Maypoles

The earliest Greek and Roman missionaries knew full well the significance of these symbols, and we are given to understand that "a few of the more spiritual of the Christian sects made war upon them and all their ephemeral substitutes, such as Maypoles, holy-trees, real crosses, etc."

The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

Maypoles later regained favor during the Restoration.

Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011

Maypoles later regained favor during the Restoration.

Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011

After all, if people are too busy dancing around Maypoles to be conceiving children, then fewer will be born in January and February -- perhaps enough fewer even to make the lower number of hockey players born in those months proportionately greater than in any other month.

Luck, Wealth, and Immigration, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

During an era when there were far fewer Pagans than there are now, hippies celebrated May Day and danced Maypoles ... just danced in general in a way seen nowadays at drum circles.

Archive 2009-05-01 Anne Johnson 2009

During an era when there were far fewer Pagans than there are now, hippies celebrated May Day and danced Maypoles ... just danced in general in a way seen nowadays at drum circles.

Let Us All Now Praise Hippies Anne Johnson 2009

I have the vague image of Maypoles, but it is very vague.

Thrimilchi (May): the early English calendar Carla 2008

May Day and Maypoles look mighty old and pagan, and more than a bit lusty.

Thrimilchi (May): the early English calendar Carla 2008

Tuesday's liberty of servants; they their procession of Priapus, we our fetching in, erection, and dancing about Maypoles; and dancing is one kind of worship.

Leviathan 2007

I think of the Summer Solstice, in which I understand some picturesque northern folk spend Midsummer's Night dancing around Maypoles.

Roy J. Glauber - Banquet Speech 2005