May starts with a holiday, May Day, that is actually two completely different holidays with the same name, one being a rather giddy affair involving begarlanded youths dancing around a flower-strewn pole (which, let's face it, was obviously a pagan fertility rite), and the other is a Communist celebration of the worker that is more like Labor Day, except that it tends to feature rather militaristic parades instead of barbecues and family reunions. To each his own! Speaking of barbecues (and, why not, military parades), May has the ever-popular Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning of summer, as well as Mother's Day. Could there be any more reasons to celebrate in May? Heck, yeah!
Monthly Observances
May is National Allergy / Asthma Awareness Month, although I believe I became aware of my allergies a little earlier this year, thanks. It is also the National Month for Arthritis, Barbecue, Bikes, Eggs, Foster Care, Good Car-Keeping (so keep your National Egg Month celebrations far away, please), Hamburgers, Hepatitis Awareness, Meditation, Mental Health, Military Appreciation, Moving, Osteoporosis Prevention, Physical Fitness and Sports, Physiotherapy, Preservation, Salad, Salsa, Smiles, Stroke Awareness, Revising Your Work Schedule, and Vinegar (good timing, with the salad and all, I must say). It's also National Photo Month, so make sure you take pictures of those nicely-kept cars and your favorite hamburgers.
May is also International Audit Month (eek!), as well as the International Month for Business Image Improvement, Victorious Women (yay!) and Lyme Disease Awareness, so if you are being audited and you point out the weird, bullseye-shaped rash on your auditor's leg, she will be treated in time to become victorious over her Lyme Disease and will certainly give you a pass on the audit out of gratitude, thereby improving your business image. Snaps for Lyme Disease Awareness!
Weirdest Holiday: I couldn't decide between National Two Different Colored Shoes Day (3rd) and Slugs Return from Capistrano Day (28th), although I am at no loss to determine which one would be easier to observe.
May Traditions
Flower: lily of the valley - humility, sweetness
Birthstone: emerald - tranquility, luck in love
Taurus's gem: emerald
Zodiac sign: Taurus (1-21) and Gemini (22-31; see June for details). Taurus the Bull is an earth sign, as stable and immovable as the ground under your feet. Also immovable is the bull, who has a reputation for stubbornness. On the good side, that translates into stick-to-it-iveness, loyalty, and reliability, but Taureans may have a hard time adapting to change or seeing other points of view. Best friends: Virgo and Capricorn. Best love matches: Pisces, Scorpio and Cancer.
Famous Birthdays: Bing Crosby (2nd), Audrey Hepburn (4th), Karl Marx (5th), Willie Mays (6th), Billy Joel (9th), Yogi Berra (11th), Stevie Wonder (13th), Liberace (16th), Pope John Paul II (18th), Cher (20th), Bob Dylan (24th), Miles Davis (25th), Vincent Price (27th), Gladys Knight (28th), John F. Kennedy (29th), Clint Eastwood (31st).
Catholic Feast Days
1- St Brieuc, St Marculf, St Peregrine Laziosi, St Sigismund of Burgundy
2 -St Athanasius of Alexandria, Sts Exsuperius & Zoe, Ste Mafalda, St Wiborada
3- Our Lady of Czestochowa, St James the Less, St Philip
4 -St Florian, Ste Pelegia of Tarsus
5 -St Aventine, Ste Judith, St Hilary of Arles
6 -Ste Ava, St John Before the Latin Gate
7 -St Domitian, St John of Beverly
8 -St Victor Maurus, St Wiro
9- St Tudy, St Pachomius
10- St Cathal, St Job, Ste Solangia
11- St Gengulf, St Claudian Mamertus
12- St Dominic of the Causeway, St Francis Patrizzi, St Pancras
13- Ste Imelda, St Servais, the Blessed Dame Juliana of Norwich, Ste Rolanda
14- St Boniface of Tarsus, St Matthias, the Blessed Giles of Portugal
15- Ste Dymphna, Ste Hallvard, St Isidore the Farmer
16- St Brendan, St Honoratus, St John Nepomucen, St Simon Stock, St Ubald
17- St Madern, St Paschal Baylon
18- St Eric, St Theodotus, St Venantius
19- St Celestine V, St Dunstan, Ste Pudentiana, St Yves
20- St Bernardino of Siena, St Ethelbert
21- St Constantine the Great, St Eugene de Mazenod, St Godric
22- Ste Juliana of Corsica, Ste Rita of Cascia
23- St Didier, St William of Rochester
24- Our Lady, Help of Christians; Ste Sara; Ste Joanna
25- St Bede, St Urban I St Gregory VII, St Zenobius
26- Ste Mariana de Paredes y Flores, Ste Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, St Philip Neri
27- St Augustine of Canterbury, the Blessed Bartholomea Bagnesi
28- St Bernard of Montjoux, St Germanus
29- Ste Bona
30- St Ferdinand III, Ste Joan of Arc, St Walstan
31-Our Lady of High Grace, Ste Petronilla
The fun isn't confined to May! Check out these other months:
January - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html
March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html
April - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html
June - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-june-birthday-holidays-traditions.html
July - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-july-birthday-july-holidays.html
August - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/07/your-august-birthday-august-holidays.html
September - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2019/08/your-september-birthday-september.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
November - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/10/your-november-birthday-november.html
December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html
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