May Day is called 'le premier mai' ('May the 1st') in French.
Le premier mai
its called poo
May 1st.
*** Observed Days *** ----------------------------------------------------------- Country Event 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------- France New Year's Day Sun, Jan 1 France Daylight Saving Time begins Sun, Mar 25 France Good Friday Fri, Apr 6 France Easter Day Sun, Apr 8 France Easter Monday Mon, Apr 9 France Deportation Remembrance Day Sun, Apr 29 France Labour Day Tue, May 1 France WWII Armistice Day Tue, May 8 France Fête de Jeanne d'Arc Sun, May 13 France Ascension Day Thu, May 17 France Pentecost (Whit Sunday) Sun, May 27 France Monday of Pentecost Mon, May 28 France Fête des Mères Sun, Jun 3 France Fête des Pères Sun, Jun 17 France National Day Sat, Jul 14 France Assumption Wed, Aug 15 France Daylight Saving Time ends Sun, Oct 28 France All Saints' Day Thu, Nov 1 France WWI Armistice Day Sun, Nov 11 France Christmas Day Tue, Dec 25 -----------------------------------------------------------
la Rentrée
"Present-day" means right now. France is called France now.
Even though Gaul was divieded into three parts in Caesar's day, it is now united and called France.
Present day France was then called Gaul. Gallic is the adjective we use today.
ya may day is nothing but which is celebrated on may 1st
The first of november, it is called la Toussaint (All-saints day)
liberation of Europe
They are called "stages" in English, "étapes" in French.
Mothers Day in France is the last Sunday of the May unless Pentecost is on the same day, in which case it is the first Sunday in June. This year it is on June 7th because Pentecost is on May 31.