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Date: December
6, 2008, 5 - 9 p.m.
Cost: Adult $25, Child (12 & under) $15 Location: Maiden
Rock Winery & Cidery
W12266 King Lane Stockholm, WI 54769
Reservations
required!
Call 715 448-3502
Seating is limited. Early bookings
are recommended. Credit cards accepted.
(Payments by personal check
accepted, but must be received within one week of booking or your
reservation will be cancelled.) |
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Feasting Your presence is
requested at the annual Medieval Feast & Wassailing of the Apple
Trees at Maiden Rock Winery & Cidery on the 6th of December in
the year 2008. Join us and your fellow revelers to enjoy the
unique sights, sounds and smells of an authentic Medieval feast of a
four-course dinner and special Wassail beverages prepared by our
heralded feast stewards. Enjoy:
- Music
- Live Entertainment
- Dancing
- Feasting
- Wassailing
All lords and ladies are
encouraged to dress as such; in which case, a $5 discount shall be
bestowed upon them!
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Wassailing of
the
Apple TreesEnjoy the old English tradition of Wassailing through the orchard,
and partake of the fruits of our harvest around a crackling
bonfire!! |
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| Toast the
apple trees with one of our great hot wassails. You might even try
floating toast in your drink! Enhance your revelry and cheer with
Wassailing games and songs. |
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Wassailing has been
associated with Christmas and New Year as far back as the 1400s. It
was a way of passing on good wishes among family and friends.
Apple trees were sprinkled with wassail to ensure a good crop.
Villagers would gather around the apple trees with shotguns or pots
and pans and made a tremendous racket to raise the Sleeping Tree
Spirit and to scare off demons. A toast was then drunk from the
Wassail Cup.
This custom was especially important during a time when part of a
laborer's wages was paid in apple cider. Landlords needed a good
apple crop to attract good workers. Wassailing was meant to keep the
tree safe from evil spirits until the next year's apples appeared. |
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popular Wassailing Carols goes like this:
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wassailing,
So fair to be seen:
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too,
And God bless you and send you,
A happy New Year,
And God send you,
A happy new year! |
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| Today the
wassail songs are being sung again at farms and pubs in several
parts of England and here in Wisconsin and other places in North
America by people who decided to revive the old custom of blessing
the crops and singing to good health. For more information about
Wassailing, click
here. |
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