tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459234373832776301.post7915890263107972242..comments2022-11-30T10:13:25.335-05:00Comments on Julia Cutler's Civil War Journal: Thursday, May 1st, 1862Peggy the Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08437385739831067145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459234373832776301.post-46792685122014259642012-05-01T12:53:09.349-04:002012-05-01T12:53:09.349-04:00I've seen it done as late as the 1950's an...I've seen it done as late as the 1950's and 60's at The Kentucky Home School For Girls, a private school in Louisville. They celebrated May Day with a May pole. The girls wore floaty white dresses and looked like something from an earlier time as they danced on the lawn. No classes were held that day. <br /><br />This custom may have survived longer but I was not there to witness it. It was probably a holdover from an older practice, one that could well have been widespread. <br /><br />The event in Julia's diary may simply be a Spring Break day off from school without the Maypole. <br /><br />It is striking that there were 15 ladies at tea (I'm counting Julia & Clara) a number described merely as "several."Hanitanoreply@blogger.com