Wednesday Medley ~ May Day

Found another fun meme to partake in. Head on over to Your Friend From Florida..... for other participants. Here is a medley of questions you may choose to answer on your Wednesday blog. There aren't any rules and there is no obligation. Link up if you want to. I'm doing this to fill my Wednesday and if you are interested, then I invite you to join in!! It might be fun!!

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MAY DAY

May Day is observed annually on May 1. In many ancient calendars, May 1 was the first day of summer. This was a cause for celebration. One of the more popular rituals was harvesting flowers and giving them to neighbors and strangers in cone-shaped baskets. These “May Baskets” become more commonly known as “May Day Baskets”. The current tradition is observed by hanging a cone-shaped basket full of flowers or other gifts on the outside doorknob, then knocking or ringing the doorbell and run away.

May Day has been a traditional day of celebration for centuries, with some of the earliest appearings in pre-Christian times. In English tradition, May Day is celebrated by crowning a May Queen and dancing around a maypole. The Finnish tradition is a carnival-type celebration in the streets that includes a special type of lemonade that is made with lemons, brown sugar and yeast. In France, it is correct to give people either dogwood or lily of the valley to celebrate May Day. In Italy, a seasonal feast is held to celebrate the arrival of spring.

While different countries have different ways to celebrate May Day, it is truly a celebration of spring.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Use #MayDay when posting on Social Media. Participate in the May Day tradition of hanging baskets of flowers on doors.

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1. Ahhh... May Day!! Happy May! Did you celebrate this when you were a child by dancing around a Maypole or leaving flowers on someone's porch? Will you be celebrating a special occasion in May? I have heard about the Maypole, and have left flowers on peoples porches before... if I wasn't working today I would try and do this. The only thing being celebrated this month for us is Mother's Day.

(There are so many other things being celebrated today that I 

think we need to give them some attention, too!)

2. National Mother Goose Day was founded in 1987. Can you name a nursery rhyme that would fit your life as it was in 1987? If you are a youngster and not yet born in 1987, you may pass, of course, but do you have a favorite nursery rhyme? HERE is a list of nursery rhymes. Rock-A-Bye Baby - I was pregnant with my first son in '87

3. National Chocolate Parfait Day is also honored on this day. Parfait means perfect in French. Tell us about a perfect day, in your mind, and would/could it end with a chocolate parfait? A perfect day would be a day spent at the beach with friends, and then to cool off after a day in the sun, a nice chocolate parfait!

4. National School Principal's Day was founded to celebrate these school administrators who support and guide quality teachers and staff to provide productive learning environments for our children. Did you have a good Principal when you were in school? Do you remember his/her name? I had several over the years during my school years, they all were good the only one I can remember the name of is Jack Swanson

5. And perhaps the most important one is Silver Star Service Banner Day which honors the sacrifices of the combat wounded, ill, and dying service members from all branches of the military. Do you have family members who have served this country in uniform? Tell us about them, if you will. I have a few family members who are serving and have served.. but I am going to talk about one very special to me... my baby boy, Trent. He is in the home stretch of his 6 year term with the Army National Guard. He shocked and surprised us when he enlisted before he even graduated High school... he went right after he turned 18. Its been a long 6 years and he is ready to be done. Love my military boy!

6. It's Hump Day! How is your week going so far? So far its been a "ugh" kind of week.. still battling a cold/cough that won't go away. Ready for it to just leave my body! I want to get outside and start on the yard, but getting short winded< too easily with minimal exertion is no fun!