May 15

Colour: Gold
Moon Sign: Leo
Incense: Coriander

Festival of St. Dympna -- Belgian

Ascension Thursday(Luxembourg)

Independence Day (Paraguay)

International Day of Families (International)

Mother's Day (Western Samoa)

Peace Officer Memorial Day(USA)

On this date in ancient times, the Romans preformed an annual purification rite consisting of the "sacrifice" of 27 straw puppets to the river god of Tiber.

Mercuralia in honour of Mercury,
Roman Empire Mercuralia is a Roman celebration known also as the 'Festival of Mercury'. Mercury was thought to be the god of merchants and commerce.

On May 15 merchants would sprinkle their heads, their ships and merchandise, and their businesses with water taken from the well at Porta Capena. Mercury is a Roman god, also known as the Roman god of trade, profit and commerce

1936 Wavy Gravy born: Paul Krassner called him "The illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Teresa".

Wavy Gravy, or Hugh Romney as he was born (he got his nickname from BB King), is a clown, philanthropist and cult hero of the Californian counter culture circa 1960s. He is the founder of the famed hippie commune the Hog Farm but he is probably best known worldwide as the Master of Ceremonies at Woodstock (1969) andthe second Woodstock in 1994.

Wavy is a life-long activist for peace and personal empowerment, and the official clown of the Grateful Dead. Born in New York, in 1962 he moved to California at the request of Lenny Bruce, who became his part-time manager