At Oswestry, on the Welsh border, it is customary to begin with:--

“Wissal, wassal, bread and possel,

Cwrw da, plas yma,[59]

Apple or a pear, plum or a cherry,

Any good thing that will make us merry.”

--_Bye-gones_, December 11, 1872.

[59] _i.e._ “good ale (in) this place.”

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