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17 Jan 2009

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Traditionally on Old Twelfth Night, 17th January, people would wassail the apple trees, to encourage a good crop. The word comes from the Anglo Saxon "waes hail" meaning to be healthy. Carrying jugs of apple juice or cider and horns villagers would walk to the local orchard in search of the largest tree. Link: http://thegreenparent.co.uk/106/

Melissa Corkhill is the editor of The Green Parent magazine, mother of two and author of the book Green Parenting

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