Morgan County News | 1947-12-12 | Page 3 | Burning of Greens is Ancient Festivity

frn in q of of A rd aident indent taly the burning of the greens has ha formed a central part of twelfth night festivities in england since the middle ages large fires were held to purify p afy the fields and to assure bountiful crops everyone in the district gathered together to sing the wassail song and to drink from the wassail cup the ceremony was revived in america in 1930 when george M haushalter Hati shalter held a burning of the greens at rochester N Y and since has become an annual event there as a well as in other communities discarded christmas trees and wreaths wreath were held for the th e new years celebration then collected and burned at a gala community bonfire it has been accepted as the end of the new years celebrations