Furry Dance
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The Furry Dance is a celebration of the passing of winter and the arrival of spring, and one of the oldest British customs still practised today. Traditionally held on 8 May, it is held in Helston, Co
The Midday Dance, Flora Day, Helston, 1993
Coinagehall Street, Helston, 2009
The Hal-an-Tow in Coinagehall Street
Lily of the valley
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Lily-of-the-valley, also written as lily of the valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native to Europe, Wester
Furry Dance
…spring, and one of the oldest British customs still practised today. Traditionally held on 8 May, it is held in Helston, Cornwall, where dancers wear lily of the valley, the town's symbolic flower. The name probably derives from Cornish fer meaning "fair, feast" referencing the celebration on 8 May of the Apparition…
Convallaria majalis inflorescence Keila
Convallaria majalis 2016 11 08 4871
Foliage and flowers
Natural habitat in central Germany