May Day

It derives from the French "venez m'aider", meaning "come help me".

It's the first day may

Anywhere in the World

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It 31 days in this months

i am not a mathematician

On the first day of May a festival is held to celebrate spring. A May Queen is crowned and people dance around a May pole. In some countries it is a labor day celebration.

It says to do 2 things. 1. Always plan ahead. 2. (and) whenever planning ahead make sure to always plan to be "yourself"! ---- ---- ----

Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications, derived from the French m'aider, meaning "help me."

The period from May 12 to May 15 was noted to bring a brief spell of colder weather in the Northern Hemisphere under the Julian Calendar. With the change to the Gregorian Calendar, however, the equivalent days would be May 19-May 22.

Strangely enough, it started in the USA. On 1 May 1886 American Labor Unions organized a strike in favor of limiting working hours to an eight-hour day. In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International decided to may May 1st a special day for demonstrations. but it was a right-wing government that consolidated the festival; in 1941 the Vichy government, Hitler's puppet, declared May 1st the feast of labor and national concord. It was to be a day on which workers could stay home and must still be paid. The Vichy government created Mother's Day in France at the same time. These are among the few acts of that regime to remain in force after the war. Americans, just to be awkward, now celebrate Labor Day in September; and the British, who like all their holidays to be Mondays, keep May day on the first Monday in May. May 1 is also La Fête du Muguet, and the tradition is to give the ones you love a little bouquet of lily-of-the-valley, for good luck and to celebrate the arrival of spring. Originally the idea was to take the kids into the forest and lose them pick your own muguet together. Of course, in the city you will more likely buy it from the florist's, or better yet, from one of the countless stands that sprout up overnight on every street corner and every road in France, most of them doing this as a fundraiser for one cause or another.

On the eve of the 14th of July, people can attend various public balls in the evening, often held in fire brigade barracks, and many towns have fireworks. The next day (14th) is France's national day and all businesses are usually closed (a number of them are closed anyway for the summer holidays). It is very common for people to watch on TV (or on the spot for the Parisians) the military parade on the Champs-Elysées, and enjoy the day off. In the afternoon, a mountain stage of the Tour de France is certain to draw millions of telespectators.

People would celebrate by dancing around the May Pole.

- A Year 8 student who is asking everybody the same question

Seargeant Ravroski he was a Russian general in the 1800's

The 1st of May is not a major celebration in Ireland. The first Monday in May is now a bank holiday and the month of May is often seen as the start of summer in Ireland. In the past May Day was celebrated with things like bonfires as a symbol of the start of summer, but that is not done much now. It was known as Bealtaine, which is also the Irish language word for the month of May.

The U.S. and Canada celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September.

Labour Day is celebrated throughout the world on May 1.

Of course we do! 31st october, all of the little kids come out in their costumes and go trick or treating. Of course, as with every country there are people who don't participate in Halloween and/or don't agree with it (against religion etc) but there's no more than in any other country.

To see if you are naughty or nice. With Christmas looming, it's time to start being extra nice.
To see if you are bad or good

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maday in Albania is dita e vers i think

May Day in the former Soviet Union was "International Workers' Day." Parades on this date were to show the people that communism was making them strong by displaying their military hardware and manpower.

May Day or "International Workers' Day" (also known as "May Day") is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries. May Day was celebrated illegally in Russia until the February Revolution enabled the first legal celebration in 1917. The following year, after the Bolshevik seizure of power, the May Day celebrations were boycotted by Mensheviks, Left Socialist Revolutionaries and anarchists. It became an important official holiday of the Soviet Union, celebrated with elaborate popular parade in the centre of the major cities. The biggest celebration was traditionally organized on the Red Square, where the General Secretary of the CPSU and other party and government leaders stood atop Lenin's Mausoleum and waved to the crowds. It was celebration to show the people how strong the communism was by displaying their military, air force and navy hardware and manpower. Since 1992, May Day is officially called "The Day of Spring and Labour", and remains a major holiday in present-day Russia.

To celebrate the beginning of spring. In the past it was also a German Labor Day and a time when witches were very powerful.