Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interest in the centuries-old tradition is growing - Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Europe “How many have never been to a wassail ...

The ancient tradition of wassailing - which involves blessing apple orchards to ensure a good harvest - is enjoying a resurgence according to a folklore group. Wassailing, which dates to Anglo-Saxon ...

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 ...

"Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people gathered to wish good health to the apple trees in a centuries-old tradition enjoying a revival.

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 ...

BRADFORD-ON-TONE, England — A jet of steam rises with a hiss as a red hot poker plunges into a bowl of cider. A garlanded woman spears a piece of toast with a long fork and lodges the offering among ...

A centuries-old outdoor folklore ceremony featuring singing, dancing, costumes and crop-blessings, the wassail is having a pandemic-era revival – with witchy reinventions On a January night in the ...

In an age of societal atomisation, a growing number of people are enjoying the benefits of getting outside and singing to trees Natalie spent a decade working as an in-house journalist on the ...

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 ...