Midsummer's Day

Midsummer's Day is traditionally the 24th June, also the Feast day of St John the Baptist, houses throughout England were adorned with garlands of flowers, ferns and green birch, processions were held and bonfires were lit. The celebrations and bonfires possibly date back to the first farmers as a way to placate the Gods into giving a good harvest. Many of the festivities were banned by the Puritans following the English Civil War, but revived in some areas with the Reformation.

Maidens plucking a rose on Midsummer's Day could use divination to determine their future husband ...