If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don’t be alarmed now.
It’s just a spring-clean for the May Queen.
Robert Plant
Stairway to Heaven
Beltane, the celebration of the union of the God and Goddess which brings fertility and abundance to the land, was probably celebrated in the British Isles in some form centuries before Christ was even a twinkle in God’s eye. I doubt that it was a coincidence that the wedding of the future king and queen of Britain was scheduled for this weekend.
