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Although we would never encourage any over indulgence of alcohol, a “wee nip” on special occasions is perfectly acceptable as is reading the history of such things. ... Wassail History, Recipes & Christmas Carol...
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www.greenlightwrite.com/wassail.htm
www.greenlightwrite.com/wassail.htm
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Here we come a-wassailing ; Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand'ring ; So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a happy New Year. ... CW Journal : Holiday 2006 : Wassailing through History...
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www.history.org/foundation/journal/holiday06/wassail.cf...
www.history.org/foundation/journal/holiday06/wassail.cfm
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The Wassail is a song sung at Christmas time recalling the tradition of "wassailing", which is a tradition of going about the town from house to house in the evening at Christmas time, singing at the doors of all the neighbors, wishing them a good New Year and asking them for a treat (usually the treat was a spiced...
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www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textw/Wassail.html
www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textw/Wassail.html
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Wassail 2010 ... With this in mind, Whimple Wassailing was re-started in 1993 under the auspices of Whimple History Society who sawit as their duty to try to revive this industry so vital to the well-being of the area and, of course, the national interest.
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www.whimple.org/wassail.htm
www.whimple.org/wassail.htm
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There can be dlittle doubt that alcohol has played a storied part of wassail's history, but tradition does not dictate it to be necessary. In fact, the custom is not so much concerned with drink as it is with the good will and society that wassailing generates.
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www.novareinna.com/festive/yule.html
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Over the centuries a great deal of ceremony had developed around the custom of drinking wassail. The bowl is carried into a room with great fanfare, a traditional carol about the drink is sung, and finally, the steaming hot beverage is served.
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www.ridgenet.org/Szaflik/history.htm
www.ridgenet.org/Szaflik/history.htm
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Wassail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wassail is a hot, spiced punch often associated with Christmas. Particularly popular in Germanic countries, the term itself is a contraction of the Middle English phrase wæs hæil , meaning "be heal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail
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Alcohol has no doubt played a storied part of wassail's history, but tradition does not dictate it to be necessary. In fact, the custom has little to do with the drink at all than it does the good will and society that wassailing generates.
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www.noelnoelnoel.com/trad/wassail.html
www.noelnoelnoel.com/trad/wassail.html
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New Year and Wassail History that is closely related to the mumming traditions. Roger Abrahams in his classes at Penn building on the work of rough music, skimmington, whitecaps, and other related European-American masking traditions and community morality.
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www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/JINGLE_BELLS__DANCE.html
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