Thursday 18 May 2017

Things Which You Never Knew About the Month of May


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How many did you know about month of May so here is the great opportunity to grab few important information related to this month of May

May is derived from Latin Word Maius and name of the goddess Maia’

May was the 3rd Month in Roman calendar however after adding January and February It became 5th

May is the Month of great celebration

May Moon named  Flower Moon as it is the time when Flower emerge and crop being to sprout


There is an old saying that may dew have magic properties and that anyone who has washed their face in it will have a beautiful complexion all through the year. This dew was supposed to be able to remove freckles and also spots and pimples

I have found this Interesting Phrases on Internet related to May
“A wet May makes a big load of hay. A cold May is kindly and fills the barn finely”

"A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay"

“Mist in May, Heat in June Makes harvest come right soon”




"If you wash a blanket in May; you will wash one of the families away."

"Those who bathe in May will soon be laid in Clay"

May born Birthstone is Emerald and there is no doubt why as it is all green around

May was once considered a bad luck month to get married. There is a poem that says "Marry in May and you'll rue the day".

The Roman poet Ovid had another idea: May, he said, was named for the maiores (the elders) and June for the iuniores (youth).

April Showers Bring May Flowers


May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

January of the following year always begins and ends on the same day of the week as May of the current year.


May is the month of Music in New Zealand.




Celebration Around the globe in the month of May

  • First Saturday:Kentucky, United States, the Kentucky Derby
  • Second Sunday: Mother's Day in Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.
  • Second Saturday: World Fair Trade Day is celebrated.
  • Third Saturday:The Preakness Stakes is run, second jewel in the triple crown of horse racing.
  • Last Sunday: Mother's Day in Algeria, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, and Tunisia
  • Last Monday: In the United States, Memorial Day, a public holiday, is on May 29, but observed on the last Monday in May.

Quotes for May.


Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May -William Shakespeare.

You are as welcome as the flower in the May-Charles Macklin.

As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.-William Shakespeare 




Stay safe and keep yourself healthy spread love around and keep travelling 
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