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The English Year

Jack in the Green

Date

Place

Jack in the Green is celebrated on 1st March.

This festivity is placed in England. It was celebrated for the first time in London.

Tradition

Origin

Origin

The Jack in the Green tradition developed in England during the eighteenth century. It emerged from an older May Day tradition, which milkmaids carried milk pails that had been decorated with flowers and other objects as part of a procession. The earliest known account of "Jack in the Green" came from a description of a London May Day procession in 1770. At the nineteenth century, the Jack in the Green tradition was associated with chimney sweeps.

Tradition

Jack in the Green, also known as Jack o' the Green, is an English folk custom associated with the celebration of May Day. It involves a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework that is decorated with foliage being worn by a person as part of a procession, often accompanied by musicians. The tradition died in the twentieth century. Later that century, various revivalist groups emerged, continuing the practice of Jack in the Green May Day processions in various parts of England. The Jack in the Green has also been incorporated into various modern Pagan parades and activities.

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