from the Celtic Custom book... CORNWALL. Having breakfast or supper outdoors on May Day was called going a-junketing, as May Junket was eaten as a sweet. At Hayle, children put on paper clothes, adorned themselves with flowers and sang through the streets. In the evening bonfires were lit, torches carried, and balls of petrol soaked rags lit and kicked around. Another name for May Day was Dipping Day and being sprinkled with water today was lucky. In Polperro and Pelynt, anyone not carrying or wearing a May bough or sprig or flower was liable to be sprayed with water. Looe boys used to carry their water in bullock horns, collecting money to spend at Looe Fair on 6th May. Maypole Raid, Lanreath, near Flowey This is an ancient surviving custom of staling neighbouring villages' luck. People from nearby villages try all sorts of tricks to steal the annually erected stripped young trunk and prevent the locals from pursuing them. After the festivities the trunk used for the maypole is always chopped up and made into skittles. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com Professional Genealogy Research All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002