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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another pagan survival is the maypole .
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At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole .
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However, their devotions were often disturbed by the sounds of revelry and dancing as the villagers gathered around the nearby maypole .
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I was in Barwick again on Spring Bank Tuesday to see the maypole raised, but before that was the gala.
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Similarly an eyelash in certain light is a prism and becomes a maypole of rainbow colours.
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The day will include dancing round the maypole by Stokesley Primary School.
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The images swirled and danced in her head like figures around a maypole .
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We seemed to be circling it like the ribbons of a maypole .