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Wassailing

The ancient tradition of wassailing: either 'house visiting' whilst singing door-to-door and offering a drink from the wassailing bowl in exchange for gifts, or 'orchard visiting' to recite incantations and sing to the trees to promote a good harvest in cider-producing regions.

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Mike 'Widder' Lewis of Chepstow tells...

Mike 'Widder' Lewis of Chepstow tells...

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Mike 'Widder' Lewis shares how he...

Mike 'Widder' Lewis shares how he...

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Mike ‘Widder’ Lewis of Chepstow Community Cider...

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Chepstow Community Apple Day 2016 featuring The...

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Wassail! - Raglan Cider Mill - January 28th...

Wassail! - Raglan Cider Mill - January 28th...

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Storyteller David Ambrose sings The Gower...

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David Ambrose sings a traditional Wassail song...

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Mr Everton Pingue, Discovering music, Back-a...

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Collection created: 04/12/2018

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