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Till April Is Dead/Hal-An-Tow

Folklore is an engrossing subject I find and I came across many of these adages and aphorisms in the book ‘The English Year ‘ by folklorist and historian Steve Roud. My imagination fired up I started searching around and discovered one from Spain. Asking friends from further afield I found very similar sayings and beliefs hailing from France and Germany and one from Ireland referencing the Celtic May festival of bealtaine. The similarities struck me, I love how ideas, beliefs and customs cross borders of country and language. Playing around with the spoken rhymes I joined them to some verses of the Hal-An-Tow, a song performed as part of a mystery play on Flora Day in Helston, Cornwall. I’m struck by the supernatural image of ‘St Michael with his wings outstretched’ and the way they ‘welcome in the summer, welcome in the May O’. The 8th May (Feast of St Michael patron saint of Cornwall) is celebrated with the ‘Furry Dance’ through the town.

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from Till April Is Dead ≈ A Garland of May, released October 3, 2017

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