Wassailing is an ancient British tradition which continues to this day. There are two kinds of wassailing, a wassailing home visit and a wassailing orchard visit. The word 'wassail' is derived from a very old Anglo-Saxon saying which means 'Be healthy'. Wassailing ceremonies generally take place on 'Twelth Night' which is the 5th or 17th of January, depending on which calander is used.

Wassailing 是一种古老的英国传统，一直延续到今天。有两种 wassailing，wassailing 家访和 wassailing 果园访问。 “wassail”一词源自一句非常古老的盎格鲁-撒克逊谚语，意思是“保持健康”。 Wassailing 仪式通常在“第十二夜”举行，即 1 月 5 日或 17 日，具体取决于使用的日历。

The purpose of wassailing is the awakening of trees and to scare away evil spirits. The wassailing orchard visit relates to the ancient custom of visiting orchards in cider-producing regions of England, including Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. In the orchards, participants recite incantations and sing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year.

Wassailing 的目的是唤醒树木并吓跑邪恶的灵魂。帆船果园之旅与英格兰苹果酒产区参观果园的古老习俗有关，这些地区包括德文郡、萨默塞特郡、多塞特郡、格洛斯特郡和赫里福德郡。在果园里，参加者念咒语，对着树唱歌，祈求来年的丰收。

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A traditional rhyme that is sung at such events is:

在此类活动中唱的传统韵律是：

   Wassail the trees, that they may bear                骚扰树木，它们可能会结出果实
   You many a Plum and many a Pear                   你多梅多梨
   For more or less fruit they will bring,                  他们会带来或多或少的果实，
   As you do give them Wassailing                         当你给他们 Wassailing

Although wassailing ceremonies tend to differ somewhat from village to village, but they have the same essential elements. A wassail king and queen sing the first notes of the songs and lead the procession from orchard to orchard. The queen will be lifted into the trees and a piece of toast dipped in cider, mulled wine or punch will be tied to the tree as a gift. Sometimes cider is poured over the roots of trees. The crowd then makes as much noise as possible singing and banging pans and drums to scare away the demons. Sometimes a shotgun is fired into the trees. The procession then moves to the next orchard. Needless to say that this ceremony usually involves drinking a lot of cider.

虽然每个村庄的帆船仪式往往有所不同，但它们具有相同的基本要素。帆船国王和王后唱着歌曲的第一个音符，带领队伍从一个果园到另一个果园。女王将被抬到树上，一块蘸有苹果酒、热葡萄酒或潘趣酒的吐司将作为礼物绑在树上。有时将苹果酒倒在树根上。然后人群尽可能大声地唱歌和敲打锅鼓来吓跑恶魔。有时，霰弹枪会射向树木。然后游行队伍移动到下一个果园。不用说，这个仪式通常需要喝很多苹果酒。