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From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have read variously about the crowning of May Queens. The crowning of a > May King ? Is this a new trend or was this a misnomer. Would appreciate > some enlightenment, Google didn't throw up any. ================================================ Alas, Goan Voice UK cannot claim Proprietorship rights to the May King title! I am surprised that Gabe could not find any hits in Google for "May King" My search produced produced 8000. See: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%22May+King%22&btnG=Search A few of the "|University sites" 1. University of Missouri-Kansas City www.umkc.edu/imc/mayday.htm England: Often the fairest maiden of the village was chosen queen of the May. Sometimes a May king was also chosen. These two led the village dancers and ruled over the festivities. In Elizabethan times, the king and queen were called Robin Hood and Maid Marian. 2. University of Surrey, UK http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/whitelands/events.asp since 1986 the studens have elected a May King or a May Queen, according to their choice. 3. Auburn University. http://www.auburn.edu/student_info/pantheon/mayday/mayday.htm. "Today we crown our May King, who symbolizes the strength of the people and the land, in his sacred union with the May Queen." 4. University of Iowa. http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/1999/july/0709herring.html Benjamin Britten's opera Albert Herring. Albert is chosen as May King. 5. Yale University: http://mssa.library.yale.edu/madid/showzoom.php?id=ru&ruid=86&pg=1&imgNum=3930 "May King's Prophecy," a poem by Allen Ginsberg Cheers Eddie Fernandes Editor, Goan Voice UK www.goanvoice.org.uk
