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Maypole
[ mey-pohl ]
noun
, (often lowercase)
- a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
maypole
/ ˈmeɪˌpəʊl /
noun
- a tall pole fixed upright in an open space during May-Day celebrations, around which people dance holding streamers attached at its head
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Hobby horses gaily prancing, Bats and Bowls and Maypole dancing.
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Our Maypole has an interesting history and is probably the last survival of an ancient cult.
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We purchased a shoat from the matron of that domicile, who made us a stew that would have done credit to the Maypole Inn.
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The spot where the stone cross once stood had afterwards a Maypole erected on it, which many now living can well remember.
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Ovington is a village with a maypole in the middle of its green—a maypole with tattered garlands still clinging to its iron crown.
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