There’s something undeniably uplifting about the unfurling of nature that occurs in the British Isles as the days grow longer, brighter and warmer. Winter clothes are optimistically packed away, while thoughts turn to picnics, barbecues and walks in the countryside. While we today may rejoice in the arrival of the promised ease of summer, for more ancient societies whose lives depended on the turning of the seasons, this opportunity to move herds to greener pastures or to see the first stirrings of crop growth must have been felt far more keenly.
Today’s May Day celebrations have their roots buried deeply in the Celtic calendar. Although it
