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Definition of Maypoles

Maypole
Maypole May"pole`, n. A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.

Meaning of Maypoles from wikipedia

- maypoles thought that they were phallic" and that "they were not carved to appear so." The anthropologist Mircea Eliade theorizes that the maypoles were...
- beginning of summer and traditionally it involved festivities around bonfires, maypoles, and carol singing. Some of its traditions parallel the Gaelic May Day...
- Look up maypole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A maypole is a tall wooden pole. Maypole may also refer to: George M. Maypole (1883-1956), American...
- Queen, sometimes with a male companion decked in greenery; setting up a Maypole, May Tree, or May Bush, around which people dance and sing; as well as...
- "The Maypole" or "To a Birch Tree", known in Welsh as "I'r fedwen", "Y fedwen yn bawl haf", or "Y fedwen las anfadwallt", is a cywydd (a Welsh-language...
- "The May-Pole of Merry Mount" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It first appeared in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1836. It was later included...
- Chainey 2018: 7-9. Chainey, Dee Dee. 2018. A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes, & Mistletoe. National Trust. Media related to Folklore of the...
- download. Berry has toured with a number of bands including Jonas 3 and The Maypoles. The latter comprises former Bluetones singer Mark Morriss and singer/clarinettist...
- Perl. Its design is heavily inspired by frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Maypole, and Spring. Catalyst can be used by web application developers to deal...
- English Civil War, after the House of Lords and House of Commons banned maypoles, believing them to represent pagan ceremonies that were considered "ungodly"...