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Apr 30, 2021 · The 1st May is la Fête du Travail (Labor Day) – possibly the only public holiday in France where almost everything is closed for the day!
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Apr 30, 2006 · It's la Fête du Muguet! Today, commerçants are handing out the friendship flowers: the butcher (who should be off work, non?) is offering un ...

Lily of the valley

Plant
Lily of the valley, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Convallaria majalis
Order: Lilies
Long associated with spring, renewal and luck, lily of the valley is given as a gift in France on 1 May, a public holiday known as La Fête du Muguet.
May 1, 2023 · These flowers smell heavenly, and their scent is popular in soaps and lotions. However, all parts of the plant and flower are poisonous, so no ...
A charming, instantly seductive fragrance, Muguet du Bonheur (also) has the merit of being elegant: blending cedar, moss and patchouli, its chypre sillage ...
This tradition is typically a French custom but Belgians also observe the custom. During the holiday anyone can sell flowers without a vendor's license. Between ...
Apr 25, 2023 · As decreed by King Charles IX of France, on this day anyone in France can legally sell muguet and any flowers without a license to sell...
Apr 29, 2019 · It is customary to give bouquets of lily-of-the-valley (du muguet) as a gesture of friendship, appreciation, or luck to family and friends.
In the Middle Ages, the lily of the valley was considered one of the first flowers of spring; and when it was harvested, it was said to "chase away the winter".