wassailing songs, first at Greenlake, and then going door-to-door.
The “new normal” means singing from out on the sidewalk, but we did go in to the very last house. The couple there used to schedule their Christmas party around our visits, so it felt like the right exception to make.🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄
Most of our #wassail songs are up on Bandcamp (you can listen in full, for free!): https://conspiratio.bandcamp.com/album/wassail
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Day 5 - Here We Come A-wassailing (traditional)
Wassailing is the tradition that is referred to in Christmas carols like "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
The right mask makes it easy to sing, perform, teach, or speak in public.
#BringBackMasks #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #edutooter #Edutwitter #SafeEdForAll #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #ChristmasSong #Christmas2022 #Christmas #wassail #wassailing #HereWeComeAWassailing
