Topic Posted by: starfish
Date Posted: Thu May 1 10:06:29 2008
Additional Comments: When I was in grade school (late 50s & early 60s) we would celebrate May Day each year on May 1. We'd make baskets as part of an art lesson, fill them with flowers, then deposit them anonymously on the doorstep of a friend or neighbor. It was such a sweet & simple way to say "thinking of you", while sharing a few of the early spring blooms from one's garden. Fast forward 50 years. I currently live within walking distance of the "old neighborhood", and no such neighborliness exists today. Truth be told, if the neighborhood youths left an anonymous package on one's doorstep today, one would probably call out the "Bomb and Arson Squad"! Does anyone else have any reminiscences of May Day to share, or have those traditions now gone the way of the dinosaur??
Posted by: Gail M Date posted: Fri May 2 0:21:13 2008
Message: Mr. Gail was telling me today that when he was a kid (he tells me this every May Day lol) his sisters and mother and he would make May baskets and take them to their neighbors. I was raised in the city and don't remember ever doing it. But it sure sounds like a wonderful thing to do!
Posted by: Tori Date posted: Thu May 1 23:14:59 2008
Message:
I remember making May baskets in lower elementary school....that was a long, long time ago.
Posted by: katiesbeach Date posted: Thu May 1 16:00:38 2008
Message: It's hubby's birthday.....so I am spoiling him the way that he deserves!
Posted by: Doopy Date posted: Thu May 1 12:45:46 2008
Message:
I was thinking of this just this morning. We used to talk about the maypole dance, but never did it. I thought it would be fascinating to weave the ribbons, as they used to.
We would make little baskets out of pipe cleaner and cupcake papers, and fill them with little things like jellybeans and peanuts. NObody I know of besides me ever did any of this. Must have been a small town '60's thing. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there with these memories!
Posted by: mags Date posted: Thu May 1 11:45:51 2008
Message:
I was just on my cell phone with my sister. She works one day a week in an Antique Store. She told me some little kids were filing by the front door. They were from the Montessori School and each child had a flower ring on their head. She said they were all adorable.
The only memory I have is from college. Part of our college was a conservatory of music. Some of the girls from their part of the college did the Maypole Dance every May 1st. It was interesting and fun to watch.
