Published:
January 17, 2009 In
photos and video: Hundreds attend wassailing across Burnham area
The Somerset tradition of wassailing - when good health
is wished on apple crops for the coming year - was performed at
three ceremonies in the Burnham-On-Sea area on Saturday night
(January 17th).
Burnham-On-Sea
Rotary Club organised an event at Rich's Cider near Highbridge,
and other ceremonies were held at Rooksbridge and Brent Knoll.
Over
220 people attended the Rich's Cider event, which included entertainment
from The Mangled Wurzels.
The
evening was held in aid of the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy
Equipment, and more than £2,000 is expected to have been
raised for the charity.
Traditional
Somerset music from The Mangled Wurzels entertained the crowds
in the show tent during Saturday evening's event at Rich's Cider
Mike
Day, Ashley Edwards, Jan Scott, Martin Rich, Francis Kidner, Richard
Wall and nine-year-old Wassailing Queen Molly Scott
The
Wassailing Queen was carried on a specially-made chair by members
of Burnham Rotary Club to an apple tree where the ceremony was
held
The
Wassailing Queen was lifted into a tree during the main ceremony
to nail a piece of toast to it while gunshots were fired in the
background
Jim
Gardner was among the colourfully dressed crowd members at Saturday
night's event
The
Wassailing song was sung by the hundreds of spectators in the
show tent, accompanied by music from The Mangled Wurzels
Members
of the Burnham-On-Sea Rotary Club served pints of traditional
warm cider throughout the evening
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