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When you go wassailing what are you doing?
Dont have a. Clue
What does the word wassailing mean in the song 'here we come a-wassailing'?
Toasting with ale
What Christmas song has the initials hwcac?
"Here We Go A-Caroling" is an alternate title of the Wassail Song, more usually beginning "Here we come a-wassailing".
When you go wassailing what is it that you are doing?
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.
How many syllables does wassailing have?
three
What is the purpose of the wassailing tradition?
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.
What does it mean to wassail?
Wassail is an alcoholic beverage made from spiced wine or ale. To go wassailing is to toast or sing while drinking wassail.
What does wassailing mean?
Wassailing is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols. In modern times it is most commonly known through reference in various traditional Christmas carols (e.g., "Here we come a-wassailing / among the leaves so green"). a festivity characterised by much drinkingCourosing
What do the British call Christmas caroling?
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".
What 10 letter word would be a synonym for drinking to success?
Wassailing
What does wssail mean?
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.
What was wassailing in Victorian times?
Wassaling was taking a Pot of wassail round houses and singing carols about the harverst
