#mayeve — Public Fediverse posts

I have made some art, like this monoprint, about some of the many folk traditions around May Day. May Eve is celebrated with bonfires for Walpurgisnacht and Hexennacht (Walpurgis night and Witches’ Night as celebrated in Germany). May Eve is the feast day of Saint Walpurga in celebration of her canonization May 1, 870. But folklorists tie it to a more ancient celebration 🧵

#monoprint #monotype #gelprint #gelplateprinting #bonfire #Walpurgisnacht #Hexennacht #folklore #spring #MayEve #witches

Moira. County Down. c1910. Children hanging fern and gorse on May Eve, April 30th to keep the fairies out. (National Museums Northern Ireland). C/o NI Historical Photographical Soc. #Moira #MayEve #Fairies #Ulster