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150111 Hackney Wassail 403 Wassailing in Hackney. A pre-Christian traditional ceremony, 11 January 2015.
Wassailing in Hackney. A pre-Christian traditional ceremony held on the old 12th night of 17 January and stemming from an Anglo-Saxon pagan ritual visiting the apple trees and leaving them libations of cider and cider soaked toast to encourage their fertility next year.
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