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Beltane

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Beltane is the name for the gaelic, pre-christian, celebrations of a day halfway between mid spring (equinox) and mid summer (solstice),   normally between May 4th and 11th.    The children of Woodlands junior school describe the current manifestation of May day in their own charming way.  

Luckily for me ‘Well dressing’ isn’t about dressing-up well.

I’ve always rather liked Marc Bolan’s take on the whole affair, walking out along roadsides, whirlpools and in the west wind looking for love:

T.Rex sand Beltane walk

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This scribble was published on Monday, May 11th, 2009. You can follow any banter on this scribble with the RSS 2.0 feed. You can share your inspired musings after typing the anti spam word near the bottom of the page. But no Pinging because its too naughty.

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  1. Tim writes:
    May 11th, 2009

    We Brits have such quaint traditions, no doubt next it will be salad dressing has some link to some Middle Ages’ Plague unbeknownst to modern generations until we are educated by Wikipeadia.
    Ring a ring of Rocket,
    Pocketful of lettuce, methinks.

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