Category Daily Almanac

In 1611, the King James Bible was published. In 1945, Berlin fell. And in the village of Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, people have been carrying flaming tar barrels on their shoulders through the streets every November for at least…

You’ve been dancing around a pole decorated with ribbons since at least the 14th century, and you may not have known that the ribbons are meant to represent the weaving of summer into the world. The Day May 1st is…