May Queen
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In the British Isles and parts of the Commonwealth, the May Queen or Queen of May is a personification of the May Day holiday of 1 May, and of springtime and the coming growing season. The May Queen i
A May Queen of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada circa 1877
May Queen's granite throne engraved with names of past May Queens, used for Lustleigh May Day
The 2005 May Queen of Brentham, England on her throne
Jack in the Green
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Jack in the Green, also known as Jack o' the Green, is an English folk-custom associated with the celebration of May Day. It involves a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework, decorated with
A Jack in the Green in Kingston, Surrey in the mid-1970s.
The 1795 engraving of a Jack in the Green, perhaps by Isaac Cruikshank.
An 1863 depiction of a May Day parade featuring a Jack in the Green
Hastings Jack in the Green procession.