Happy May Day..... « How-To Geek Forums

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......to you all. I want to see you all dancing round those poles today :)

Posted 7 months ago #

Smashpmk712

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Lighthouse, is this a holiday in France?

Posted 7 months ago #

Lighthouse

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Hi Smash. It's a holiday in Europe & America & various other places. Goes back to just after the beginning of mankind

Posted 7 months ago #

Smashpmk712

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You know I don't think i had ever heard of it until now. but I suppose i could have just searched on Google for it. I did and found good ole' wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day look at the part about the Americas. I guess thats where doorbell ditching came from .....

Posted 7 months ago #

Lighthouse

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doorbell ditching?

Posted 7 months ago #

Smashpmk712

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when you ring the doorbell and hide in the bushes and laugh. kids in the USA do it for fun .... not so fun for the receiving party

Posted 7 months ago #

jack7h3r1pp3r

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i have never celebrated may day before

Posted 7 months ago #

Lighthouse

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jack. you must get out more :)

Posted 7 months ago #

ScottW

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Lighthouse, we never celebrated May Day in my house growing up. And while it is known here in America, it gets very little play on the news or in schools and offices. So, for those to whom May Day is a big deal, I'm interested to know what does it mean to you? I can read the wikipedia article but that won't tell me what it means to real people and how it is received in different countries. So, please, enlighten me.

Posted 7 months ago #

Scott

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I doubt it was coincidence this happened today,
http://www.reuters.com/article.....38;sp=true

Posted 7 months ago #

jack7h3r1pp3r

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hey i get out enough but ya know i gotta hold it down on here too. ;)

Posted 7 months ago #

Smashpmk712

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@jack, I think that lighthouse was saying that you need to get out more if you have not heard of may day not that you are on HTG too much.

Posted 7 months ago #

jack7h3r1pp3r

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well i knew about it i have just never celebrated any think for it

Posted 7 months ago #

Lighthouse

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@ScottW. It is nowadays mostly only celebrated in small villages, and the dancing done by children.
But it also a special time for getting married, as it is a celebration of fertility.

Posted 7 months ago #