Wassailing

On Monday, we went to the Orange Peel Morris annual Wassailing at Spirit Tree Cidery, Ontario.

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It was a beautiful clear day, and got clearer and less cloudy as the day went on. The wassailers sang the Carhampton Wassail Song to awaken the trees, we dipped toast in cider and hung it on the branches, and there was lots of Morris dancing. I had a go and joined in with a dance called Tinner’s Rabbit.

Wassailing is an ancient Indo-European tradition; according to JG Frazer, it’s also done to...