Mary Evans Firing at the apple-tree in Devonshire 11806533

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Picture No	11806533
Date	1851
Description	Firing at the apple-tree in Devonshire
Details	On the Twelfth Eve in Devonshire, it was custom for the farmer to leave his warm fireside accompanied by a band of rustics with guns and blunderbusses, goto the orchard, select one of the most fruitful aged of apple-trees, group round sining "Here's to thee, old apple-tree! Whence thou may'st bud, and whence thou may'st bera apples enow: Hats fuul! Caps full! Bushels, bushels sacks full! And my pockets full too! Huzz! Huzz! Cider is then passed round and many hearty shouts and the party fire at the tree.
Source	Illustration by Colebrooke Stockdale in 'A Holiday Book for Christmas and New Year', page 21 and also in 'The Illustrated London News' 11 January 1851, page 28
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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