Talk:Wassail

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[edit] Caroling and Pagans

Ok As far as I know, "Wassailing" is the equivalent of going carol singing in christian tradition. Pagans also used to sing carols and these were adapted by christians. They tend to be about food drink and dancing naked, having sex etc. Lots of fun. Can anyone confirm? If not I'll just have to ask this guy Tim from Glastonbury who tries to restore christianised carols. It's also the apple/health thing...

Yes, tis true. Wassailing was a form of caroling where the performers expected to be treated to a warm pie of any sorts ;) No independant evidence, and no I wasn't alive then. I did medeivel recreationism for a time, and enjoyed wassailin even tho I didn't get anything. The only songs we did sing were for a family inclined audience tho, so I dont know about the lewd stuff, but yes, food, drink dancing, fun, whatnot... Joe I 22:13, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Lewd songs have been sung in celebration of multiple holidays by many groups for ages, so to designate some just used in the winter holiday season by a certain group of people (although "pagan" has so many definitions) is kind of hard. As far as the carols, a lot of Christmas carols are orginally Christian (there are wiki articles on this), and a lot of plain-out carols like Jingle Bells are young, nonpartisan songs. However, it's pretty easy to find neopagan versions of them, like here: [1] I wouldn't say this is "restoring" but hey. --Teddywithfangs 06:33, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I have lived in the American South my entire life, and I have never once even heard of Russian Tea, much less heard that it is a tradition. Can anyone else confirm that statement? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.148.111.26 (talk) 22:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Can someone put a picture of Wassail on here? Bdodo1992 (talk) 22:30, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rushing with Russian Tea [sic]

I don't think it's "Russian tea" but rather "rush'n tea," because the recipe involves a kind of spice powder that makes it a sort of instant drink -- one that can be made in a rush. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.146.136 (talk) 03:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)