Category Archives: History

Wassail: An Unexpected Revival

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

I was sitting in a pub in East Hackney, London one January night a few years ago trying to convince a young man from Portsmouth that English people did in fact practice the custom of wassail.  “Wassail?” he said.  “I’ve … Continue reading →

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Wassail: Some Historical Reports and their Contexts

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

Have you been dying for some historical sources for the custom of wassail?  Come on, I know you have.  Lucky for you I am the folklorist with the super folklore library collection a mere 30 minute walk from my doorstep.  … Continue reading →

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Wassail links and Lambswool recipe

Check out this cool post on Lambswool, forwarded by a cider friend at United States of Cider.  Chock full of historical and literary anecdotes and nice pictures and recipe offered. Also, keep on eye on United States of Cider’s Campaign … Continue reading →

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Wassail on Twice Cooked

Posted on January 14, 2014 by

I’ve written a guest post on Wassail for my friend Adam Zolkover’s great blog Twice Cooked: Cooking, Eating, Politics.  Follow the link below and enjoy: http://www.twice-cooked.com/2014/01/14/cider-time-wassail/

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Wassail story from Radio Program: Living on Earth

Posted on January 12, 2014 by

We’re right smack in the middle of wassail season.  Twelfth Night (Jan 5) passed last week.  And Old Twelfth Night (Jan 17) comes this Friday.  I’m a bit behind on posts due to moving into a new house, but I … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 8, 2013 by

If you don’t already read Bill Bradshaw’s great cider blog, take a look at this description of his trip to the perry producing region in Austria. http://iamcider.blogspot.com/2013/10/die-mostviertal-perry-in-lower-austria.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IamciderOnTheIncide+%28IAMCIDER%3A+On+The+Incide%29

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The 17th Century is the Best Century

Posted on September 19, 2013 by

Back at my desk in Indiana, I have been reading and taking notes on a really lovely chapter in a book called A Pleasing Sinne: Drink and Conviviality in Seventeenth-century England.  The chapter “Drinking Cider in Paradise: Science, Improvement, and … Continue reading →

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