44 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



will permit. The juice of the fruit is generally made use of for many 

 hours, pretty freely, previously to this interesting ceremony, so that a 

 perfect ripeness of address and expertness in gunnery is the result. Guns 

 and firelocks long laid by are on this remarkable occasion brought for 

 ward. The following is what I have heard sung on these occasions, al 

 though much more is added in some localities : 



&quot; Here s to theo, old apple-tree, 



Whence thou mayest bud, and whence thou mayest blow ; 

 And whence thou mayest bear apples enow ; 



Hats full, caps full ! 



Bushel, bushel-sacks full ! 



And my pockets full too ! 

 If thee does not bear either apples or corn, 

 We ll down with thy top, and up with thy horn.&quot; 



(Here the natives shoot at the tree.) 



