tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post7543148842060508188..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: May DayLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-51510431026093224572008-05-06T05:37:00.000-05:002008-05-06T05:37:00.000-05:00Now that is something I have not thought about in ...Now that is something I have not thought about in years. I remember making one for the neighbors on our block. They were just flowers no candy. Of course, we picked them from their own yards. The Chemistry teacher's wife loved hers; she did have flowers in her yard. Sigh. No one does them any more.Bevsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547853947223540228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-49139201073499021312008-05-02T14:17:00.000-05:002008-05-02T14:17:00.000-05:00It must not be a hispanic thing, Laura; I've never...It must not be a hispanic thing, Laura; I've never heard of them.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I know all about Cinco de Mayo....dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-82552903350106139552008-05-02T13:36:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:36:00.000-05:00I do remember making May Day baskets. We did that ...I do remember making May Day baskets. We did that for several years. Then when we reached high school, May Day became the day our parents came to watch us race and do exercises, and one lucky group got to dance around the May Pole while the rest of us sweated in our gym clothes.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-60855490839096078122008-05-02T09:36:00.000-05:002008-05-02T09:36:00.000-05:00Oh yes, I do remember making May Baskets. In fact...Oh yes, I do remember making May Baskets. In fact, I remember big May Day celebrations at school. The 8th grade girls got the honor of plaiting the May Pole, wearing matching pink, blue, or yellow dresses. I did so long to be one of them. Alas, we moved before I got to 8th grade and my new school hardly noticed May Day. I still feed cheated. I know I would have been great at moving those ribbons in and out, over and under.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-58774512642952069262008-05-01T23:34:00.000-05:002008-05-01T23:34:00.000-05:00Closest I've ever gotten to a May basket is a flam...Closest I've ever gotten to a May basket is a flaming bag of poo - on Halloween. As for the final efforts in the May Basket ritual, sounds awfully like the prelude to a stalking charge. Ah, I suspect modern society has taken its toll on innocent tradition...<BR/><BR/>On a brighter note, literally, while returning from a trip to the Borg this evening to look at patio stones, unknown assailants had placed some 20 odd fluorescent pink flamigos on a neighbors lawn, accompanied by a sign which read, "You've been flocked".<BR/><BR/>I'm concluding they have teen-agers at home...Dr. Knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035212475787264261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-15700413033391835962008-05-01T22:59:00.000-05:002008-05-01T22:59:00.000-05:00Dog gone it now you've gone and done it ... every ...Dog gone it now you've gone and done it ... every April I think - Boy I ought to do some May Day flowers - and then I don't :<(<BR/><BR/>But .. as a kid we did do them just as described, except for a teacher and Mom ...<BR/><BR/>Next Year for sure!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-64676737885375060752008-05-01T22:29:00.000-05:002008-05-01T22:29:00.000-05:00I don't remember making May Day baskets in school,...I don't remember making May Day baskets in school, but it's possible we did. I'm sure we did something for the first of the month. Since I went to Catholic schools, our monthly activities tended to revolve around things like May Crownings (or Mother's Day). But neither of those are particularly strong associations for me. Ever since I learned about the history of the labor movement I have tended to associate the date more with that theme.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00163297234733313179noreply@blogger.com