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Sunday, 28 February 2021

Tag: Yuletide

​Where traditions intermingle: carol singing, yulesinging, wassailing … and Mari Lwyd

Posted on January 11 2018 | by Tracy Shorrock
Mari Lwyd

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 […]

Where traditions intermingle: Mistletoe … and what is it with virgins at this time of year

Posted on December 20 2017 | by Tracy Shorrock

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).

Season’s Greetings from Freelancealot.co.uk

Posted on December 20 2011 | by Tracy Shorrock

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.

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