Wassail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. sugar
1 qt. water
2 Tbsp. chopped ginger
8 allspice berries
12 whole cloves
4 sticks cinnamon
3 c. orange juice
2 c. lemon juice
2 qt. cider

Preparation

Make syrup by boiling sugar and water 10 minutes.
Add cloves, allspice and ginger.
Let syrup stand, covered, in a warm place, for an hour.
(The syrup can be made the day before needed.) Strain.
Add orange juice, lemon juice and cider.
Bring quickly to the boiling point and serve at once, piping hot.