So much in such a short period of time.....
the first of this month.....And everything was still dead from Winter's Cold.... Now everything is Green......
Spring is definitely Here.....
May 1st is the "traditional" time to celebrate Spring....
"May Day" as it has come to be known.... from the Tradition of the "Jack in Green" to celebrate the welcoming of Spring and let us not forget about the "May Pole".....
..... The Old Ways... a man was elected to be the "Jack in Green", and was treated as "King for the Day".... and at the end of the day he was to stand (with his back against the May pole....)
the young virgin maidens (often young girls) would grab a ribbon's end and the girls would dance around the May pole Thus, tying him to the pole where he was burned alive as an offering to the Spring planting...... And the people were "happy"...
Happy May Day.......
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