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4 June
Whitsunday
7 June
Vestalia
Roman festival of Vestalia goddess of the hearth started.
21 June
Summer Solstice
The longest day in the year.
June 23
Midsummer's Eve
An ancient fire festival when the veil between this world and the next was said to be thin. The actual scientific longest day falls on the 21st but Midsummer has always been celebrated on the 23rd or 24th. ()

29 June or Late June
Bawming the Thorn
Appleton near Warrington, Cheshire. A Hawthorn tree in the centre of the village is decorated with ribbons. The original tree is said to have derived from the thorn at Glastonbury.