tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post2658403760282399476..comments2023-12-10T08:09:17.786+00:00Comments on Large blooming flower: WassailingJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-59811292335464746562011-01-27T16:21:29.828+00:002011-01-27T16:21:29.828+00:00Makes me think of that bloke from River Cottage. I...Makes me think of that bloke from River Cottage. I am sure he did a bit of Wassailing on one of his programmes on TV. Looked like he had had a good few <br /><br />There was something else about Wassailing in the spectator .....<br /><br />http://www.spectator.co.uk/scoff/blog/6643038/gunning-for-cider.thtmlBeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342124169953960479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-60097237568213264732011-01-24T08:25:09.221+00:002011-01-24T08:25:09.221+00:00Thank you!Thank you!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-19546625660685913372011-01-23T03:20:56.537+00:002011-01-23T03:20:56.537+00:00A lovely post...just a lovely post.
Calie xxxA lovely post...just a lovely post.<br /><br />Calie xxxCaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280127011882954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-67166976986310890192011-01-17T07:37:34.157+00:002011-01-17T07:37:34.157+00:00Morning all, and thanks for your comments.
That&#...Morning all, and thanks for your comments.<br /><br />That's brilliant Dru, gets folkies and ciderists to a T! It is embarrassing watching a bloke in a jester outfit jumping up and down, especially when you know he's not a Son of the Soil but an Audi-driving sales manager.<br /><br />Wasailing, a pagan tradition, I can't disagree there Shirley Anne. Fortunately I am of a practical bent and place my faith in tending for our trees rather than hoisting folksy young maidens into their branches. If I raise a glass to their health is is to them as very real living organisms. I suspect there are many who raise a glass to the health of racehorses in a similar way.<br /><br />And yes, I would raise more than a few glasses, but sadly my medication precludes too much of that.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-58946098339063010972011-01-17T06:39:08.874+00:002011-01-17T06:39:08.874+00:00Thank you, Shirley Anne!
I share your misgivings ...Thank you, Shirley Anne!<br /><br />I share your misgivings at communal wassailing, Jenny, though I like the idea of having a personal one. I got mixed up in a Wiccan ceremony for Imbolc once, and felt just-ever-so-slightly embarrassed by the whole thing...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-7522235524691545562011-01-15T20:52:20.223+00:002011-01-15T20:52:20.223+00:00I like that poem Dru
Shirley Anne xxxI like that poem Dru<br /><br />Shirley Anne xxxShirley Annehttp://www.minkyweasel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-81726586702456080962011-01-15T20:01:43.226+00:002011-01-15T20:01:43.226+00:00Cuppe, surely.
I thought we might need a wassail ...Cuppe, surely.<br /><br />I thought we might need a wassail de nos jours, so I done wrote one.<br /><br />Come let us all a-gather round the fair apple tree<br />We’re the Bogus But Bucolic Pursuits Society<br />And we’ll caper in the orchards till the noggins be drained<br />And a bloke with a beard and tankard sings a nasal refrain <br />So put on your thermal undies and join our glad company<br />Subject, of course, to clearance from the bold CRBDru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-51849802297882233472011-01-15T12:05:19.769+00:002011-01-15T12:05:19.769+00:00I didn't know you were into pagan festivals Je...I didn't know you were into pagan festivals Jenny. Wassailing is rooted in old Anglo-Saxon pagan celebrations and probably pre-dates Christianity in this country. I like cider very much but I would certainly not sing to trees and wish them good health, unless I'd too much cider inside me! Did you know that there are traditionally two kinds of wassail, one ishouse visiting and the other orchard visiting?<br /><br />Shirley Anne xxxShirley Annehttp://www.minkyweasel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-91521878754633055232011-01-15T10:50:48.264+00:002011-01-15T10:50:48.264+00:00Perhaps if you were to raise a few glasses of cide...Perhaps if you were to raise a few glasses of cider first, then head out to visit the trees... it might inspire you to serenade those sleeping giants! <br />Happy wassailing Jenny!Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.com