The 1st of May in France is celebrated as May Lily Holiday. On this day May lilies are sold throughout the country. People give them to each other as presents. A flower of May lily is considered to bring luck, that's why people keep these flowers.

Formerly there was a popular belief in France that it was on the 1st of May when plants and different objects gained salutary magic qualities. The dew collected on the 1st of May before the dawn was particularly valued, because it was considered to soften the skin and prevents skin diseases. An indispensable detail of all the May ceremonies was a tree, tree branches, and bouquets. As a sign of friendship, respect, and love people gave each other hawthorn, oak and poplar. Girls of bad temper received holly, and lazy ones were given elder twigs.

And what May holidays do you celebrate in your country? Waiting for your comments.