Maypole history

[watervole]

 Having read further, I have to say that my suspicions regarding the maypole dancing with ribbons at the Buxton well-dressing in 1870 turn out to be unjustified.

I've now read the appropriate chapter in Huttons 'Stations of the Sun' (a wonderful book that I cannot recommend too highly if you want to read accurate historical detail rather than waffly

Comments

[vjezkova]

This is a great article!!!!