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The expression “Wassail” in English / “Wassel” in Cornish is derived from the Old Norse toast “Ves heill” with the meaning “be in good health. We do not know when it was adopted into Cornish, but it could have arrived as early as the ninth century with the Danish Vikings.

Porth Enys (hymn tune) by Lorgh Vras

St Austell Old Cornwall Society The other hymn tune is Eglos Kernow

Tony Mansell
11 October 2020

Eglos Kernow (hymn tune) by G R Sinclair

St Austell Old Cornwall Society The other hymn tune is Porth Enys

Tony Mansell
11 October 2020

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