
Episode 145 - Celebrating England’s post-Christmas winter traditions
The English Heritage Podcast
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The History of Apple Wastling
The practice of singing or making a din around trees, animals and bees dates back to the sixteenth century. But rural communities in which it took place are not the kind that would have kept records before them. So could be prehistoric, as an obvious thing to do than it probably is very old. Was wastling also done without access to an orchard and farmers who owned land or live stock or bees or whatever? Would normal people just do it? Yes, except normal people would not have a farm to to sing. And where are people most likely in england to see or hear wastling these days? In the west country and in southeast wales,. There's been an enormous revival
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