...Stow tells, " every man, except impediment, would early in the morning walk into the sweet meadows and green woods ; there to rejoice their spirits with...and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind ;" — " whilst the after-part of the day was spent in dancing round a may-pole ; which, being...

...every man, except impediment, would walke into the sweet nwddowes and green woods, there to rejoyce their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harback the popular feeling to these stand- monie of birds, praising God in their ards of primitive...

...London, that on May-day morning, " Every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meddowes and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with...harmony of birds praising God in their kinde." He subsequently adds, " I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, had...

...London, that on May-day morning, " Every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meddowes and green Woods, there to rejoice their spirits with...harmony of birds praising God in their kinde." He subsequently adds, " I find also that in the month of May the citizens of London of all estates had...

...Liondon, that on May-day morning, " Every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meddowes and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, land with the harmony of birds praising God in their kinde." He subsequently adds, " I find also that...

..."every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meddowe, and green woods, there to rejoyce their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and , with the harmonic of birds, praising God in their kinde." Perhaps the universality of the practice of Maying...

...attractions remain, which, on May morning, as Stow describes, summoned our ancestors " into the sweet meadows and green woods, 'there to rejoice their spirits with...and with the harmony of birds praising God in their kind." We should do well to cling to the spirit of these old customs, although we must of necessity...

...London, that on May-day morning, " Every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meddowes and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with...harmony of birds praising God in their kinde." He subsequently adds, " I find also that in the month of May the citizens of London of all estates had...

...that on May-day, in the morning, •' every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with...and with the harmony of birds praising God in their kind." Henry VIII. rode a-maying from Greenwich to Shooter's Hill, with his Queen Katherine, accompanied...

...old S low e, says,— "On May day, in the morning, the citizens used to walk into the sweel meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savor of sweet flowers;'1 and he gives an account of a ride of "bluff King Hal," with Q.ueen Catharine,...