Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1873 |
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... Wassail Bowl of spiced ale , with some sort of verses that were sung by them as they went from door to door . Wassail is derived from the Anglo - Saxon Wæs hæl , Be in health . It were unnecessary to add , that they accepted little ...
... Wassail Bowl of spiced ale , with some sort of verses that were sung by them as they went from door to door . Wassail is derived from the Anglo - Saxon Wæs hæl , Be in health . It were unnecessary to add , that they accepted little ...
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... Wassail is that given by Robert de Brunne , in the following passage : - : - " This is ther custom and her gest When thei are at the ale or fest . Ilk man that lovis qware him think Salle say Wosseille , and to him drink . He that bidis ...
... Wassail is that given by Robert de Brunne , in the following passage : - : - " This is ther custom and her gest When thei are at the ale or fest . Ilk man that lovis qware him think Salle say Wosseille , and to him drink . He that bidis ...
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... Wassail Bowl or Cup was , in all probability , owing to keeping Christmas in the same manner they had before the feast of Yule . There was nothing the Northern nations so ... Wassail brews good ale , Good ale for Wassail 4 NEW YEAR'S EVE .
... Wassail Bowl or Cup was , in all probability , owing to keeping Christmas in the same manner they had before the feast of Yule . There was nothing the Northern nations so ... Wassail brews good ale , Good ale for Wassail 4 NEW YEAR'S EVE .
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... Wassail ; Wassail comes too soon , In the wane of the moon . " ] In Ritson's Antient Songs , 1790 , p . 304 , is given " A Carrol for a Wassell Bowl , to be sung upon Twelfth Day , at night , to the tune of Gallants come away , ' from a ...
... Wassail ; Wassail comes too soon , In the wane of the moon . " ] In Ritson's Antient Songs , 1790 , p . 304 , is given " A Carrol for a Wassell Bowl , to be sung upon Twelfth Day , at night , to the tune of Gallants come away , ' from a ...
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... Wassail , and which they exhibit from house to house , with the accompaniment of a duet . I apprehend that the practice of wassailing will die with this aged pair . We are by no means so tenacious of old usages and diversions in this ...
... Wassail , and which they exhibit from house to house , with the accompaniment of a duet . I apprehend that the practice of wassailing will die with this aged pair . We are by no means so tenacious of old usages and diversions in this ...
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