May Day - traditional time for celebration
May Day, the first day of May, is traditionally a British celebration (or festival) of spring and the resurrection of nature after the winter months. It is normally associated with flowers, decorative headdresses and clothing, dancing and Maypoles, with celebrations sometimes including the crowning of a 'May King', or 'Queen', or the parading of a Jack made up of the new season's greenery, who is eventually slayed.