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:
The Drayton village wassailers.
Gerard Tucker, wassail master of ceremonies.
Nell Leyshon (novelist and dramatist, play: Folk).
James Crowden, author, Cider Country: How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life.
Music:
Drayton Wassail (as documented by Cecil Sharp in 1903)
Tam Lin, Fairport Convention (1968)
Bruton Town, Pentangle (1968)
Produced and presented by Dan Saladino.
