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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tCome wassail away, come wassail away, come wassail away with meeeeee.\u00a0Ooops. Wrong song. Have you always known what the\u00a0holiday word\u00a0wassail means? I didn’t until a few years ago. So, just in case …<\/p>\n
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… say it with me: wassail<\/a> <\/em>\\w\u00e4-s\u0259l also<\/em> w\u00e4-\u02c8s\u0101l\\ noun <\/em>An early English toast to someone’s health, or a hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, spices, sugar, and usually baked apples and is traditionally served in a large bowl especially at Christmas time. The term also refers to carols being sung from house to house.<\/p>\n The Wassail Song<\/p>\n Here we come a-wassailing We are not daily beggers Good master and good mistress, We have a little purse Bring us out a table God bless the master of this house, Come wassail away, come wassail away, come wassail away with meeeeee.\u00a0Ooops. Wrong song. Have you always known what the\u00a0holiday word\u00a0wassail means? I didn’t until a few years ago. So, just in case … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/gleaming_word-wassailing-9547.jpg\" "\\"gleaming_word-wassailing-9547\\"")
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\nAmong the leaves so green,
\nHere we come a-wand’ring
\nSo fair to be seen.
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n
\nThat beg from door to door,
\nBut we are neighbors’ children
\nWhom you have seen before
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n
\nAs you sit beside the fire,
\nPray think of us poor children
\nWho wander in the mire.
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year<\/p>\n
\nMade of ratching leather skin;
\nWe want some of your small change
\nTo line it well within.
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n
\nAnd spread it with a cloth;
\nBring us out a cheese,
\nAnd of your Christmas loaf.
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n
\nLikewise the mistress too;
\nAnd all the little children
\nThat round the table go.
\nLove and joy come to you,
\nAnd to you your wassail, too,
\nAnd God bless you, and send you
\nA Happy New Year,
\nAnd God send you a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"