Sandford Wassail - Meet at The Lamb Inn @ 6:00pm

The annual Sandford Village Wassail is to thank the trees for their apples and to scare away the evil spirits that gather in the orchards in the winter, and by doing so allowing another great harvest and a plentiful supply for apples for our local Sandford Ciders!
On the evening of the The Sandford Village Wassail everyone gathers in The Square outside The Lamb Inn before the festivities begin.
The evening starts with dancing and apple cake. In the cake is a single clove. The person who finds the clove is made King or Queen for the night, crowned with ivy and has the honour of leading the procession, followed my Morris Dancers, to the apple tree in the orchard. Once everyone has arrived the ancient ceremony begins with the offering of cider soaked toast tied to the boughs of the tree and cider poured around the roots. Those gathered around the tree sing and shout to scare away the evil spirits so that our trees are safe to crop.
Then everyone returns to The Lamb Inn for Tradition Folk Wassail songs in the Dowrich Room.