This article is about the personification of May Day. For the South Korean television drama series, see May Queen (TV series). For the Robert Plant song, see Carry Fire. For the last queen consort of Italy nicknamed "The May Queen", see Marie-José of Belgium. For the wife of King George V, known informally as "May", see Mary of Teck.
In the British Isles and parts of the Commonwealth, the May Queen or Queen of May is a personification of the May Day holiday of 1 May, and of springtime and the coming growing season. The May Queen is a girl who rides or walks at the front of a parade for May Day celebrations. She wears a white gown to symbolise purity and usually a tiara or crown. Her duty is to begin the May Day celebrations. She is generally crowned by flowers and makes a speech before the dancing begins. Certain age-groups dance around a Maypole celebrating youth and springtime.
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