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MAY DAY

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CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 1 May 2009 00:20

Who`s going to wash their faces in the dew today ? NOT ME I`LL BE ASLEEP !!!

Jackie

Jackie Report 1 May 2009 01:11

Nor me, it's not often I've seen dew.

What's special about dew on 1st May?

Dee x

Researching:
Dance, Lawes

Meriwether

Meriwether Report 1 May 2009 01:30

I suspect not me, either. LOLOLOL

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 1 May 2009 01:41

Dear Dancing Dee

I looked this up in my old english customs book.

For about 200 years, it was widely believed that bathing the face with dew on the 1 May was very good for the complexion.
It was reputed that ladies should make a wish when gathering it.
May dew apparently brought good health and fertility.

In the old days, May Day was also called Beltane. It was a major festival for all society to be a part of.

Beltane meant the celebration of fertility, all things good, for animals and
the rampant growth of summer.

A day to celebrate the earth and all its natural riches.

Also a time to plan ahead as there is now more expansive energy.

Happy May Day and weekend.

Best wishes
x

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 1 May 2009 04:49

I don't think so, the cats from over the road have been out there during the night lol - wouldn't I smell lovely NOT?

Lizx

Linda

Linda Report 1 May 2009 18:56

This has got nothing to do with May Day, but I had a great Aunt called May (I never knew anything about her till I started my tree) she married someone called Albert Day, so her name became May Day.
lynn

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 1 May 2009 18:57

LOL , Linda