🍎 Wassailing
Winter ritual of song and orchard blessing in England
📌 Fast Facts
- Type: English seasonal folk tradition and agricultural ceremony
- Primary timing: Twelfth Night (January 5th) and Old Twelfth Night (January 17th)
- Main regions: Devon, Herefordshire, Somerset, and West Country cider areas
- Etymology: Old English "waes hael" meaning "be well" or "be in good health"
Wassailing is an English folk tradition centred on winter orchard ceremonies and communal drinking that invokes blessings for ...