#January 5th, the 12th night of #Christmas ️
#OTD English #Folklore calls for waking the #Apple #Trees by #Wassailing.
Tonight a #GreenMan will lead #Wassailers to pour #Cider on the #Soil, tuck cider-drenched #Bread on #Branches (a symbolic return of the fruit's blessing) & offer a #Victorian #Toast:
Old Apple tree, we #Wassail thee & hope that thou will bear,
Hatfuls! Capfuls! Three-bushel bagfuls! And a little #Heap under the stairs!
Hip Hip Hooray!