Toast, trees and a wassailing queen: An ancient English ritual is back
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Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back
But for one evening in January, modern farming techniques are set aside for an ancient ritual called ... wassailing (the word derives from an Old English toast to good health, “waes hael ...