May Day, in medieval and current Europe, occasion (May 1) for the festival of the arrival of spring. The recognition presumably started in old farming ceremonies, and the Greeks and Romans held such celebrations. Albeit later practices differed broadly, the festivals came to incorporate the social event of wildflowers and green branches, the weaving of flower festoons, the delegated of a May ruler and ruler, and the setting up of an adorned May tree, or Maypole, around which individuals ... Read more