Tuesday, 10 December 2019
The final meanderings in our short series for the festive season, today we explore the tradition of carol singing in English (and Celtic) history taking place around this time of year (Winter Solstice, Yule Tide, Christmas, etcetera). “Wassail! wassail! all over the town, Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown; Our […]
Continuing our short series for the festive season, today we explore the tradition of mistletoe in English (and Celtic) history taking place around this time of year (Winter Solstice, Yule Tide, Christmas, and so forth).
Introducing a short series for the festive season, exploring various traditions steeped in British (English, Celtic) history taking place around this time of year (Winter Solstice, Yule Tide, Christmas, New Year and so forth).
As the festive season is now truly upon us and a New Year is just around the corner, we’d like to thank you for reading The Freelancealot Herald this year, and trust you’ve found our sporadic posts interesting and useful.
Have you noticed many snowmen disappearing lately? Yes? No need to phone the missing-persons line: they’ve been relaxing here, sleeping on the beach in their disguises as sandmen. The splendid specimen in the picture was melting in the sun but seemed much happier about the prospect, stoically supping a Carib beer and hoping for a […]