Popular Romances of the West of England, Second Series by Robert Hunt

Author:Robert Hunt [Hunt, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781517113759
Barnesnoble:
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2015-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

DRINKING TO THE APPLE-TREES ON TWELFTH NIGHT EVE.

In the eastern part of Cornwall, and in western Devonshire, it was the custom to take a milk-panful of cider, into which roasted apples had been broken, into the orchard. This was placed as near the centre of the orchard as possible, and each person, taking a “clomben” cup of the drink, goes to different apple-trees, and addresses them as follows:—

“Health to the good apple-tree;

Well to bear, pocketfuls, hatfuls,

Peckfuls, bushel-bagfuls.”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.