Here is a report on Wassail events in Somerset in Merry Ole England that appears in the Weston and Somerset Mercury:
"The tradition dates back to early Pagan times, when rural communities would perform ceremonies in January to encourage a healthy apple harvest.
Historical acts were re-created by students from Sandford Primary School at Thatchers cider company in Station Road, Sandford.
Pupils crowned the Wassail king and queen and enjoyed a procession led by the Green Man." ...(Cont.)...
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