Calens Mai or May Day
Lisa L. Spangenberg | May 12, 2002
Long before May 1 became associated with workers, it was associated with the joys of spring and the restoration of fertility to the land. The Celtic festival of Beltaine is the ancestor of the calens Mai, or May Day associated with May 1, and I suspect the Roman floralia may have contributed. Beltaine is one [...]


