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llyfrenfys · 5 months

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So I'm gonna come out and say I'm working on a Mari Lwyd related project right now. I have no idea how it's going to turn out but I'm having fun doing it!

Picture of a genuine horse skull I own for tax:

#mari lwyd #welsh #wales #y fari lwyd #nadolig #wassail #One of my passions is natural history and this skull is part of my natural history collection/display #I also have a few antlers up there as well you can see in the picture #horse skull #horse #equus #equine skull #natural history #animal skull #animal death #dead animal #(last few tags are for people who have those filtered)#vulture culture #(vaguely)

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theultradork · 4 months

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#MST3k #RiffTrax #MST3K Clips #Wassail #Enjoy the great taste of Wassail!#In CANS!#Merry Christmas #Happy Holidays #Youtube

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runesandbone · 1 year

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My wassail recipe from last year!

🌲 1 apple

🌲 1 large orange

🌲 cranberries

🌲 cinnamon sticks

🌲 cinnamon powder

🌲 ground clove

🌲 4 cups apple cider

🌲 1-3 cups cranberry juice

#Yule #yule tea #yule recipes #Christmas is recipe #wassail #Norse #norse polytheism #Norse pagan #yuletide #lokean #Norse recipes #witch #pagan #witchy

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upthewitchypunx · 4 months

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Hey Portland area folks, wanna go wassailing?

#wassail #wassailing #sing to the trees #drink cider #folk magic #folk traditions #cider #stone circle cidery

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varalgus · 4 months

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Mari Lwyd 🌿🔔

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pagan-stitches · 4 months

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Wassailing the persimmon trees (the only fruit bearing tree on the property) on this snowy Twelfth Night!

My wassail recipe

#wassail #Twelfth Night #persimmon #american persimmon #foraging #preserving #baking

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misspjsuperior · 5 months

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Yuletide blessings from Mari Lwyd 🎄 The skeletal Welsh Christmas horse Mari Lloyd is a wassailing (festive drinking) tradition in which those who carry the horse from door to door sing riddles in demand for cider, beer, mulled wine, or what have you to do for a cup of holiday cheer. 🥂

Although several cloaked animal skull figures popularly feature throughout pagan British history Mari Lwyd is rather absent from any surviving medieval accounts among these. That is not to say definitively that Mari Lwyd cavorted about no earlier than the 1800 date commonly given considering centuries of real effort to erase such traditions. In fact throughout the 1980-90s as part of that era’s “Satanic Panic” Mari Lwyd was highly discouraged as a pagan act even by English secularists simply because it looked “tacky”.

Mari Lwyd art by PJ Superior

T shirts until year’s end 💀

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#mari lwyd #spooky christmas #pagan witch #winter solstice #cryptid #goth christmas #old ways #wassail #horse skull #epic rap battles of history #let me in #witches sabbath

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seasonalwonderment · 5 months

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~ Orange Spice ~

#wassail #hot cider #spices #oranges #nuts #cinnamon #cloves #star anise #gingerbread men #cookies #Christmastime

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alliterative-endlessknot · 4 months

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is WASSAIL/HEALTH #wotd #wassail #health #HereWeComeAwassailing #wassailing #Christmas #ChristmasCarol

#wassail #health #wassailing #here we come a-wassailing #christmas #christmas carol #etymology #wotd #connectedatbirth #words #language #linguistics #word nerd #wordnerd #history of the english language #history of english #historical linguistics #lingcomm #lingblr

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uschi-the-listener · 4 months

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#happy holidays #wassail

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foodandfolklore · 5 months

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Wassail - A Holiday Drink to Good Health

Wassail has a long history in Europe and winter holiday celebration. It was a drink commonly made and served at celebrations and feasts. To ale, crab apples and assorted spices would be added and allowed to steep. This drink would be heated and served in a large bowl so others could fill their cup.

Every house hold made their Wassail a little different. Partly due to what was available, and partly due to personal tastes. But despite being drastically different, Wassail may be the grandparent of Eggnog. Just another case of people getting access to better ingredients and culinary knowledge.

But Wassail is still drank to this day, though it's fallen a little out of the main stream. Each person makes it their own way still, but now it's more like an apple cider. You can make your own for the season, too. The word Wassail means "To Good Health" and is what people would often say it as part of the toast; which is how the name came. So when you make your Wassail, try to imagine the people partaking having another year of good health and prosperity.

Making Wassail

I make mine in an Electric Cauldron (Slow Cooker) but you can make yours on stove stop too. This recipe focuses mainly on Apples (Longevity, Luck, Rebirth) Oranges (Solar Energy, Happiness, Health) and Cloves (Protection, Kinship, Prosperity).

Need: -1 Gallon Apple Cider -1/2 cup Orange juice -1/2 cup Brown Sugar -1 Orange -Whole Cloves -1-2 Apples, diced -1 Tbsp All spice -1 Tbsp Ginger -2 Tbsp Nutmeg -3 Cinnamon sticks -1 Apple Sliced Widthwise (Optional) -1/2 cup Spiced Rum (Optional)

Combine everything into your crock pot/slow cooker, except orange, cloves, and sliced apple. Cover and let simmer on med/low for about an hour.

After some time has passed, retrieve the whole spices. You can let them simmer for longer for more intense flavour, but be aware if they are left for too long, the whole spices can leave a bitter taste.

Slice the orange into wheels. Stick the cloves into the fruit. Have some fun and arrange the cloves to look like symbols important to you. Spirals (a symbol of life) are commonly done. But you can do your initial, your zodiac sign, a sigil you made, or just poke them in randomly.

Place the Orange wheels with cloves on top of the Wassail. If you want some additional variety, you can add some apple slices. When you slice into an apple, it naturally leaves a star shape. This star shape can add a lot of spiritual energy to your Wassail. If you are worried about seeds but still want the star, try cutting out the middle with a small star shaped cookie cutter.

Continue to let your Wassail simmer on low until hot and people are ready to drink.

Tip: You may want to consider keeping the alcohol separate and just add right before serving. This way you can leave it out for anyone who may not want it.

And feel free to experiment! Check out your cupboard and see what kinds of whole spices you've been holding onto. I honestly do it a little different each year. The warm winter spices are your best bet. All spice, Star Anise; I might try throwing in some left over pumpkin spice this year. Do what feels right and hope it tastes half way decent :P

#Wassail #December #Yule #Christmas #Recipie #Food and folklore #eggnog #cider #apple #orange #cloves #kitchen witch #kitchen witchcraft #spices #winter solstice #witch #electric cauldron

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llyfrenfys · 4 months

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'Wel dyma ni'n mynd' (Welsh wassailing song Queer parody)

P'nawn da pawb! I'm here with my last Patreon post this year. This one's public and it's just a lil lighthearted project I've been working on. This one's (part of) my queer Mari Lwyd project!

It's a nonserious parody of a traditional Welsh wassailing song (linked in patreon post) associated with the Mari Lwyd. In this parody instead of going house to house for booze the Mari Lwyd is gathering lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans people and queer people as she goes along (thereby creating a pride parade). It's just a bit of fun and nothing too serious. So with the above in mind...

Introducing: Y Fari Lliwgar (The Colourful Mari)!

I also was working on a little video of my horse skull puppeted by me as a gay Mari Lwyd (technically March Lwyd as this skull belonged to a male horse as far as I know). The above is a still taken from the video footage. It was meant to be longer but unfortunately I ran out of time. But I hope you enjoy the concept of a Queer Mari Lwyd assembling a pride parade going house to house! You can watch the video here: