1st May, known as May Day, is an important traditional festival in British culture. It's all about celebrating spring! Take the quiz to find out some weird and wonderful facts about what happens ...

May Day ushers in summer and is an important cross-quarter day − just like Halloween − falling midway between an equinox and ...

Making History consulted Dr Eddie Cass of the Folklore Society, who has studied Lancashire traditions. Dr Cass said that Stephen had been taking part in one of two or three May Day rituals which ...

In Christianity, Lent is a religious period of self-sacrifice where people give up something they enjoy- such as sweets, chocolate or alcohol- for 40 days in the lead-up to Easter Sunday, which will ...