There is no blacking up in May Day in Padstow. The tradition of being taken under thre Oss skirts is alive and well and is standing next to me. My neice was taken under the Old Oss skirts and within the year she was married and on My 1st the following year my great nephew was born. He does not yet know how very special he is but will when he goes to Padstow next year to spend his birthday there.