Note 1733 — Chapter V · THE VARIOUS PROCESSES OF AGRICULTURE.
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The custom with which the modern Greeks hail the approach of summer is picturesque and beautiful: “On the first of May at Athens, there is not a door that is not crowned with a garland, and the youths of both sexes, with the elasticity of spirits so characteristic of a Greek, forget or brave their Turkish masters, while with guitars in their hands, and crowns upon their heads,
‘They lead the dance in honour of the May.’”
Douglas, p. 64.