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Lamb's Wool
On Christmas Eve in England (17th- 19th c.) it was the practice to roast apples on a string until they softened and dropped into a large bowl of spiced ale. The whole composition was called "Lamb's Wool". Nuts were also added into the mixture sometimes. Nuts were put on the hearth by young persons who named each after their heart's affections and would compete to see whose flame would burn the longest for them, thereby determining who loved them best.