Wassail! Wassail! A celebration of cider, orchards and song
Dan Saladino goes in search of the history, meaning and spirit of wassails and cider. In Somerset he takes part in a village wassail sung door to door and one sung in an orchard.
Contributors: \nThe Drayton village wassailers.\nGerard Tucker, wassail master of ceremonies.\nNell Leyshon (novelist and dramatist, play: Folk).\nJames Crowden, author, Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life.
Music: \nDrayton Wassail (as documented by Cecil Sharp in 1903)\nTam Lin, Fairport Convention (1968)\nBruton Town, Pentangle (1968)
Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.