My family moved from the farm to the “city” in Kansas in 1952. I remember every May 1st we would do the maypole celebration at school. Only time that I was allowed to wear a pink dress with a white organdy apron and I remember that the fabric strips were pink and white and we would do some kind of a dance while interwinding the strips. Don’t think anyone ever told us why we were doing it other than it seemed like it was a fun day in the 6th grade.
Rent “The Wicker Man”.
[the original film, not the remake]
;D
We had a celebration like that once, in 4th grade but we never had one again.