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27th November 2011

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Wassailing the apple trees In England and Ireland, a related Twelfth Night drink called “Lambs Wool” was made of cider or ale, sugar, spices and roasted apples. It was customary to ceremonially pour a little Lambs Wool or cider on your apple trees in order to bless them for a bountiful harvest in the coming year. The happy drink was applied to the trees with a “Wig,” a triangular piece of toast floated in the Wassail bowl. The tradition was known as “wassailing the apple trees” and was likely to have been popular in the Delaware Valley where apple orchards were plentiful on 18th-century farms.

Wassailing the apple trees
In England and Ireland, a related Twelfth Night drink called “Lambs Wool” was made of cider or ale, sugar, spices and roasted apples. It was customary to

ceremonially pour a little Lambs Wool or cider on your apple trees in order to bless them for a bountiful harvest in the coming year. The happy drink was applied to the trees with a “Wig,” a triangular piece of toast floated in the Wassail bowl. The tradition was known as “wassailing the apple trees” and was likely to have been popular in the Delaware Valley where apple orchards were plentiful on 18th-century farms.

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