The West country tradition of wassailing apple trees on Twelfth Night to ensure a good crop has been the subject of a number of articles in previous issues of SDNQ, revealing that although the custom of firing guns into apple trees and drinking from the wassail bowl was much the same across the region, the wassail song sung on these occasions varied greatly.
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