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Monday 3 May

Happy birthday to Mary Hopkin (77 today)

Born on this day: Pete Seeger (1919)

• Mon 3 May 10:00 16:00

  Custom

  Holywood May Day

  Sets off from The Maypole, Holywood, County Down

  • Dance
  • Fair or wakes
  • May Day
  • Children's Customs
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• Mon 3 May 12:00 15:00

  Custom

  Laa Boaldyn at Cregneash

  Cregneash Folk Village, Cregneash, Isle of Man

  • Dance
  • May Day
  • Charms and Luck
  • Ghosts and the Supernatural
  • Plant and Tree Lore
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• Mon 3 May from 13:30

  Custom

  Ickwell May Day

  Sets off from Ickwell Green, Bedfordshire

  • Dance
  • Procession
  • May Day
  
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Thursday 6 May🌑 New moon

• Thu 6 May from 11:00

  Custom, day 1 of 7

  Tissington Well Dressing

  St Mary’s Church, Tissington, Derbyshire

  • Blessing
  • Procession
  • Well dressing
  • Holy Wells and Healing
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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Friday 7 May

Happy birthday to Christy Moore (82 today) and Harvey Andrews (84 today)

• Fri 7 May Tissington Well Dressing day 2 of 7 · From 11:00

Saturday 8 May

Born on this day: Bobby MacLeod (1925) and Eddie Butcher (1900)

• Sat 8 May from 07:00

  Custom

  Helston Flora Day

  Guildhall, Helston, Cornwall

  • Dance
  • Mumming play
  • Procession
  • May Day
  • Plant and Tree Lore
  
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• Sat 8 May Tissington Well Dressing day 3 of 7 · From 11:00