Last year I wrote about a small mound which appeared to have become the object of some veneration (http://hessary.com/2018/03/22/a-new-kitty-jay/). This morning I saw that it’s been visited again.
Looking back at old photos I note that they were taken on 14th March 2018 and 9th March 2017. I don’t have any older so my dataset is rather limited, but it’s clear that I’m looking for some event in early March being commemorated.
The feast day of St Piran is 5th of March: we’re near Cornwall and there are traces of mining activity on the Down. I don’t think that this is a likely candidate.
According to various “language of flowers” websites a red tulip signifies perfect love. It’s also apparently the flower for an eleventh wedding anniversary.
I suspect that we’re seeing the appropriation of an existing “monument” for a new commemoration, something for which there are numerous precedents.
Next year I will stake out the site in good time to catch the flower scatterers and ask, delicately of course, what the story is.