All you people with your May Day and lovely weather while winter approaches here in Australia…
“Morris dancers will be out in force today – as well as children dancing around the Maypole.
“That’s because today is May Day, a public holiday on the first day of May every year.
“While Britons usually celebrate the date with ribbons, dancing and often crowning a May Queen, how many of us actually know what the date is really about?
“The history of the date goes back hundreds of years to the Pagan times when people would hold festivals to celebrate Spring and fertility.”
Read more at Metro
