Dance Gailey Around The May-Pole
Dancing around the maypole was once a very merry and frivolous affair, yet today’s maypole dancing with its colourful ribbons is a relatively modern dance, only dating back to the nineteenth century. Extract taken from the Chambers Book of Days May 1st 1864, details the traditions of May Day. Amongst the Romans, the feeling of the time found vent in their Floralia, or Floral Games, which began on the 28th of April, and lasted a few days.
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- www.thomaschurchwell.net
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