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	Oak Apple Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oak Apple Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom on 29th May.
		It commemorates the restoration of the monarchy in England, in May 1660.
		Though the holiday, Oak Apple Day, was formally abolished in 1859, a 1915 film clip of Col. Lyttleton inspecting the Chelsea pensioners on Oak Apple Day is preserved at the British Film Institute [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oak_Apple_Day (258 words)

	Royal Oak (tree) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The present day tree is believed to be a two or three hundred-year old descendant of the original and is thus known as 'Son of Royal Oak'.
		In 2000, Son of Royal Oak was badly injured during a violent storm and lost many branches, becoming a shadow of its former self.
		Another oak sapling was planted near the site of the original Royal Oak in 2001 by Prince Charles; it was grown from one of the Son's acorns and is thus a grandson of the Royal Oak.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Oak_(tree) (520 words)

	May 29th
		A spray of oak in the hat was the badge of a loyalist on the recurrence of the Restoration-day.
		A picture of an oak tree, with a crowned figure sitting amidst the branches, and a few dragoons scouring about the neighbouring ground, was assumed as a sign upon many a tavern in town and country.
		It was this turn of mind that made her one day propose to me, that whenever I should happen to be absent from her, we might in all our letters write ourselves by feigned names, such as would import nothing of distinction of rank between us.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/may/29.htm (4577 words)

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		Apple - In the Welsh Câd Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees), the Apple is described as the noblest tree of them all, the tree that symbolized poetic immortality.
		Apples are one of the magical trees, part of the Celtic Ogham tree alphabet, known as Quert.
		Oak Apple Day occurs on the 29th of May, and commemorates the return of Charles II to London after exile.
	www.woodsforall.org /taldrum/mythology (1452 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire - Moonraking - Oak Apple Day
		This special day is still celebrated in the village and perpetuates an ancient right to collect firewood in nearby Grovely Wood.
		The men of the village must go to Grovely very early, and collect their own bough (with oak 'apple') which will be carried in procession later in the day.
		A wreath of oak leaves is put onto the bust of Charles in the main square and - when I was little at any rate if not today - we all had to wear an oak apple = acorn on this day or we would have been subjected to having mud thrown at us.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/moonraking/folklore_oak_apple.shtml (463 words)

	Oak Apple Day: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Oak Apple Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom[Click link for more facts about this topic] on 29th May. It is the anniversary of the restoration restoration quick summary:
		Arbor day is an american holiday that encourages the planting and care of trees....
		Framethe major oakthe major oak is a huge oak tree near the village of edwinstowe in the heart of sherwood forest, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/oa/oak_apple_day.htm (975 words)

	British Culture - British Customs and Traditions in May - Oak Apple Day
		It is caused by the larvae of a cynipid wasp.
		Thanks to the protection of this tree 'the Boscobel Oak' in the grounds of Boscobel Hall, Staffordshire, Charles was eventually crowned king of Great Britain and Ireland on 29th May 1660; and his supporters celebrated in a manner that would surely have been condemned by the Puritans of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
		These days it is traditional for monarchists to decorate the house with oak branches or wear a sprig of oak on 29th May. In All Saints Church in Northampton, a garland of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue.
	www.learnenglish.de /Temp/May/OakAppleDayUK.htm (556 words)

	Royal Oak (tree): Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As Commonwealth troops approached the house, searching for Royalists, the King and Colonel Carlos spent a day hidden in the Royal Oak, and the next day hidden in a priest hole (priest hole: a priest hole is the term given to hiding places for priests built into many of the principal...
		Another oak sapling was planted near the site of the original Royal Oak in 2001 by Prince Charles (Prince Charles: The eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)).
		Oak Apple Day (Oak Apple Day: oak apple day is celebrated in the united kingdom on 29th may....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/royal_oak_tree (514 words)

	English Culture: Oak Apple Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thanks to the protection of this tree in the grounds of Boscobel Hall, Staffordshire, Charles was eventually crowned king of Great Britain and Ireland on 29th May 1660; and his supporters celebrated in a manner that would surely have been condemned by the Puritans of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
		The wearing of a sprig of oak on the anniversary of Charles' crowning showed that a person was loyal to the restored king.
		These days it is traditional to decorate the house with oak branches on 29th May. In All Saints Church in Northampton, a garland of oak-apples is laid at Charles II's statue.
	englishculture.allinfoabout.com /features/oak-apple.html (572 words)

	Arbor Day - QucikSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Morton proposed "Arbor Day" as a tree planting holiday in 1872 at a meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture.
		On the first Arbor Day, prizes were offered to counties and to individuals for properly planting the largest number of trees.
		By 1894, Arbor Day was celebrated in each of the United States.
	arborday.quickseek.com (363 words)

	Guards - Royal Oak, royalists, Charles II
		Wear an oak leaf in your lapel (or on your hat) on this day to celebrate King Charles II's escape from the Roundheads after the disastrous Battle of Worcester in 1651.
		In 1664 (after the Restoration) the King’s birthday of 29th May was designated Oak Apple Day by Act of Parliament, and a special service was inserted in the Book of Common Prayer.
		An oak apple is a gall or tumor formed on the leaf as a defense against attack from a small gall wasp such as Biorhiza pallida.
	footguards.tripod.com /06ARTICLES/ART26_royal_oak.htm (1097 words)

	Mystical-WWW : May Day to Day
		Celtic feast day of 'Collen', legend has it that Collen slain the evil giantess at Llangollen to save the lives of the people there, and as a sign of thanks he was made their Patron Saint.
		'Oak Apple Day', also known as 'Royal Oak Day : British Isles, holiday begun in 1660 when Charles II claimed the throne (named after the fact that he was supposed to have hidden in an oak tree during the Worcester Fight in 1651).
		Days throughout the year were identified and of course could have related to any day of the week.
	www.mystical-www.co.uk /time/mayday2.htm (799 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Notes and Queries \| My wife, as a schoolgirl in Wensleydale before the war, recalls reciting the ...
		Oak Apple Day recalls this event and also the time when Charles was forced to hide in an oak tree after his defeat at the battle of Worcester in 1651.
		However, the questioner is wrong to assume that the "Royal Oak Day" chant is a 17th century one - Royal Oak Day continued to be a national holiday until well into the 18th century.
		A detailed investigation of the history of this holiday (Oak Apple Day, Royal Oak Day, Restoration Day, Yak Bob Day) is provided by Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun (1996).
	www.guardian.co.uk /notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-9279,00.html (651 words)

	British One Pound Coins - England Design 1987
		Forests of oak are a reminder of folk heroes such as Robin Hood, while "Hearts of Oak" conveys a sense of the centuries-old debt to the English Navy which protected an island Kingdom from invasion.
		Renowned for its solidity, strength and durability, the oak has proved to be one of the most valuable timbers both today and in ancient times.
		From the nineteenth century a wreath of oak, or oak combined with olive or laurel appeared on certain silver coins, while sixpences and threepences issued form 1927 to 1936 show acorns growing from interlaced oak twigs or branches.
	www.24carat.co.uk /1987pound.html (594 words)

	Reuben Bussey: pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The day was made a public holiday in 1664 but was expunged from the church calendar in 1859.
		After the Battle of Worcester, Charles II famously hid in an oak tree in the woods of Boscobel House.
		Royal Oak Day was celebrated by placing oak leaves in the hat and branches over the door.
	richardphillips.org.uk /rbussey/op05.htm (160 words)

	Are Four Seasons Enough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Oak Apple Day (Restoration Day), May 29, is a commemoration of the battle of Wooster in 1651.
		An oak apple (or oat gall) is a swelling on a branch caused by larval infection.
		The tradition was to carry oak branches with galls in order to symbolize loyalty to King Charles II (who hid in an oak tree for 24 hours after being defeated by Cromwell in this battle.
	www.motherearthnews.com /library/1993_April_May/Are_Four_Seasons_Enough (1495 words)

	May Customs and Traditions
		On May Day this is taken down and redecorated with fresh greenery and flowers and the children carry small decorated crosses around the village and bring them to a special service.
		This is the day that traditionally people wear oak apples or oak leaves pinned to them to remember that on May 29th King Charles ll returned triumphantly to London after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
		The reason for the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves was to celebrate the King's narrow escape from capture by Cromwell's soldiers by hiding in an oak tree.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/year/may.htm (955 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| May 29 \| Oak Apple Day Shick-shack Day Hillary Everest ...
		Bunting and ribbons, and gilded oak apples hung in the streets, along with strings of hundreds of birds' eggs.
		Royal Hospital Founder’s Day, Chelsea,UK Observed annually since 1692 by the Chelsea Pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, this special day is held in honour of the birthday of its founder, Charles II.
		Feast day of SS Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander, martyrs, in the territory of Trent
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/may29.html (2942 words)

	May 29th - Oak-apple Day
		Two days were spent in acting Robin Hood, the Sheriff and the Rev. Bpp., who on his own proper charge sent bottles of sack to several officers acting in the play, who performed their parts to the general satisfaction of all spectators, with acclamations of joy for the safe arrival of his sacred Majesty.
		What he calls "a festival in honour of the sun and fire," held to this day on the 23rd of June (not the 21st, as Albanicus has mentioned),is nothing more than a general rejoicing throughout that country on the eve cif St. John, St. John's day being a very great holiday in their estimation.
		168) says, the day of summer solstice, when the sun was at the head or beginning of the circle, they celebrated with fires in honour of Baal or Panga Sank, that is, the globular fire, which fires are still made all over Ireland, in honour of St;.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/popular-superstitions-20.shtml (3477 words)

	Soldiers: Fighting Man's Life, 1901-2001
		The two hundred or so Pensioners who are fit to take part in the Parade stand as rigidly to attention as their age permits, another hundred sit and watch from the fringes of the court, a handful are too ill or elderly to be present.
		Attendance at the Founder's Day Parade is the only obligation laid upon Pensioners, otherwise they can come and go as they like; take part in the innumerable activities which the Hospital offers them if they feel the inclination, or abstain if they prefer to.
		If they are in the Hospital then they must be dressed and out of their panelled cubicle -- their berth, as it is called -- by half past seven in the morning, but this stipulation is only made because it is the easiest way to ensure that everyone has survived the night.
	www.milhist.net /global/chelsea.html (1016 words)

	ELAINE'S MAY DAY PAGE
		The end of winter, the start of Spring is here...newly-sown seed was sprouting, new-born lambs in the fields, newly-hatched chicks in the farmyard, new leaves appearing on the trees and birds everywhere mating and nesting...time for humans to join in with the celebration of Spring's arrival.
		The went a-maying on May Day Eve into the woods and returned at dawn on May Day, carrying green boughs of branches freshly bursting into leaf, as tokens that they had identified themselves with the revival of nature that was happening all around them.
		In a few places in England, the dolls were carried around the streets on the 29th May, Oak Apple Day...and were called 'May babies', and these were carried in white boxes.
	homepages.tesco.net /~derek.berger/holidays/mayday.html (1142 words)

	Pegan Days
		Today is the first day of the Roman festival of Lemuria, when the hungry spirits of dead family members might visit their former houses.
		Today is the second day of the Roman festival of Lemuria, when the hungry spirits of dead family members might visit their former houses.
		Today is the final day of the Roman festival of Lemuria, when the hungry spirits of dead family members might visit their former houses.
	www.ffni.com /~doc/pagandays/maysmall.html (445 words)

	twotubs
		Going back in time still further, the Market Place was the setting during the reign of Charles II for the anniversary celebrations of "Oak Apple Day" on May 29th.
		Once restored to the throne in 1660 the anniversary of "Oak Apple Day" was celebrated up and down the land with townsfolk climbing the oak trees in their town squares and singing with oak leaf garlands.
		It is said that when the Globe Inn was built in the late seventeenth century its structure incorporated the trunk and branches of either one or both of the "Oak Apple Day" oaks.
	www.mbbcanal.demon.co.uk /trail/bury/twotubs/twotubs.html (544 words)

	Romantic Flowers Associated with Days of the Year
		Associated with Candlemas Day, the blessing of the candles (also known as Feast of the Presentation of the Lord), observed in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
		The Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, celebrated in the first weekend in May, coincides with the blossoming of the apple trees in the orchards of Wenatchee Valley.
		Old tradition of wearing an oak twig or leaf or an oak apple to commemorate the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.
	www.me2u.com /LoveLore/Flowers/flower_days.tmpl?cart=3214521667133873 (1203 words)

	Upton upon Severn - Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As Charles II had hidden in an oak tree during his escape after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, people wore oak leaves and oak apples to celebrate his return.
		Also, because Charles II had hidden in an oak tree, many inns and public houses are called 'The Royal Oak'.
		A small celebration of Oak Apple Day will be held on 27th May in the Heritage Centre grounds.
	www.upton.uk.net /events/oakfest/oakfest.html (231 words)

	The Evolution of May Day
		It seems to be a creature of luck and fertility, and may be a remnant of the Celtic sun-god to whom the horse was sacred.
		Although the Morris Dances are a central part of the May Day celebrations today in England, due to a revival earlier this century, they were a late-comer to the medieval festivities, and their origins have been much speculated upon.
		Furry Day has been called through the centuries, variously, Flora, Faddy, or Furry Day, and seems to be a vaguely remembered form of the original Roman Floralia.
	www.faeriefaith.net /MayDay.html (2943 words)

	Dorset - Apple Day events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		APPLE DAY is on October 21st every year, but many celebrations are held on the weekends around that date.
		Broad Oak Community Orchard is a DWT reserve and it has been restored with the help of volunteers and the co-ordinator John Poole.
		Entrance to the Apple Day Tea is one English apple or 40p.
	www.england-in-particular.info /orchards/o-dorset-a.html (568 words)

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