Zone1 The mysterious Jack in the Green, a May Day custom

[Zebra]

it can be seen in England, and rarely in Germany.
A person is covered in green foliage and then goes around like a walking tree.
do you know this custom?

 

[Captain Caveman]

it can be seen in England, and rarely in Germany.
A person is covered in green foliage and then goes around like a walking tree.
do you know this custom?

There are thousands of different traditions throughout the UK. Lucky if I know a handful of them.

 

[Zebra]

in German the name for this Jack is Pfingstkönig or Maikönig.

 

[Zebra]

There are thousands of different traditions throughout the UK. Lucky if I know a handful of them.

and I think that this Jack is related to the German Pfingstkönig.

 

[Zebra]

that Pfingstkönig or Pentecost King can be seen in Varnhalt near Baden.Baden in Germany

 

[Zincwarrior]

Pfingstkönig or Maikönig.

Just trying to pronounce that sprained my brain.

 

[Zebra]

Just trying to pronounce that sprained my brain.

then say Pentecost King.

 

[Zincwarrior]

then say Pentecost King.

I had dogs too many years. If I walked around like a tree my dogs would have peed on my leg...

 

[Zebra]

I had dogs too many years. If I walked around like a tree my dogs would have peed on my leg...

that Pfingstkönig is more like a bush.

 

[Zebra]

There are thousands of different traditions throughout the UK. Lucky if I know a handful of them.

So you know the Jack in the Green?