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5/6/2008
3:32:22 pm EDT
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Old May Day Custom Of The Queen Of Summer Driving Off Winter's Ruler
Author: Isle of Man Today Source: Isle of Man Today
Title: OLD MAY DAY CUSTOM OF THE QUEEN OF SUMMER DRIVING OFF WINTER'S RULER
The arrival of the merry month of May has special significance in the Isle of Man and was celebrated in the past with a Druidical festival called Beltane when bonfires were lit on hilltops and various ceremonies were enacted.
One custom was to gather a small bunch of primroses and leave it on the doorstep on May Eve to keep the witches away.
Another, still observed, is to make a crosh cuirn by binding together two rowan twigs with lambswool (you must not use a knife).
This is placed above the door inside the home and left there all year, for the same purpose.
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