I'm stood in a small backyard clearing in the north east London suburb of Walthamstow. There's a roaring fire, and a few dozen people are gathered around it, clutching cups of hot cider in one hand ...
Once a Twelfth Night novelty on the wane, the little-known tradition of wassailing is bouncing back, thanks to a new generation of January revellers with an appreciation for the past. Increasingly ...
Simon Bailes began wassailing to celebrate his cider-making and is now writing a book about the tradition [Tu Plus Tu Photography] A folk musician who is writing a book about wassailing said the ...
A group of revelers are seen wassailing at Redbyrd Orchard Cider in New York. Courtesy Redbyrd Orchard Cider “Here We Come A-wassailing” has been a popular Christmas anthem since the first English ...
Morris dancers have celebrated the ancient custom of wassailing, said to prepare orchards for the new year. Wassailing is a traditional luck-bringing custom associated with apple orchards dating back ...
It might sound a bit Wicker Man, but we need soulful events such as singing to apple trees. If civilisation collapsed, we’d need them more still It is dusk when my friend Lee and I descend the hill ...
A folk musician who is writing a book about wassailing said the midwinter tradition appears to be enjoying something of a revival. "Post-Covid, there has been a significant uptick in people holding ...
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