| Glogg, gluhwein, poker beer, bishop, toddy, hot punch, flip, rumfustian, and wassail are all of the warmed spirit family. |
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| Over the centuries, various ceremonies and rituals developed around the tradition of drinking wassail. |
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| They were made from c. 1660 but were probably intended for punch or wassail like their treen counterparts. |
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| Last week the news item about the forthcoming wassail on this Wednesday, December 12, said that Warrenpoint Town Hall was the venue. |
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| It just goes to show that for all the Falstaffian wassail, there's nothing quite like a gory shank from nave to chaps to get the punters in. |
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| The wassailers customarily carried bowls of the hot drink, wassail, and offered sips to prospective donors. |
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| Cut each slice of toast into three across and serve in or alongside the wassail. |
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| Judging from the pictures I've seen, the wassail at Ormiston Mansion looks like a scene lifted from Charles Dickens. |
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| From that era comes the custom of the wassail bowl, containing a special brew for all comers. |
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| They put away their coats and sat in the living room sipping wassail. |
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| Have you done your wassail? 'Tis a handsome, drowsy ditty, I'll assure you. |
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| Things don't get much more Christmassy than a wassail that is – and with its floating toasts, literally was – a toast to health, happiness and prosperity for all who share in it. |
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