It's as English as warm beer and fish and chips...but maypole dancing is becoming a dying art. Now residents on a Bradford estate are rallying round to bring the tradition back to life. But there's ...

The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

In ancient times in England — before the church and Parliament banished the pagan tradition in 1644 — young unmarried men and women went off into the woods to cut down a tree to set in the ground for ...

COPPERAS COVE — Members of the Copperas Cove Five Hills royalty got into the spirit of May Day Friday by holding a traditional Maypole Dance. Six members of the Five Hills royalty took part in the ...

About 250 people gathered on the grounds at the Berks County 4-H Center in Bern Township to watch a traditional English maypole dance Saturday and celebrate the coming of warmer weather. The May Faire ...