tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post508390619897571573..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Men (and Women) Behaving Badly: May PolesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-42808507985521956572010-05-05T20:25:29.779-04:002010-05-05T20:25:29.779-04:00Arggh!! I've had internet problems today -- wh...Arggh!! I've had internet problems today -- which is why I'm so slow replying. <br /><br />I hadn't considered meeting up with parents in the woods! Why, if there were truly "old men and wives", then there could well even be grandparents. Whoa!<br /><br />I do, however, have a special fondness for May Day celebrations. In one of my earlier job incarnations, I worked at Bryn Mawr College, which celebrates May Day on a very grand scale. There were oxen pulling the antique May poles, of which there were five (one for each class, plus the graduate school), a May Queen on horseback, strawberries and cream at dawn, Morris Dancers, the whole nine yards. Even we administrators wore costumes on May Day, and it really was a great time. <br /><br />Even if there wasn't any coed gadding into the woods. *g*Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576374311141262635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-17233860172823088832010-05-05T14:42:07.021-04:002010-05-05T14:42:07.021-04:00My school always had a Maypole on May Day. But bec...My school always had a Maypole on May Day. But because it was an all-girls school, everything was super girly and innocent, white dresses and babies-breathe. But if we could've, we would definitely have gone 'gadding' with the boys from our brother-school!LaDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968888552738293014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-48211948787321159322010-05-05T13:13:15.919-04:002010-05-05T13:13:15.919-04:00Funny that a fertility rite would result in fertil...Funny that a fertility rite would result in fertility. So very bacchanalian.Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87706691778247607122010-05-05T10:03:17.163-04:002010-05-05T10:03:17.163-04:00Hmmm...let's see; may poles, June weddings, ma...Hmmm...let's see; may poles, June weddings, may "poles", June wed...nope, not a thing to do with each other.<br /><br />*snort*<br /><br />And I had to laugh at Rowenna's comment about running into one's parents. I think I'd stay home too! ;o)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-38133609527055245252010-05-05T08:24:14.679-04:002010-05-05T08:24:14.679-04:00I agree with Jean--funny that the pamphleteer focu...I agree with Jean--funny that the pamphleteer focuses on all those "defiled maids" but doesn't seem to acknowledge that most of those "gadding" would have been married already if everyone, young and old, was participating...though actually, the threat of running into one's parents would be enough to keep me from carousing about in the woods!Rowennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757364614589686606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50024930776705916502010-05-05T07:40:56.190-04:002010-05-05T07:40:56.190-04:00I love how this description includes everyone from...I love how this description includes everyone from the young men and maids to the old men and wives. Sure sounds like a good time to me!Jean R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52234807500871112192010-05-05T02:31:29.357-04:002010-05-05T02:31:29.357-04:00Good post, very interesting.Good post, very interesting.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.com