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6 unusual facts about Jack in the green


Jack in the green

On holiday in Tuscany he saw a band of local musicians gather with traditional Tuscan instruments in a small village square.

Revivals of the custom have occurred in various parts of England; Jacks in the Green have been seen in Bristol, Oxford and Knutsford, among other places.

A traditional Jack was famously photographed in Oxford by Sir Benjamin Stone.

Other related figures in Britain include the Burry Man of South Queensferry and the Garland King of Castleton, Derbyshire, who parades on Oak Apple Day.

Jack o' the Green

Jack o' the Green, Jack in the green, role in English-folk-culture traditions for May Day

The Hollowing

; Hollyjack : A daurog or mythical variant on a Green Jack, whose bodily form is holly branches and leaves.



see also

Order of Woodcraft Chivalry

He saw women as incarnations of God, to be "worshipped in spirit and in truth"; he revered the Jack-in-the-Green, which he considered to be the English equivalent of Dionysus, and held that the "Trinity of Woodcraft" consisted of Pan, Artemis and Dionysus.