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Date:
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, 5 - 9 p.m.
Cost: Adult $50, Child (12 & under) $25 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 4th of December in the
year 2010. Join us and your fellow revelers to enjoy
the unique sights, sounds and smells of an authentic Medieval
feast of a five-course dinner and special Wassail beverages
prepared by our heralded feast chef, cider and wine stewards.
Enjoy:
- Music
- Live
Entertainment
- Dancing
- Feasting
- Wassailing
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Wassailing
of
the Apple Trees
Enjoy
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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