May
May facts:
Birthstone = Emerald
1st
May day
1st
May Morning Service
Magdalen College Tower, Oxford
1st
Hobby Horse (Obby Oss) Festival
Padstow Cornwall
1st
Hobby Horse Festival
Minehead, Somerset
1st
Beltane – Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Samhain – Wicc Southern Hemisphere
1st weekend in May
1000 and 2000 Guineas Stakes races
Newmarket
2nd
Twelfth day of Ridvan – Baha’i
2nd – 10th
National Windsurfing Week
4th
May Day Bank Holiday UK & ROI (First Monday in May every year)
FA Women’s Cup Final
Pride Park, Derby County FC
8th
Furry (or Flora) Dance
Helston, Cornwall
9th
Buddha Day, Visakha Puja, Vesak – Buddhist
World Fair Trade Day
13th
Garland Day
Abbotsbury, Dorset
15th
International Day of Families
17th
International Day Against Homophobia
20th
Weighing the Mayor
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
23rd
Declaration of the Bab – Baha’i
23rd
Mayoring Day
Rye, Sussex
Rugby Heinekin Cup
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
25th
Spring Bank Holiday
25th
Cheese Rolling at Coopers Hill
25th
Maypole Dancing
Ickwell, Bedfordshire
26th
Blessing the Sea
Hastings, Sussex
27th
Zartusht No Diso – Zoroastrian
29th
Oak Apple Day
29th
Founder’s Day
Royal Hospital, Chelsea
29th
Garland Day
Castleton, nr Tideswell, Derbyshire
29th
Grovely Forest Rights Procession
Wishford Magna, Wiltshire
29th
Shavuot – Jewish
Ascension of Baha’u'llah – Baha’i
27th
Ascension Eve
Planting the Penny Hedge
Boyes Staith, Whitby, Yorkshire
28th
Ascension Day – Orthodox Christian
Well Dressing
Tissington, Derbyshire
30th
FA Cup Final
31st
Pentecost – Christian
Lag B’Omer – Jewish