Esempi dal corpus di testo per WASSAIL
1. The term wassail derives from the Old English wes hal, which means "be in good health". All of which is very charming, but in many ways wassailing‘s legacy lives on.
2. The children received "drums, trumpets and books". And so to Twelfth Night, to be marked by wassail songs around the tallest apple tree in the orchard and the dousing of its roots with cider for good luck.
3. "If you lived in Yosemite, you want to be a part of the Bracebridge," said the photographer‘s son, 73–year–old Michael Adams, who has moonlighted as villager and wassail bearer over the years.
4. Its chorus has an uplifting antidote to Lehrer‘s cynicism: "Love and joy come to you / And to you your wassail too / And God bless you and send you a happy new year." Wassailing is an Anglo–Saxon tradition adapted from Nordic origins.
5. The demand for figgy pudding in We Wish You a Merry Christmas is accompanied by the more sinister threat, "We won‘t go until we get some." The wassail drink served on these occasions comprised an intriguing melange of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar.