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A link to a blog that may be

wabby — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:15:57 +0000

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A link to a blog that may be of interest to you, Ramona.

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Richard Day — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:23:23 +0000

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Then I guess she had to

Donal — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000

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Then I guess she had to say
innocence might lead me astray
She said, gay boy, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey maid, take a walk on the wild side

and the coloured girls say
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

May Day must be a relic from

EmmaZahn — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:48:36 +0000

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May Day must be a relic from those old Norse adventurers. :-D

Oh this link is delightful! I

Richard Day — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:20:38 +0000

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Oh this link is delightful!

I says, "My pretty fair maid shall I tarry with you
In this meadow this morning so gay?"
This maid she replied, "Are you so innocent
For fear you might lead me astray?"

I shall spend more time on this wonder!

Thank you!

Check out Folklore: Prepare

artappraiser — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:13:51 +0000

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Check out

Folklore: Prepare for May Morning celebrations @

http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129009

Scroll down on that page to a discussion, including on the co-option of the day by the labor movement and, as you can see at top, links to song lyrics & related discussion threads

Walpurgis

artappraiser — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:09:45 +0000

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Walpurgis Night:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night

Fun to read the original two

Richard Day — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:49:14 +0000

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Fun to read the original two years ago (might as well be two months ago in my temporal consciousness!)

At first I thought from your title, this blog was a call to me since I was born in May and well...my last name and all. ha

As Feb 2nd is between the first day of Winter and the first day of Spring; May Day is between the first day of Spring and the first day of Summer!

The English had all these feast days--as well as fast days of course since the better folks knew how not to get fat and yet enjoy the feast.

There is a delightful Middle English poem circa 1000 AD that is the first (that we have) mention of Maid Marian where one cannot find anything approaching Robin Hoode or Hode until a hundred years later (in felony records of course).

And in this poem Maid Marian dances with other young virgins around the May Pole (Freud would sneer at the metaphor of course) that was struck in the green and flowered meadow whilst young men cheered and everyone sang.

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/May-Day-Celebrations/

There is a wonderful scene in either Shakespeare in Love or Excalibur where the maidens perform this wonderful rite. I just cannot find it right now.

In the last link the essay notes that May Day celebrations were suspended for awhile due to riots of the peasants during the pageantries. The peasants were revolting!

Your history grabs us all of course since the Worker's May Day celebration appears to have originated here!

Wiki gives us a taste of the Old World May Day spring celebrations in this country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day#Pacific_.28USA.29

I have to look for a link I read just last week discussing a May Day labor day celebration (rebellion) as early as 1851--which really grabbed me!

When I was growing up under the tutelage of our public school propaganda system (no Texas is inventing nothing new here) May Day was when the Ruskies paraded their tanks and such.

Why am I doing this?

Sorry, I have always been intrigued by this pagan ritual and its intersection with the commies.

the end

Death to luxurious idleness?

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:22:57 +0000

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Death to luxurious idleness? Luxurious idleness should be a universal ideal!

Beltane! Beltane!

EmmaZahn — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:39:21 +0000

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Beltane! Beltane!