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Show Saxon Words "Waes Hael," Meaning "Be in Health" CHRISTMAS fare has always occupied occu-pied a big part In Tuletide celebration. cele-bration. Our Anglo-Saxon forefathers were excellent trencher-men, and eating eat-ing and drinking were a necessary part of every gala day. Stuffed boars' heads, peacocks, geese, capons, pheasants, pheas-ants, mince pie, plum pudding these decked the board. The turkey was unknown. un-known. That excellent fowl did not enter Into the bill of fare until the discovery of the New world. Of course, there was drink aplenty. Punch was the customary wassail bowl. This bowl takes its name from the Saxon words, "waes hael," meaning mean-ing "be In health." It was a great bowl of punch Into which baked apples ap-ples were thrown to enhance Its flavor. fla-vor. Mince pie originated in 1596. It first was made from mutton. The Puritans condemned It as an ungodly dish, and the Quakers would have none of It. |