Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Wassailing

Today we gathered some friends to wassail our orchard, a traditional Twelfth Night activity. We had hot apple-raspberry cider with cinnamon. We cast circle in the orchard and sang the first verse of "Here We Come A-Wassailing." Then we went around sprinkling wassail on all the fruit trees and the raspberry patch. We have a crabapple tree, a pear, a couple of apple trees, a couple of cherries, and sundry others. Hopefully this year we'll get plenty of fruit.
Tags: holiday, magic, music, paganism
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  • 3 comments
sharaunicorn83

sharaunicorn83

January 7 2008, 04:32:08 UTC 13 years ago

Oh, it sounds like so much fun! I wish I could have done something like that with my friedns, but the nearest orchard is almost 12 miles away.
I hope you get tons of fruit too!
dakiwiboid

Lovely! I haven't done anything like that for years!

dakiwiboid

January 7 2008, 06:22:04 UTC 13 years ago

I think you'll like the London Twelfth Night Revels Page.
the_7th_guest

the_7th_guest

January 7 2008, 20:16:35 UTC 13 years ago

Sounds like fun ;) May the Goddess bring you much bounty!