Alwoodley Community Wassail

For the third year in a row, we will meet in the car park on king lane and parade with noise makers and instruments down to the orchard. We'll provide apple juice. Please bring cakes and treats to share with each other. We encourage bedecking yourself natural items like ivy and crowns of flowers. But no pressure! Here's a video from last year. Alwoodley 2030: Climate Action Hub - Alwoodley Orchardists

"Historically, wassailing took many different forms, depending on local tradition. Revellers typically visited local orchards and fruit trees, sang songs, made a hullabaloo (often by banging pots and pans) and were rewarded by the orchard’s grateful owner with some form of warm, spiced alcoholic drink from a communal wassail bowl or cup. Sometimes a topping of apple, known as ‘lamb's wool’, would be added."(source: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/art-collections/wassailing-ritual-and-revelry#rt-wassail-bowls-from-suppression-to-resurgence).

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