Crossword-Solution: STANG 5 letters, 46 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang, [301] and the tallest trees, as I could judge, appeared to be seven feet high.

The mumming-songs, the boisterous "Ridin' t' stang" verses, and all the snatches of folk-song which are, associated with the festive ritual of the circling year either carry their own explanation with them or have been elucidated by those who have written on the subject of Yorkshire customs and folklore.

Blukrins! they'll put,(10) I dare not gang Oute'en(11) you'll len' me t' great leap-stang.(12) AWD WIFE.

Ridin' t' Stang(1) (Grassington Version) Traditional Hey dilly, how dilly, hey dilly, dang! It's nayther for thy part, nor my part, That I ride the stang.

From top to bottom not only the 'Maj Stang' (May-pole) itself, but the hoops, bows, etc., are ornamented with leaves, flowers, slips of various cloth, gilt egg-shells, etc.; and on the top of it is a large vane, or it may be a flag." The raising of the May-pole, the decoration of which is done by the village maidens, is an affair of much ceremony; the people flock to it from all quarters, and dance round it in a great ring.