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Wassail
The word wassail comes from the Anglo-Saxon toast “be thou hale” – which translates as: “to your health.” In feudal times, peasants would go “a-wassailing” (also known as caroling) door to door in hopes of scoring snacks such as figgy pudding and alcoholic drinks such as mulled wine and wassail.
What commonly passes for wassail today [...]