Some maypole dance celebrations include a Morris dance ... Dancing in general is a wonderful way to mark May Day, Kravetz said. "The actual activity is less important than the intention of ...

yellow May flowers, bonfires – and the infamous maypole. Now a combination of pagan rituals and Catholic traditions are practised on the day. In the middle ages the maypole was used for a dance ...

Dr Cass said that Stephen had been taking part in one of two or three May Day rituals which took place ... and carry around a broomstick representing a maypole. Another tradition was for boys ...

The Manchester May Day tradition of molly dancing Making History listener Stephen O'Loughlin went back to Victoria Square, Manchester, which he remembers from the 1950s, to work o ...

A group of children are preparing to perform a maypole dance in May A group fighting to continue a tradition of Maypole dancing in a Rutland village said they needed more members to keep going.

Join Ben Faulks for a programme all about May Day. Celebrating the start of summer; learning from the past, and the people who can help us to do that. Have a go at maypole / country dancing (there ...