[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you remember&celebrate ...

[Eleanor]

Every year on May 1st my Dad would go out into the woods and pick some wild 
flowers and bring them in to my Mother.

Eleanor Haas

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Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you 
remember&celebrate ...


>I remember May Day at public school in Kirkwood, MO (Pitman) making little
> craft paper baskets each year and decorating them, I think they held paper
> flowers too - but only took mine home to mom - and no memory of whether 
> she
> liked it.  Was never allowed out of the yard, except to go to school, so
> don't have any knowledge of going to anyone else's house with one.    May
> Day at high school, senior year, all girls would dress in a formal and 
> parade
> around in an outdoor ceremony (there was a large tree in the center  of a
> natural bowl in front of the school - the tree since killed and the bowl
> filled in - with crepe paper wound around the tree) except I didn't have a
> formal, so I just took pictures.    There was a May Queen crowned  that 
> day as
> well, with her King and her Court, and those girls all had huge  bouquets.
> .
>
> I do still have the craft paper multi-colored interlocked rings which all
> the kids made and the birthday child got to keep (if you had a birthday
> during  the school year) and wear home, lei style.  It has pretty much
> disintegrated now, but I still remember how lovely that was!   I think 
> that was in
> kindergarten.  I'd like to know where that tradition came  from.
>
> I like your version better!
>
> Maureen
>
>
> In a message dated 5/1/2009 7:33:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> walters.cathy at yahoo.com writes:
>
> My grand  fathers 1st cousin Edward Rossin of Winona,MN would hold May Day
> dances in his  barn with polka bands for about 10 years til 1933.In my
> Rochester,MN  neighborhood we made popcorn and candy,put it on the 
> steps,knock
> and run to  avoid being kissed.Moving to Elgin,MN  1977 we continued that
> tradition  and when we moved to the other side of town in 1989,teachers 
> were
> also hoping  to get goodies.Though my neighborhood children are grown and 
> lead
> busy lives  and may have forgotten, new children are in the neighborhood I
> still continue  it with May Day bags with Happy May Day written on it,my
> oldest grand gives to  her friends-8th grade.Do you remember that old 
> tradition
> and keep it alive?  Was your tradition different? Cathy in Elgin,MN
> Happy May Day!
>
>
> ALWAYS A ROSE
>
>
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