Apple trees were commonly grown in early New England and there was an old English tradition of wassailing or wishing health to apple trees on Christmas Eve.
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The songs that were chosen for singing in church omitted the wassailing carols, and the words " hymn " and " carol " were used almost interchangeably.
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Christmas caroling can also be a form of busking, as wassailing included singing for alms, wassail or some other form of refreshment such as figgy pudding.
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In August 2014, Domino Records released their 8th album with Yorkston-" The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society ", released in August 2014.
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I'd carry on here a little longer, but I've got to do some holiday wassailing with some folks, whatever the heck that means.
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He expressed the view that the original custom had been " horrific in origin and intention " and that from an early date it had been connected to wassailing.
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It is one of the band's rarer promotional singles, along with " The Wassailing Song ", " Death of a Party " and " Bugman ".
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The Pictish Trail appeared on James Yorkston's 2014 album, " The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society ", and toured live with Yorkston supporting the release.
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At Carhampton, near Minehead, the Apple Orchard Wassailing is held on the old Twelfth Night ( 17 January ) as a ritual to ask God for a good apple harvest.
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Wassailing is the background practice against which an English carol such as " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " dating back to sixteenth century England, can be made sense of.
