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Article ORIGIN OF THE MAY-POLE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article BRIEF MEMOIRS OF TLIE HONOURABLE JOHN FORBES, Page 1 of 3 →
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Origin Of The May-Pole.
the vines with the tender grape give a good swell . Arise , my love , my tair one , and come aAvay . " Nothing can , in fact , be clearer , than that , at such a season , the decorating the village-green with a pole and garlands " of flowers , is merely the result of youthful mirth and attachment . Under all governments , and almost in eveiy clime , some such expression of joy will take lace at this
-p season . But what has ail this to do with politics ?—In addition to these remarks I shall subjoin the following account of this ceremony from a writer whose celebrity has not kept pace with his merit and industry . " On the calends , or the first day of May , commonly called Mayday the juvenile part of both sexes wont to rise littlftemid
are a e ar - " j r ,, . t 0 some neighbouring wood , accompanied with music and the blowing of horns ; where they break down branches ' from the trees , and adorn them with nosegays and crowns of flowers . When this is done , they return with their booty homewards , about the rising of the sun , and make their doors and windows to triumph in the flowery spoi , The after part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall polewhich is called
, a May-pole ; which bein ° * placed in a convenient part of the village , stands there , as it were consecrated to the Goddess of Flowers , without the least violation of-™ 1 " } e whoIe circle of the year . And this is not the custom ot the British common . people only , but it is the custom of the generalityof other nationsparticularlof the Italianswhere
, , y , , Polydore Virgil tells us the youth of both sexes were accustomed to go into the fields , on the calends of May , and bring thence the branches of trees , singing all the way as they came , ' and so place them on the doors of their houses * . London , March 16 , 1 . 79 6 . CASTIGATOR
Brief Memoirs Of Tlie Honourable John Forbes,
BRIEF MEMOIRS OF TLIE HONOURABLE JOHN FORBES ,
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET , AND GENERAL OF MARINES .
* jPmS celebrated Officer , who died at his house in' Saville-row on iL Thursday , March 10 , aged 83 , was remarkable , above all oth ° r men , for Ins extensive and universal knowled ge of naval affaiis having studied them , in all their branches , with a penetrance Zd observed upon them with an acuteness and judgment a ™ he ' r un paralleled . His mind was capable of . embracing tl e grf 4 st a „ d most complicated objects ; and having bent it towa . lis the ftud y of that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Origin Of The May-Pole.
the vines with the tender grape give a good swell . Arise , my love , my tair one , and come aAvay . " Nothing can , in fact , be clearer , than that , at such a season , the decorating the village-green with a pole and garlands " of flowers , is merely the result of youthful mirth and attachment . Under all governments , and almost in eveiy clime , some such expression of joy will take lace at this
-p season . But what has ail this to do with politics ?—In addition to these remarks I shall subjoin the following account of this ceremony from a writer whose celebrity has not kept pace with his merit and industry . " On the calends , or the first day of May , commonly called Mayday the juvenile part of both sexes wont to rise littlftemid
are a e ar - " j r ,, . t 0 some neighbouring wood , accompanied with music and the blowing of horns ; where they break down branches ' from the trees , and adorn them with nosegays and crowns of flowers . When this is done , they return with their booty homewards , about the rising of the sun , and make their doors and windows to triumph in the flowery spoi , The after part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall polewhich is called
, a May-pole ; which bein ° * placed in a convenient part of the village , stands there , as it were consecrated to the Goddess of Flowers , without the least violation of-™ 1 " } e whoIe circle of the year . And this is not the custom ot the British common . people only , but it is the custom of the generalityof other nationsparticularlof the Italianswhere
, , y , , Polydore Virgil tells us the youth of both sexes were accustomed to go into the fields , on the calends of May , and bring thence the branches of trees , singing all the way as they came , ' and so place them on the doors of their houses * . London , March 16 , 1 . 79 6 . CASTIGATOR
Brief Memoirs Of Tlie Honourable John Forbes,
BRIEF MEMOIRS OF TLIE HONOURABLE JOHN FORBES ,
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET , AND GENERAL OF MARINES .
* jPmS celebrated Officer , who died at his house in' Saville-row on iL Thursday , March 10 , aged 83 , was remarkable , above all oth ° r men , for Ins extensive and universal knowled ge of naval affaiis having studied them , in all their branches , with a penetrance Zd observed upon them with an acuteness and judgment a ™ he ' r un paralleled . His mind was capable of . embracing tl e grf 4 st a „ d most complicated objects ; and having bent it towa . lis the ftud y of that