Daily Holidays - May 31

[Sherman A1]

National Macaroon Day Macaroons are flourless, often almond-based light cakes, made with whipped egg-whites and sugar (sometimes also with coconut, potato starch or nuts), and date back to a 9th century Italian monastery. Enjoy Macaroon Day by making your own macaroons from scratch – try adding cinnamon, ginger, hazelnuts or chocolate! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/macaroon-day/

Save Your Hearing Day Save Your Hearing Day is our yearly reminder to turn down the dial and to listen to the birds chirping outside our windows, for a change. Its originator is unknown, but bless our eardrums, he did us a great service, because how would we otherwise have been able to tell teenagers to turn off that noise? https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/save-your-hearing-day/

World No-Tobacco Day No Tobacco Day is a day to draw attention to the negative effects of tobacco and smoking, where each year the WHO awards individuals and organisations who make an exceptional contribution to the reduction of smoking and tobacco consumption. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/no-tobacco-day/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/may31.html

[Bad Dog]

1. We've always called it Whitsuntide.

Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three vacation weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitsun

[Sherman A1]

2. That's a new one to me!

Thanks for adding it to the thread! The more the merrier!!!

[Bad Dog]

3. I remember it coming up at school when I studied Gawain and the Green Knight.

It's one of the five festivals when Arthur held court: Easter, Ascension, Whitsun, All Saints and Christmas.

[bigwillq]

4. Last day of May

Wow

[Sherman A1]

6. Yeah,

This month seemed to fly by..... April drug on forever, but May was at warp speed.

[femmocrat]

5. Walt Whitman's birthday today:

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/walt-whitman.html

[Sherman A1]

7. I like that quote

Thank You for posting.