Saturday

The May Queen


The May Queen is a girl crowned with flowers
who is selected to ride or walk at the front of a
parade for May Day celebrations. She wears a
white gown to symbolise purity and usually a
tiara or crown. Her duty is to begin the May Day
celebrations. Read more
here

Alice Liddell as 'The Queen of May', may or june 1860
by Lewis Carroll

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