Maypole Of Merrymount

In colonial America, a small colony of early settlers founded Mount Wollaston as a refuge for like-minded kindred to hail to from Europe. Very little is recorded of these early settlers but at least a few of them were members of the Romantic Order, for the colony soon adopted a strong and festive atmosphere.
Holiday celebrations were carried over from the Old World, celebrations whose history delve back into the pagan past, back when tribal folk practiced fertility rituals and held wild parties dedicated to the gods of love and joy. Because of this general attitude, the colony soon became known by a different name, that of Merry Mount. 
Tragically, the colony was beset by the rigid conservatism of the surrounding Puritan peoples of New England. One account, recorded, and possibly embellished slightly, by Washington Irving holds that a party of Puritan raiders interrupted the nuptial rites of a young newlywed couple as they attacked Merry Mount. To the people of Merry Mount, this was a brutal strike from a cold and uncaring people. To the Puritans, the people of Merry Mount were little more than neo-pagans worshiping the Devil. 
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