A reminder about May Day

[Medusa]

Hummmm... Maybe that is what I need to stop these wrinkles.. I HOPE I remember to give that a try in the morning... hay, would it help (the rest of me) if I went out there naked and rolled around in the dew?

I thought of doing that myself but I don't want to scare people or damage their eyesight.

[kokopup]

Every year for as far back as I can remember our roadways have been lined with thick clover everywhere. Years ago my wife jokingly said we need to take a 'roll in the clover'. Every year since, when the clover comes out, I am reminded that we haven't had that roll yet. Maybe we can restore a lot of youth if we take that roll in the morning dew kissed clover tomorrow. It couldn't hurt to try, right

[Twisterdog]

Hmmm ... on May 1st in Wyoming, there is no dew, there is snow. Does that count?

[Medusa]

LOL No dew here this morning either, just rain.

[sirrahbed]

Showing my age but does anyone remember the custom of making paper cones of flowers and hanging them on doorknobs? I have an elderly neighbor I do this to - she is a retired school teacher and principal

I missed the morning dew - remember reading this last year - maybe next year

[Edwina's Secretary]

Showing my age but does anyone remember the custom of making paper cones of flowers and hanging them on doorknobs? I have an elderly neighbor I do this to - she is a retired school teacher and principal

I remember! We would ring the door bell and then hide so the neighbor would not know who brought the flowers!

[sirrahbed]

I remember! We would ring the door bell and then hide so the neighbor would not know who brought the flowers!

Exactly!! Can't believe I still get a kick out of this. I watch out the window while she comes to get them - she will tell me about it later and I play dumb She has so many ex-students in the area and thinks one of them still comes by. She will tell me how it is very old practice and who in the world remembers?? I don't even know where I got it - maybe from my mom or from a school teacher years ago - seems like it would be a craft project at school from what little I remember. I normally went to military dependent (DoD) schools so maybe that is where I learned it. I often wish kids still did this sort of thing.

[phesina]

When I lived in Cambridge, Mass., every May 1 I would see a bunch of Morris dancers prancing around the Maypole in Harvard Square. (I assume they're still at it.)

I think there's a group here in Ann Arbor, too. I wouldn't be surprised. If so, I don't know where they have their celebration, probably somewhere on the University campus.