Joy, were your ancesters from Cornwall?
Do you know where exactly?
My 3xGreat grandparents are buried at St Petrocs in Padstow and their home at Crugmeer is still inhabited but not by anyone related. Our family came to NZ in 1856 and they didn't pass on any details of Mayday to their descendants - I discovered it independently, through folk books and recordings. I had to re-educate my Grandmother and her sister.
Robyn