Wassail 18th January 2025 - 5:30pm - 10:30pm

It's our favourite evening of the year. Folklore, chasing away evil spirits, making noise, drinking cider!!!

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Elements of a Wassail Ceremony:

• Singing and Chanting: Participants sing traditional wassail songs and recite blessings to "wake up" the apple trees and ensure a fruitful harvest.
• Offerings to the Trees: People pour cider onto the roots of the trees or hang toast soaked in cider in the branches as an offering. This practice is believed to appease tree spirits.
• Drumming and Noise-Making: Participants make loud noises by banging pots, drums, or firing shotguns to scare away evil spirits that might harm the trees.
• Appointing a Wassail King and Queen: The chosen individuals lead the ceremony and often perform symbolic acts, such as pouring cider.
• Drinking Cider: Wassailing also involves communal cider-drinking as a way of celebrating the orchard's potential for abundance.

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