13 Things About May

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂   

Last week, I had my trivia class at work and the topic I chose was about the Month of May. I based my questions on those from this video. I then looked for other trivia on different sites. Click here, here and here for more. 

1. No US President has died during the month of May.
2. May is known as the Month of Flowers and as the Merry Month.
3. The Empire State Building opened in May 1931.
4. No other month of the year starts and ends on the same days of the week as May.
5. Blue Jeans were invented in May of 1873 by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
6. At one point, May was once considered a bad luck month to get married. There was a poem that said, "Marry in May and you'll rue the day."
7. May is named after the Greek goddess Maia, the Greek Goddess of Spring. The Romans had a similar goddess named Bona Dea where they would hold a festival in the month of May for her.
8. In the US, the last week of May is library and information week.
9. In the UK, May is National Smile month.
10. Colors associated with May celebrations are green and yellow.
11. May 1 in France is known as "Fėte du Muguet," meaning "Lily of the Valley Day." Lily of the valley is the birth flower for May.
12. The May Day celebration is known for dancing around the pole.
13. In the Southern Hemisphere, May occurs in the fall.