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'May Day worshippers go home for breakfast'
Unknown, 1964, Reproduction
'May Day worshippers go home for breakfast'
'May Day worshippers go home for breakfast'
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28769
Title
'May Day worshippers go home for breakfast', Arthur's Seat
Description
The caption reads, 'Much to the annoyance of the worshippers, students conduct a mock sacrificial ceremony on Arthur's Seat'.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1964
Size
8.3 x 11.5 cm
Type
Reproduction
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Arthurs Seat has attracted many different people to its summit over the years. Pagan rituals may still be re-enacted at the change of the seasons while a few couples have chosen to visit the hill on their wedding day.
This article in The Scotsman reports on the condemnation of a pagan gathering disrupting a Christian May Day service taking place at the same time.
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