Show IS OLD FESTIVAL new year yea celebrations and observances ser vances are re 0 of most ost obscure origin VER since acme forgotten EVER E a savage e astrologer astro m I 1 loser 0 g c came m e to a ug ra astl r rough on h conclusion J regarding g rd 9 th the length and ad nature of the in dl cislon of tune we w call a vear ear the passing of ile rameth period knit the coming of another ha been I 1 he oc occasion ealon for celebrations prayers lind ad t the observance be I 1 e of e countless strong strange customs eri E ri race 1 I no me mitter it how bow crude and ate inaccurate mite it its teeth meth od ell of calculation has had a year ot of sorts and has made its passing an event in the life ot of the people the big dinners held in every hotel ad in many any homes a on new years eve are symbolic y bl i theah t h h th t h d klaers 1 re hinitt 1 haa adly p piuse use to wonder on 1 e m whit li 1 t 1 is s the e r reality behind the recently recent ob solved a writer in the boston 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got menee to the mistletoe go r re ferring to the he ceremony of git biering the plant one of the oldest most and certainly the best am custom was the wessell wassail this phrase which 1 la supposed to come from the serum saxon expression to you your health la Is tamil famil fir to modern meet carol spiced ale a feature the head of the household lust just bs be fore fare midnight assembled nil his ami around ad a b bowl ot of plead ale Is from as hel which na t the clock struck 12 he drunk the health ot of each he then than pawed passed it to the rest mho drank in tro not ot a custom which would id rec marne ammend nall itself to the balad of health during the flu ft tr troubles libles i A general handshaking followed ur the drinking of the tresta toasts after which all sang sane gravely weel ca may is vs W a be ba fit nol may we w never r a sea here i to the tha k king 9 and d t he gude companile comp anle th the whole 1111 family the then started ov art well provided with ate ale buns bread brand tied and ahw cheese to visit their it if they met another party on a similar errand they evel exchanged maged drinks froni from their ale kettles reaching beaching the hout house of a neighbor they enter entered w ath shouted good wishes if they were re llad the first to enter since midnight flur they y and the first footing and as well such glia cakes or cheese and ad ale 1 to ever pel in the visited cited house QS J |