Lady_Damorea

Happy May Day!

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 11:34:34 AM

At my elementary school, each May Day the fifth graders put on a presentation of dances and music, complete with a May Pole dance to end the celebration. This was back in the mid-1970s. I doubt that the school still has that celebration, but who knows. It was fun to learn the dances and the music. The May Pole dance was always fun to watch and participate in. How many of you went to a school that celebrated May Day?

"Creative minds are rarely tidy!"Mowing the Lawn

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Luzern # Tuesday, May 1, 2007 11:51:09 AM

This school wouldn't happen to be Catlin Gable would it? My elementary school also celebrated May Day with a dance around the May Pole. I remember feeling so honored when it was my class's year to perform the dance. We also rolled a loaf of bread down a large hill. If the side with an O burned in the top landed upwards, it would be a beautiful year. If the X landed upwards, well....,somehow we always got the O

Near the community where I now live in Switzerland, Beltane is celebrated by all, albeit in a rather unpagan fashion. The mayor, a woman, dresses up as a "hexe" (German for witch, no doubt from hexagram) with friends and they create a huge bonfire at dark. The children of the community come and the withches try to scare them, tell stories, and the like. Definetely not what Beltane is about, but it's interesting to see that there are still remanants of the old/wise ways here.
I wish you a Happy May Day/Beltane/Walpurgis - as it's called here Switzerland
Blessed Be
Sarah

Cheri Faerencheri-me # Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:30:55 PM

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU!!!!!

barbz # Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:59:25 AM

When I was a child I heard of one that was going to be held at school. And I wanted to be there, but unfortunately I missed it. I have always found the maypole intrigueing and interesting.