A timely revival. For our seasonal on-line revels I've just uploaded a wee set recorded live last month at The Heretics' Folk Club in Sheffield where we shared the bill with The Lords of Thyme + Phil & Cath Tyler. It's a seasonal medley, comprising The Gower Wassail & Robin Redbreast's Testament:

Rapunzel & Sedayne : We Know By The Moon @ Heretics' Folk Club, Sheffield, 13.11.14

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I recall an old woman in the Co. Durham village we used to live in telling they were called paste eggs, because they use to paste them, i.e. smash their pointy ends together to break them.