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What fools these mortals be!

5/30/2019

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It is the last day of the merry, merry month of May and the little fairies in the Grove are busy packing up the maypole and ribbons and storing them away for another year.  One day this May, a few callous humans happened to spot the fairies at their dance. They informed the fairies that their dance, although old, was now symbolic of conquest and power and an evil group of people. To this the fairies stared at each other in astonishment (although with a certain amount of sage recognition as well) ... and then burst into laughter at the ignorance of the humans' comments.  They merrily continued their communal dance around the sacred maypole chanting (in the immortal words of their kin Robin Goodfellow) -  "What fools these mortals be!"

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Fairy Dance, Artist Unknown

Fairies are immortal.  And eternally young. They do what they do and disregard the foolish folly of mortals. They have danced since the beginning of time and have seen holidays come and go, wax and wane. They have seen maypoles torn down and burned in small villages; only to be joyously erected in others. They have seen May Day processions outlawed, only to cover their faces in masks and hold their festivities at night.  And they celebrate in private, in their sacred groves and await the time when their dancing will once again herald the joyous beginning of summer.  It would seem that "so it has been and so it will always be".  Long live May Day!
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Image: Pinterest, Artist Unknown
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