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While in France, May Day is generally associated to Labour Day and International Workers' Day, it is also a traditional spring holiday celebrated in a number of countries from the Northern hemisphere — a Celtic heritage taking its roots in an old Pagan festival (Beltane) to mark the transition from dark to light season as opposed to Samain or Halloween (see Related articles). However, for those of us who are neither unionists, Satanists nor even tribalistic, it's usually the opportunity to enjoy an extra day off to go and pick lilies of the valley in the woods and smell their magical fragrance (that is when the weather's fine otherwise you're most likely to pick up slugs instead). A bit like what I had envisioned for my second cousin Margot (a teenager now) in the above picture I designed ages ago.

Happy May Day!

Ey@el