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April 25, 2021

A home-crafted May basket made of a plastic cup and colorful tissue-paper flowers.

May Baskets

The tradition of the May basket is a way of welcoming spring and celebrating companionship that is sadly passing from cultural memory in contemporary society. In the U.S., the custom had its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and while it has… Read More »May Baskets