...trees, and is thought by some to be "a relic of the heathen sacrifice to Pomona." Herrick sings, — " Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a...peare ; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing." Our poets have as yet a better right to sing of cider than of wine; but it...

...the apple tree. Herrick enjoins to — " Wassailethe trees, that they may beare You many a plum, anil many a peare: For more or less fruits they will bring, As you do give them wassailing." In 1790, it was related to Mr. Brand, by Sir Thomas Acland at Weringlon, that in his neighbourhood...

...In Devon they still bless the orchards on Christmas-eve, according to the old verses : — Wassail the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and...fruits they will bring As you do give them wassailing. In some places, they walk in procession to the principal orchards in the parish. In each orchard one...

...Eve, and in Herrick's " Hesperides " he enumerates it among the Christmas ceremonies — AVassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring Aa you do give them wassailing. There is an old saying that when it rains...

...insure its bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred...

...bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassalle the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lease fruits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred...

...bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Waasaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lease fruits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, — a word transferred...

...insure its bearing plentifully the ensuing year, according to the observation of Robert Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a pearc ; For more or lease frnits they will bring, And you do give them wassailing." The wassail, —...

...practice of wassailing the trees, to insure their future fruitfulness, — mentioned by Herrick : — " Wassaile the trees, that they may beare You many a plum, and many a peare ; For more or lesse fruits they will bring, As you do give them wassailing." The merry bowl which (notwithstanding...

...to your defire ; Unwafht hands, ye Maidens, know, Dead the Fire, though ye blow. w Another. Aflaile the Trees, that they may beare You many a Plum, and many a Peare : For more or lefle fruits they will bring, As you doe give them Waflailing. Power and Peace. '' I v/r never, or...