We’ve all heard of it (or at least we think we have), and we know it’s one of the holidays in May—but what is May Day, exactly? While it’s a well-known holiday across the Northern Hemisphere, plenty ...

with Beltane officially beginning at moonrise on May Day Eve. Through time, Beltane became a festival carried out with the “utmost secrecy” as the church began to warn against superstitious ...