{"id":14547,"date":"2012-05-01T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:06:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:06:20","slug":"joyeuse-fete-du-premier-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/joyeuse-fete-du-premier-mai\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyeuse F\u00eate du Premier Mai!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Joyeuse f\u00eate du premier mai \u00e0\u00a0vous tous !<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, you all know that today is\u00a0<em><strong>la f<strong>\u00ea<\/strong>te du travail\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(the\u00a0<strong>International Workers&#8217; Day<\/strong>), a celebration which takes place nearly everywhere in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But did you know that the\u00a0<strong>First of May<\/strong>\u00a0is also the special date of another celebration in\u00a0<strong>France<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong><em>R\u00e9fl\u00e9chissez<\/em>\u00a0un petit peu\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(think for a little bit)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No? You never, ever, heard of it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Well,\u00a0<em><strong>mes amis<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>that French celebration is actually called\u00a0<strong><em>la f<strong>\u00eate du Muguet\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(the Lily of the Valley Celebration), which is at the very least\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>450 years old<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_gUToHvv8rI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_gUToHvv8rI<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet du premier mai<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(May First&#8217;s Lily of the Valley)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Anny et Jean-Marc Versini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Il sort le bout de son nez<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It sticks its nose out<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Quand arrive le mois de mai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When comes the month of May<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Refrain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chorus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet, le mugue<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Lily of the Valley, The Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet du premier mai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May First&#8217;s Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>On le cueille dans la for\u00eat<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is picked in the forest<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Pour en faire un gros bouquet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To make a big bouquet out of it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet, le mugue<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Lily of the Valley, The Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet du premier mai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May First&#8217;s Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Il est toujours bien venu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is always welcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Et fleurit au coin des rues<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And blooms in the corner of the streets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet, le mugue<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Lily of the Valley, The Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet du premier mai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May First&#8217;s Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C\u2019est un vrai porte-bonheur<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is a true lucky charm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>C\u2019est la plus jolie des fleurs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s the prettiest of all flowers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet, le mugue<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Lily of the Valley, The Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Le muguet du premier mai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May First&#8217;s Lily of the Valley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Je l\u2019ai mis dans le salon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I put it in the living room<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Il parfume la maison<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It perfumes the house<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"301\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/titrepremiermai.gif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Joyeuse f\u00eate du premier mai \u00e0\u00a0vous tous ! Of course, you all know that today is\u00a0la f\u00eate du travail\u00a0(the\u00a0International Workers&#8217; Day), a celebration which takes place nearly everywhere in the world&#8230; But did you know that the\u00a0First of May\u00a0is also the special date of another celebration in\u00a0France? R\u00e9fl\u00e9chissez\u00a0un petit peu\u00a0(think for a little bit)&#8230; No?&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/joyeuse-fete-du-premier-mai\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14547","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14547"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28383,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions\/28383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}