June, 1919
TH£ LANDSWOMAN
showed tJwir grn.htudo hy some
gJft.
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Vlll. aroe• a-Mayin~t on Shooter' • H11l.
E\<'n tho E-:<'hoolboys
jnJJw. l.3ll0,' W('
find thnt on tlw cl w of
"'' Phd• p nncl '-'t. lnnwA,
f •t b·· fair \H·uthrr nnd
t iJ~ mn~h·r grantH ll'a.'re,
tJw,..t! l.oys who t·h~Hhl' It
mn • v rJAtl n t four o '<'lock
f{l ~r1thl r )fny hmn cht>:-~,
i/ thc't c tUL do it trtf1tollt
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Danci n!! round th<' \Ta.ypoll'~
was con~HJerctNI, "~f)
as the ~a.mo he hnd in due r. nd
('onvcni<'nt tim<' w1. thout impNh-
mentorn<·glec t of Di .. lllC Fkni(t' ''
I n the time of C'romwoll, how<'n' r,
all Mnypol<'~ \\'(•r<' ord0rod to h<•
cl MtroyNl " b<>ca.uso the prophnn.
ation of th1' Lord 's Day hnth bt>cn
heretofore grrontly occnr-c\otwd by
::\Jay Pol<>s tn. hl'ntlwnioh vnntt_v,
gPnl'rall \' nbw~~.·d to ~ up<'l"::; tit io n
anrl \\'ir kNl n<''~")."
Thomn" Hall, one of the Pur•·
tanit nl wri t <'rs. T•U hlt shl'cl hts
Downfall of May Game& 1n 1660.
In th R h<' s u~gcsts I hnt all tref:'•·
for the .Maypoles have b<'cn in\'ll.rt·
abl • v stol<·n or
th<' r ... hblc. " Had
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th1s rudcncs~, •· he ndch., ·, be<'n
a<'t<'d only 10 bo nw ignorant nncl
ob~<'ure parts of the land. I hnci
been stlent; but wh<'n I pnref'ivcd
that the complaints wc t'C gom·rnl
from all pnrts of the land. anrl
that even in Ch<'ap~i d<' itself tlw
rude rabble had ~;e tupthi s en~ign
of prophanen<'sf.l, I could not, out
of my rl<'aT('st r<'Spocts and tonrlcr
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'l•llanuid~ Wt 1t
nlwa.ys
11" "<·it•tt•ll wtth th,·t<' )lay
l>ay roniR, and th('v had
u quaint <.· tu to m of bor·
NlWlll!( nmi ~·oll<•c ting n
In rgt• qunnli ty (If si I ver
l,J,ttl', '\ hu lt tlwy pdl'd up
Ill n pyt'I\.IUid -a dorm·d
with s.curlnnd<~ of flow<•rR
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tlH'n, Cl\l't'yl n g
so rn•· of 1 t on t hur h<>nd~
1n •t• 1111 of th<'Jr <'Orurnon
m•ll, w~ p;ld ·. tlH•v wo uld
dnnC''' lu·fon• tlHl hou<~<'~
of t ""' r c• u-.torner.t, \Vho
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Milkma.ida • Danc:o with Pile of Plato on May Day.
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