In Anglo-Saxon times, according to Crippen, it was customary for someone offering a drink to say, Wassail! and for the recipient to respond Drinkhail! and for the participants to repeat the exercise until comfortably horizontal.
Bill Bryson
In Anglo-Saxon times, according to Crippen, it was customary for someone offering a drink to say, Wassail! and for the recipient to respond Drinkhail! and for the participants to repeat the exercise until comfortably horizontal.