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I watched a program last night about apple trees and the life style that has grown up around these trees. There was a bit about wassailing at the end of the program and it got me wondering if any of you do this. It looked like great fun and as winter is so long and has a habit of making me feel really down I wondered if any of you have any apple orchards that you wouldn't mind us arranging a wassailing meet in. Kind of a way of having something to look forward to in an otherwise dark and miserable January.
It would involve drinking lots of cider too
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Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
I've sung some Brillian Wassailing songs in times gone by- never actually on doorsteps, but in concerts and the like. All very jovial and spirited
Dangerous cynic
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Location: United Kingdom
I do, if I can I tend to hold a wassail party in January. If I don't have an apple tree to hand we drink wassail (basically mulled cider) and put some on whatever fruit tree/veggie patch happens to be handy.
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i'll be up for some wassling 
cider, burning torches and a drum circle what more could you ask for an a dingy january night Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Cool idea Kach, maybe I'll have to have my own wassailing party. We could lead people by tourch light to a local allotment or something and do the fertility blessing with cider there
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Momma Bear
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Skully!! I went Wassailing for the first time this February at Jake's house in the orchard! It was great!! I'd be well up for wassailing again!!
P.S- sym and I watched the same program, it was ace.
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I'd love to.
I can sing, too. Will be in Bedfordshire with nothing to do on the weekends from the middle of November for a whole month... "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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I thought Wassailing was meant to happen on the 12th night (jan 6th or 17th Jan depending on which calender you follow)
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Wassailing, sounds er... fun
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
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oh... in that case I have no idea where I'll be or what I'll do, but if I can afford it and have the time, why not
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this sounds nice.. don`t think we have anything similar in finland
i`d like to try but i`m a bit too far from wales to attend your wassailing :/ If we can`t live in peace then fu*k it, let`s die.
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Ah, I only just read this bit: In cider-producing areas of England, such as the West Country, wassailing also referred to drinking (and singing) the health of trees in the hopes that they might better thrive. Sounds great (with no hesitation)
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Momma Bear
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ooh we might have done it in January, i cant remember,,, it was fun though
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Pooh-Bah
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ooh we might have done it in January, i cant remember,,, it was fun though
It was February 4th that we were at Jakes I think
Momma Bear
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good one Star
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
I guess I better organise a Wassailing party then
hmmm... now I just need to find an orchard
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Ok So I haven't found an orchard we can Wassail in, but I am thinking about planting a couple of trees in my now cleared garden... an apple and something else. We could have a small bonfire and a bit of a wassailing do to wish them well and encourage them to be fruitful.
Which weekend is best for people Jan 6-7 or the 13-14?
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Hitman
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i saw the cider bit sounds good
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Momma Bear
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Skully, name it baby and I'm there! xx
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