it is an autumn gathering celebrating various village customs and ritual traditions of England, whilst also acknowledging the end of the hot dry Australian summer, the end of the fire season and moving into the ‘greener’ times of the year. A Jack and Giants are paraded around Mylor Oval, with dancers, guisers, and hobby horses, followed by a Peramangk Welcome to Country ceremony and the burning of a Wicker man with music, food and dance. See also May Day Run Sussex Bonfire Societies Trees in mythology Walpurgis Night References Footnotes Bibliography Further reading - see Chapter 10: Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe "The Jack-in-the-Green", book review in White Dragon #29, Imbolc (March) 2001 Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, Chapter XX - The First of May External links Daily Telegraph -Not So Little Green Men 18th-century establishments in England English folklore English legendary characters Fictional fairies and sprites Jack tales