Wassail 2024
WASSAIL 2024
FRIDAY 26TH JAN 5:30 PM - 10 PM
SHEPPY'S HOUSE OF CIDER, TA4 1ER
Join Sheppy's Cider to celebrate the ancient ritual of Wassail on Friday, 26th January, 2023
Doors open from 5:30pm - ceremony starts at 6.45pm
Food | Fires | Cider
Join us for an evening of chanting, dancing and tradition to help us ensure that next year’s harvest is a good one.
Wassail gets its name from an old English term “waes hael” meaning “be well” which was shouted like a toast with the reply “drinc hael” meaning “drink and be healthy” at festivities in the darkest days of January as far back as Saxon times. There are several types of Wassailing tradition (most involving hot spiced alcohol) but the important one for all cider-makers is blessing their apple trees.
Itinerary:
5:30 pm Gates Open
5:45 pm Food starts (closes 8.15 pm)
6:15 pm Last Admission for Cars
6:45 pm Ceremony begins
8:00 pm Folk dancing and drinking
10:00 pm Event closes
