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Meanings of may pole in inglés

ruso
троицкая берёза
portugués
festa do mastro
español
palo de mayo
catalán
maypole
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Tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals.

palo de mayo
Synonyms
Examples for "maypole dancing"
Examples for "maypole dancing"
1
It doesn't look quite so heinous to us, this Maypole dancing, as it did to the outraged Puritans.
The Old Coast Road / From Boston to Plymouth
2
"He's the one who organized stuff like the Maypole dancing and that naming ceremony."
The Dreaming Place
Usage of may pole in inglés
1
And I may pole up little higher.
Bella Donna: A Novel
2
They erected a May pole and were going to dance around it.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
3
In the afternoon, a May pole is erected in the centre of the village.
The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
4
The colors on the May pole matched the colored caps that the children wore.
Entertaining Made Easy
5
In the picture you see the May pole-theQueen, the crowner, and her two maids of honor.
The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
6
The young men and maidens often met on the Bowling green and danced around the May pole.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
7
On Saturday afternoon, if you say so we will visit Center Island, and set the May pole.
All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake / A Sequel to "The Boat Club"
8
After the pageant came the May pole dancers and the wandering musicians, the Morality Play and the rustic dances.
Molly Brown's Senior Days
9
The Morris dance was especially associated with May Day and was danced round a May pole to a lively and capering step.
Early European History
10
The butchers at the May Pole in the Strand rang a peal with their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
11
I went to the May party when I was home, but that was out of doors, and we danced round the May pole.
A Little Girl in Old Boston