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The dancer
The dancer
The dancer
The dancer

Size : 25 X 24 X 7 CM

Handmade Stoneware

The Obby Oss dance, which takes place at Padstow, Cornwall, on 1st May - known as May Day or Beltane (more properly, Bealltainn) in the old calendar. Bealltainn is the second most significant celebration in the Celtic calendar after Samhain. In the cycle of Celtic Esbats (Lunar holidays) May is the month of the Milk Moon and is known as the three-milking-month.

The dance in this form may only be a few centuries old but it revives more ancient traditions of fertility rituals and practises surrounding worship of the horse and the significance of the day.

The dancer

Blandine Anderson
SKU: 145780
£540.00
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*Please note, pieces from the exhibition will shipped or can be collected after 20th October 2025.

Part of:

Blandine Anderson Yesterday’s Parties Collection

Holidays, festivals and significant dates in the old calendar,

from Celtic lunar holidays to the twelve days of Christmas.

A collection of approx. 50 ceramic pieces plus a small paperback booklet of 10 poems, illustrated with lino-cut images.

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Size : 25 X 24 X 7 CM

Handmade Stoneware

The Obby Oss dance, which takes place at Padstow, Cornwall, on 1st May - known as May Day or Beltane (more properly, Bealltainn) in the old calendar. Bealltainn is the second most significant celebration in the Celtic calendar after Samhain. In the cycle of Celtic Esbats (Lunar holidays) May is the month of the Milk Moon and is known as the three-milking-month.

The dance in this form may only be a few centuries old but it revives more ancient traditions of fertility rituals and practises surrounding worship of the horse and the significance of the day.

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