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May-pole, May-queen, etc

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Dancing round the May-pole on May-day, “going a-Maying,” electing a May-queen, and lighting bonfires, are all remnants of Sun-worship, and may be traced to the most ancient times. The chimney-sweeps used to lead about a Jack-iʹ-the-green, and the custom is not yet quite extinct (1895).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Max ORell
Maximum and Minimum
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May
May
May-day
May-duke Cherries
May Meetings
May Molloch
May-pole, May-queen, etc
May-pole (London)
Mayeux
“Mayflower” (The)
Mayonnaise
Mayor
Mayor of Garratt
Mayor of the Bull-ring (Old Dublin)
Mayors of the Palace (Maire du Palais)
Mazarinades
Mazarine Bible (The)