Donal Hickey: How to celebrate the first day of summer — the traditional way

You also have meteorological summer on June 1 and astronomical summer on June 21 but let's go with May 1 and get the summer started

The summit of the Paps of Anú, on the border between Cork and Kerry. The sacred breast-shaped summits are dedicated to Anú — the goddess of fertility and abundance. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

Once upon a time, the nation knew summer had arrived when a recording of the hymn, 'Bring Flowers Of The Rarest', by Scottish tenor priest Canon Sydney MacEwan was played on the late Gay Byrne’s popular morning radio programme, on May 1.