It's May Day!

[Lady Cop]

FIND A POLE AND DANCE~~





Originally the Maypole represented a phallic symbol or a Pagan symbol of Fertility celebrating sexuality and life to the 'Horned God' which was decorated mostly with flowers and wild garlands (still used by wiccans and witchcraft today). The Horned God image is similar to the Greek/Roman pan, he is a symbol of fertility and the life for the forest, including the hunt, which supplied ancients with their livelihood. Later moving away from Pagan worship it was revived by and became Roman in origin, who used it in some ceremonies connected with the worship of Maia, the mother of Mercury, and the presiding goddess of that month. For many centuries it was the chief dance of rustic England. The ancient Britons erected Maypoles even before Claudius and the Roman invasion (AD 43) and adorned them with flowers. There are also the Yggdrasil Norse tree and Irish Pole versions.

[ramseycat]

Happy May Day LC!

[Ma Huang Sor]

Took the words right out of my mouth, and don't forget to say "rabbit" for good luck

[Duchess]

don't forget to say "rabbit" for good luck

That was the first word out of my mouth this morning!

[ramseycat]

Rabbit for good luck? I have never heard that. What is the story behind that?

[Ma Huang Sor]

from wiki:

Rabbit rabbit rabbit" is one variant of a common British superstition which states that a person should say or repeat the word "rabbit" or "rabbits", or say the phrase "white rabbits", or some combination of these elements, out loud upon waking on the first day of the month, because doing so will ensure good luck for the duration of that month.

The exact origin of the superstition is unknown, though it was recorded in Notes and Queries as being said by children in 1909:

"My two daughters are in the habit of saying 'Rabbits!' on the first day of each month. The word must be spoken aloud, and be the first word said in the month. It brings luck for that month. Other children, I find, use the same formula."[1]

In response to this note another contributor said that his daughter believed that the outcome would be a present, and that the word must be spoken up the chimney to be most effective; another pointed out that the word rabbit was often used in expletives, and suggested that the superstition may be a survival of the ancient belief in swearing as a means of avoiding evil.[2]

It appeared in a work of fiction in 1922:

"Why," the man in the brown hat laughed at him, "I thought everybody knew 'Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.' If you say 'Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit'—three times, just like that—first thing in the morning on the first of the month, even before you say your prayers, you'll get a present before the end of the month."[3]

Today it has spread to many English-speaking countries,[citation needed] although, like all folklore, determining its exact area of distribution is difficult. The superstition may be related to the broader belief in the rabbit or hare being a "lucky" animal, as exhibited in the practice of carrying a rabbit's foot for luck.[citation needed]

During the mid-1990's, U.S. children's cable channel Nickelodeon helped popularize the superstition in the United States as part of its "Nick Days", where during commercial breaks it would show an ad about the significance of the current date, whether it be an actual holiday, a largely-uncelebrated unofficial holiday, or a made-up day if nothing else is going on that specific day. (The latter would be identified as a "Nickelodeon holiday".) Nickelodeon would promote the last day of each month as "Rabbit Rabbit Day" and to remind kids to say it the next day, unless the last day of that specific month was an actual holiday, such as Halloween and New Year's Eve.[4] This practice stopped by the late 1990's.

Rabbits have not always been thought of as lucky, however. In the 19^th century, for example, fishermen would not say the word while at sea,[5][6] and in South Devon to see a white rabbit in one's village when a person was very ill was regarded as a sure sign that the person would die.[7]

[ramseycat]

Well hells bells, it wasn't the first word outta my mouth this morning. Fuck it's time to get up and it's raining was. Can I have a do over since I didn't know? LOL

[Ma Huang Sor]

Of course. First time it doesn't matter.

Sure is beautiful when you wake up on the first though and remember before you speak

[Clang McFly]

[Cynical Ninja]

They have a little parade in Moscow today, so I've heard.

Mayday has been hijacked in the UK by the unions and lefties.