Throughout the program, Rex futilely attempts to clarify the true pronunciation and meaning of the term'wassail', featured in the Christmas carol Here We Come A-Wassailing.
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The " Cam Valley Morris Men ", are based in nearby Priddy and, following the cider harvest, can often be seen in Kilmersdon for the traditional celebrations of wassailing.
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Cawte concurred that it was " reasonable to accept " that the Mari Lwyd head had become attached to an independent wassailing tradition, but said that the connection to the Virgin Mary was unnecessary.
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After that, the entire cast performs " Here We Come A-wassailing ", and then " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " as the end credits roll.
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Private readings about people in Somerset in the 1800s revealed that inhabitants of Somerset practised the old Wassailing Ceremony, singing the following lyrics after drinking the cider until they were " merry and gay :"
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Another motivation of the song may have been to Christianize old English winter season songs used in wassailing the apple orchards pouring out libations or engaging in similar ceremonies to seek fertility of the trees.
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Wassailing In 2008 the side revived the old custom of wassailing ( also known as youling ) and this is carried out aroundTwelfth Night in a local pub garden around an apple tree that they planted.
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Wassailing In 2008 the side revived the old custom of wassailing ( also known as youling ) and this is carried out aroundTwelfth Night in a local pub garden around an apple tree that they planted.
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The version of'The Wassailing Song'performed by Blur was later adapted in a recording by The Grizzly Folk, who have stated that the arrangement bears a close resemblance to the'Gloucestershire Wassail '.
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Elinor's children might have sung a cappella madrigals, which were popular in the 1400s through 1700s, while wassailing-- singing and blessing the livestock and the land, especially apple groves, with cider.
