print email comment close France Ushers in Spring With Muguet des Bois URL: http://frenchgardening.com/postcard.html?pid=3104967242182928 Description: Information about the celebration of May Day on May 1 in France. This national holiday, known as the "Fête du Travail" (worker's holiday), is commemorated by "the buying for oneself or one's loved ones or friends a pot or bouquet of lily of the valley (muguet des bois)." Part of a series of "Paris Postcards" written by an American expatriate living in Paris. Publisher: L'Atelier Vert — Everything French Gardening Extra Keywords fete flowers Library of Congress Subject Headings: France -- Social life and customs Holidays -- France May Day (Labor holiday) LII Database Information: Record 14416 created by Maria Brandt on 04/12/2005 Last modification on 04/26/2007 Published: 04/12/2005   Republished: 04/26/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14416