A jet of a voice inside a cup of red hot poker rises with a voice of a voice. A woman with a wicked woman gives the victim lodges between a long fork and a toast and the sacrifice lodges between a tree branches. Then he screams from the crowd of crowd, the torch burnt ceremony ends with the sounds of gunshot under the winter sky.
For the majority of year, Sheppy's farm in the western Bradford's tone in Bradford in the UK uses 2,800 a half million gallons of art machines that vibrate 22,000 apple trees.
But in January, a modern agricultural technique is set aside for an ancient ritual, which is a blessed “WASSAILING,” who is blessed next year, and the evil spirits are injured and enthusiastically drunk by hundreds of viewers.
From at least 13th century, Wasyailing (Wae in the word of the old English toast, “Wae,” he seemed to death in almost the 1990s.
However, this recently, with the increase in the desire to the western England, traditions and folklore in England, with the increase in the dream of the villages and some Britons, with the desire to revive the winter months with one side.
“Wasyailing has long been collapsed on the side of the road long,” said Louisa Sheppy, who has been a company's farm for more than two years, the seventh, consistent, WassaIl training year (one of the advertised in the region in this winter).
Ms. Sheppy is not a superstition and doesn't really believe – as a tradition holds – the fate of the product hinges on the annual Wassail. However, he evaluates the event, which attracted more than 400 guests, vinegar and Morris men and the event, which presented the people known as a living warehouse dance.
However, before the dances, visitors first joined the song in two trees, and joined the two trees, “hate, hats, hats, three busheli bags”. Then the evening “The Queen of Wassail” (the Queen of Vaasail “(symbolizes productivity and abundance) has tasted the heated vinegar, soak a piece inside and poured around the tree roots.
Ivy, wear the crown of Mistletoe, Hellebore And Rosemary, Queen, used a toast fork to place bread in branches – a gesture designed to attract Robins that look like the ears of spring – shotgun was fired to remove evil spirits.
Although the evening passed smoothly, Sheppy's 2025 Wassai's queen was not a free stress for EM Sibleley. It was good to drink vinegar (“God, this is really good, sweet and soft.” Therefore poured around the tree.
It is difficult, however, in the vinegar, the vinegar dismantles the toast, and then put the bread pieces away from a long fork to the branches of the tree without sending pieces of bread.
“You don't want to close it – only in case,” Ms. Sibleley, pointing to the possible sincere consequences of a ritual, pointed to the impossible results of a ceremony to provide the product.
“If all is wrong and there is little product, and it is normal for the year,” said Sibley, “You don't want to be someone who thinks, 'you'd have to be someone who thinks'.'
Once Christmas or New Year's tradition, Wasailing is now usually happening on January 18 or later.
Time ceremonies, Ronald Hutton, Ronald Hutton, a professor of history at the University of Bristol, at the University of Wassails in a large wooden bowl of alcoholic, Professor of history at the University of Bristol.
Someone would drink and call “Wael” – be good – be good and others will be able to drink “Drinc Hael” or good drinking, it can fall into the medieval drinking game.
“The host has sufficient decision or gradually burned and winners, the author A book about English folklore.
In the 16th century, farming, farmers, farmers and blessings, founded fruit trees, plants, sheep and cattle and a grace product.
In the last century, Wasyailing showed interest, Professor Hutton, “It's any kind of goodness with the decline in the belief that trees and farms work with gardening and fertilizers.”
Mike Highfield, 64, as prepared to be in Mike Highfield a Morris dancer The ceremonies and adolescence applauded in Sheppy, where the visit tours.
“The Cider was actually the UK's wine in the UK, because at a stage, he was a wine in England,” he said. 7.5 percent alcohol.
“Once you have a hair down and you screamed on an apple tree – and you are shouting, and you start talking to people, because you lose some obstacles,” he said.
A spectator, Matthew Mudge, 62, Cardiff's church musician from Cardiff, said he wanted to participate in Wassail for decades. “This is a fantastic tradition. I'm sorry to get me here,” Mr. Mudge said, “He enjoyed a ceremony after the ceremony,” and maybe drink and maybe drink because of the six centuries. “
In the village of Midswer Norton, about 50 miles, 100 people or therefore it became known for a society event for a society event to Wassil three small apple trees in the local park. Instead of a queen, local children helped to place the toast pieces in branches. 70, 70, 70, 70-year-old Hughes, who carried out the ceremony, said this tradition was never missing.
“Always have wassaails in this time of the year. It may not be advertised, it may not be advertised, but there may be local village events, but never died.” Recently, “It was a simple means of being a laugh, there was an explosion of wasiles.”
WASSAILING's fun thinking that no one is protected by the product?
“Me rationalist, of course, not, how:” He said, Professor Hutton, who spent several drinks in the garden of a Sunday afternoon.
He noted that his apple tree did not give anything until “the first time” I was “Wassaailed.” Add: “Every year there are bumper plants every year.”