What do we know about the man who put up themaypolethat so outraged his pious neighbors?
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It sounds fine, but it has become the newmaypolearound which we all seem to be dancing.
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We need to be careful before we dance gaily round the legislativemaypoleand allow clauses of this kind to go through unamended.
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The procession includes decorated floats, fancy dress,maypoledancing and marching bands.
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In the past locals would erect amaypoleon the earthwork, around which childless couples would dance to promote fertility.
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All it does is provide a sillymaypolearound which a bunch of hotheads can get all nationalistic.
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It has a village green and amaypole, which is still in use.
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Its purpose is unknown, though it is thought to be the site ofmaypoledancing.
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Themaypoleis then erected in the middle of the village.
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The 1981 festival village was designed around a central rotunda with amaypole, where spontaneously, poets, buskers and ravers alike featured.
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Traditionally themaypolewas lowered and raised manually using an intricate system of ropes and ladders.
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Amaypolewas set up in his parish.
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There is no tradition of dancing round themaypolehere however and the weather vane is the only useful feature.
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There are still people living in the village, and it is a popular tourist site, particularly around midsummer, when amaypoleis erected annually.
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Some scholars classify maypoles as symbols of the world axis (axis mundi).
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