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May Day is May 1. According to the internet, May Day is celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers. In the 19th century, May Day took on a new meaning, as an International Workers' Day and grew out of the 19th century movement for an eight-hour work day in the United States.

Historians believe the first maypole dance originated as part of a fertility ritual, where the pole symbolized male fertility and baskets and wreaths symbolized female fertility. The maypole never really took root in America, where May Day celebrations were...