On the 1st May, every year, in France, we offer a bunch of “muguet” to the loved ones. It is a tradition dating back to 1560 when the King Charles IX received a sprig on the first of May when visiting the fields in the Drome county. The next year he offered some to the ladies of the court to wish them luck, and so it went!
When I was little, we usually celebrated the 1st of May with a parade, where every community could show off, and ended up on the soccer field of the district eating french fries and sausages.
And it is when I realized that an entire field of Lily of the valley was growing in my garden that I remembered….
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