with many spouts. As you attempt to drink from one of the spouts, you are drenched from another spout. The drink was either punch, mulled wine or spicy ale. See also Apple Day First-foot Jasličkári Koliada List of Christmas carols Mari Lwyd Mummers' play Julebukking, Scandinavia Wassail Wish tree Yule goat Polaznik References Oxford English Dictionary Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary "Wassail." Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Wassail Bowl "Reminiscences of Life" in the parish of Street, Somersetshire dated 1909 at pages 25-26 written by an "old inhabitant" William Pursey of Street 1836-1919. This is the art of wassail. Notes External links Christmas in England Christmas music Winter traditions Cider English traditions