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Can Wassel

from Holding Our Own by IONA

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Can Wassel
Cornish

The Wassail traditions of the British Isles have been passed on to us in America through songs and our custom of caroling during the Christmas season. The term "Wassail", from the Anglo-Saxon for "be well", now refers to a potent warm drink. Going wassailing appears to be a centuries old excuse for getting your neighbors to ply you with alcohol!

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from Holding Our Own, released June 1, 1994
Barbara Ryan - Lead vocals, guitar, bodhran, tambourine.
Bernard Argent - Wooden flute, whistles, vocals, doumbek.
Diana McFadden - Cello, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals.

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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