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That depends: Most modern recipes differ greatly from anything that the original Anglo Saxon holiday toasting drink might have been likened to. Availability of spices and fresh fruits and the desire to create a drink with a higher alcohol content then the original had has given inovators free license to use their personal creativity. The essentials are a combination of Brown Ale, Spices, Apples or Apple cider, lemon zest, port, a sweetner and heat. Try the following:
- 3 pints of ale
- 2 pints of apple cider
- 1 cup of port
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 cup of honey
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cardomon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground allspice
In a large saucepan, combine 1 pint of ale, 1 pint cider and the remaining ingredients and bring to a low simmer for at least 30 minutes stirring regularly. Shortly before serving add the remaining ale and cider. Serve hot in a preheated cup or tankard. Serves 6-8. Much of the alcohol will have been removed during the heating process. For a higher alcohol bang add a shot of Calvados to each cup.
Waes Hael!
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Wassail is an alcoholic beverage made from spiced wine or ale. To go wassailing is to toast or sing while drinking wassail.
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You will get treated to an apple pie
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Wassail- a hot punch drink.
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Wassail is a spiced ail or mulled wine drink usually drunk on Christmas Eve or the Twelfth Night.
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Wassail is a mixed drink, sort of like a punch, that traditionally contains some alcoholic beverage as one of the ingredients. The bowl in which it is served is called a wassail bowl. The history of wassail reaches back to at least the 1500s, and wassail bowls in that time period were usually made of wood that had been turned on a lathe to make the bowl form.
From Encyclopædia Britannica: vessel generally made of wood and often mounted in silver, used on ceremonial occasions for drinking toasts. The word wassail derives from Old Norse ves heill,meaning "be well, and in good health." The name has come to be generally applied to any bowl from which a toast is drunk, as well as to the actual drink itself.
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Wassail, a type of alcoholic cider beverage, can be found in England, UK. Recipe's for it can be found online if one cares to imitate it, or purchased online through Amazon.
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Wassailing was an old form of carol singing. Wassailers went from house to house in the village singing carols to the occupants. They carried with them a bowl of spiced punch to fortify themselves. This was called a wassail bowl.
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Wassail is a hot type of cider, which is generally served around the holidays. It usually contains apple, cinnamon, sugar, and other spices.
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I know a few words that rhyme with Wassail, so, here you go!
Sail
Rail
Bail
Tail
High-tail
Detail
Retail
...Dale?
Male
Female
Tale
Ale
and I bet there are others, but I can't think of them. Hope this was helpful!
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Lambswool wassail
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It is the first line of the chorus of the Wassail Song
"Love And Joy Come To You"
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Wassaling was taking a Pot of wassail round houses and singing carols about the harverst
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You may be referring to the Anglo Saxon 'wassail' meaning 'be thou hail or be in good health'. Traditionally celebrated on 12th Night, 5/6th January.
Love and Joy come to you,
And to your wassail too,...
And God bless you and send you,
A happy New Year.
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"Here We Go A-Caroling" is an alternate title of the Wassail Song, more usually beginning "Here we come a-wassailing".
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Some words that rhyme with "razzle dazzle rose" are jostle, tussle, and wassail.
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Wassailing means drinking the health of your friend, or the activity of going visiting to drink people's health. It also refers to the songs that people sing when they go visiting. Wassail literally means "be whole, be healthy" and is an Anglo-Saxon way of expressing good wishes. There are many traditions associated with wassailing in England, and some in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
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The word "wassail" originates from England, where it was traditionally used as a toast during celebrations, especially around Christmas and New Year's. It is often associated with a warm drink made of spiced ale or mulled cider.
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Carol singing, or (antiquated) wassailing. The word "wassail" is derived from the Old English "Wes hale", meaning "Be healthy", so wassailing is literally "well wishing".
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Wassail is a hot, mulled cider that is drank in the tradition of wassailing. Wassailing is an ancient southern English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year.
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It's a toast made with spiced , mulled wine. A Christmas tradition.
A Wassail bowl is basically a big punch bowl.
1. a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person. 2. a festivity or revel with drinking of healths. 3. liquor for drinking and wishing health to others on festive occasions, esp. spiced ale, as on Christmas Eve and Twelfth-night. 4. Archaic. a song sung in wassailing.
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If someone uses the word "wassail" around Christmastime, she probably means "to go caroling from house to house." That contemporary meaning is connected to the original "drink to your health" meaning of the word by the old custom of offering a warm, spiced, and often alcoholic drink to the carolers.
The word itself is from two Old Norse words, ves heill, meaning "be healthy!" Perhaps it was originally used as a toast to the householder kind enough to give you something warm on a cold, snowy night of caroling.
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Traditionally, wassail is mulled beer or mead. Ingredients varied slightly, but the core ingredients were: beer or mead (fermented honey and water), cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, sometimes sugar or honey, and it could be laced with sliced oranges, lemons, apples, or other fruit. Toast was often floated on top as sops (meant to be eaten after it had soaked up some of the liquid).
Modern wassail is often made with wine and more accurately resembles Glühwein (German mulled wine traditionally served during the winter festivals).
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The tradition wassailing falls in two categories: the Orchard-Visiting assail and the House-Visiting wassail. The purpose of wassailing is to awake the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit.
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Whimple is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately 14.5 km due east of the city of Exeter, and 4.8 km from the nearest small town, Ottery St Mary.
Whimple is large enough to support two pubs and a Church of England primary school, and was mainly notable during the 20th century as being the home of Whiteway's cyder and pear products. Although the factory lands were sold off for housing in the 1990s, the village is still surrounded by orchards of cider apples and in its heyday boasted the largest cyder apple orchards in the world. It is now home to the unrelated O'Hanlon's brewery.
Whimple has a long tradition of wassailing which it celebrates every year on Old Twelvey Night - 17 January. The Whimple Wassail is an orchard-visiting wassail ceremony. The ceremony stopped during World War II but was revived by the Whimple History Society in 1980 and has grown into a very popular tradition attracting visitors from all over the country. The ceremony begins at the New Fountain Inn with the first rendition of the wassail song, then the procession first wassails one of the last remaining 'Whimple Wonder' trees before visiting three orchards and stopping for a salute at the village tethering-stone to remember and pay respects to the late "Mayor of Whimple" John Shepherd who was a much loved local character and the man responsible for reviving the tradition. He was also a great singer and recalled many old songs including the Whimple Wassail. After visiting the last orchard, the wassail party finish up at the cricket club on the other side of the village where the full song is sung followed by much music-making and consumption of cheese, apple cake and of course,
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Wassailing is a traditional English custom where groups of people go from house to house singing carols and offering good wishes for the season while drinking a hot, spiced cider called wassail. It is typically done during the Christmas season to spread holiday cheer and celebrate with friends and neighbors.
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern W---AI-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 5th letter A and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
wagtail
wassail
waylaid
webmail
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Simon and the groups: Fyd, One Direction , Diver fever, Belermee
Dani and the boys: Paige richhardson,Matt cardel, Nicholo,Adain Grim-shore
Cheryl and the girls: Tracy, Katie wassail, Rebbecca Ferguson, Cher Loyd
Louis and the over 28's:Wagner, Mary burns,Jhon Adelaie, Storm Lee
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern WAS-A--. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter A and 3rd letter S and 5th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are:
wassail
wastage
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -A-SA-L. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter S and 5th letter A and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
saksaul
vassail
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern WA---I-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter A and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
wagtail
wakikis
wapitis
waragis
warship
wasabis
wassail
wastrie
waylaid
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 10 words with the pattern -A---IL. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 6th letter I and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
cattail
fantail
garboil
mandril
parboil
pasquil
rattail
vassail
wagtail
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern WA-S-I-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter A and 4th letter S and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
warship
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern --S-A-L. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter S and 5th letter A and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
dismayl
ensnarl
install
miscall
misfall
unsnarl
vassail
vessail
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -A-SAIL. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter S and 5th letter A and 6th letter I and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
vassail
wassail
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"Smoking bishop" is a type of mulled wine mentioned in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It is made with port, red wine, lemons, oranges, sugar, and spices, and is traditionally served hot. In the story, Scrooge's nephew Fred offers to make a bowl of smoking bishop for his guests as a festive treat.
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 8 words with the pattern ---SAIL. That is, seven letter words with 4th letter S and 5th letter A and 6th letter I and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
lugsail
outsail
skysail
topsail
trysail
vassail
vessail
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 17 words with the pattern -AS--I-. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter S and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
bashlik
basidia
basilic
casspir
eastlin
gastric
gastrin
kashmir
mashlim
mashlin
masonic
mastoid
pasquil
vassail
wasabis
wassail
wastrie
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern W-S-AIL. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 3rd letter S and 5th letter A and 6th letter I and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are:
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 16 words with the pattern --S-AI-. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter S and 5th letter A and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
abstain
bestain
despair
destain
disdain
distain
mislaid
mislain
missaid
sustain
unslain
unstaid
upstair
vassail
vessail
wassail
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 25 words with the pattern -A--AI-. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 5th letter A and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
bandaid
banzais
bargain
barmaid
callais
calpain
captain
cattail
darrain
fantail
kaikais
laogais
machair
mauvais
naysaid
parfait
rattail
sancais
tawhais
taxpaid
vassail
wagtail
wassail
waylaid
zaikais
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