NEWS May 2019
MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
Do you know the story about the expression "MAYDAY"?
You have probably already heard in a film, a pilot shouting "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY!" when he was in danger.
BUT WHY?
The story starts in the 1920s, when a senior radio officer, Frederick Mockford was in charge of choosing an expression for the distress call.
At that time, he was working with French pilots who crossed the Channel from Le Bourget airport to Croydon airport.
So, he decided to choose an expression that was easy to understand by everybody.
MAYDAY ~ M'AIDER
So, it comes from "Venez m'aider"!
Funny, isn't it? And you? Do you know other expressions that come from French?
MAY BASKETS
What is a May basket? Where does this tradition come from?
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This is an old tradition which dates back to the 19th and 20th centuries, May Basket Day celebrations took place all across the nation: A reporter in the Sterling, Ill., Gazette in 1871 explained the seasonal ritual this way: "A May-basket is — well, I hardly know how to describe it; but 'tis something to be hung on a door. Made of paper generally, it contains almost anything, by way of small presents you have in mind to put in it, together with your respects, best wishes — love, perhaps. It is hung after dark at the door of anybody the hanger fancies. — Which done, the said hanger knocks and scampers." The writer went on to say, in the spirit of the times, that if a boy hangs a May basket on a girl's door and the girl catches him, "it's a great disgrace." If a girl is the hanger, "it disgraces the boy again not to catch her." Source: NPR |
On May 1st, American people traditionally offer paper May baskets filled with sweets or flowers.
They usually leave them on the doorstep or hang them to their family or friends' doorknobs.
Lovers can also make May baskets to show their love to each other.
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Nice ones, aren't they?
What about you? Are you a D.I.Y person? Can you make a May Day basket?
Here is a site where you can practise and create a nice May Day basket:
https://printables4kids.com/may-day-basket-craft-pattern/may-day-basket-craft-pattern-2/
Try it and send me your picture!
K.L
A NEW ROYAL BABY
Well...the Duchess of Sussex, a.k.a Meghan MARKLE has given birth to a Royal baby, and it's a boy!
Listen to Prince Harry to hear about his feelings, what he thinks about his wife and his son.
But... what's his name?
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The MET GALA
The Costume Institute Gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the biggest event on the fashion fundraising calendar.
The Met Gala always takes place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The night begins with a cocktail hour, in which guests walk the red carpet and explore the new exhibition,
before sitting down to dinner and the evening's performance, which this year came courtesy of Cher.
Source: VOGUE
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