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English origin1599
English origin1599The merry month of May.
Meaning: May's arrival brings renewal and joy, celebrated as nature's most vibrant and hopeful season for growth.
Origin: May was the season of May Day dancing, maypoles and courting. Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday (1599) includes a song beginning "O, the month of May, the merry month of May," and the composer William Byrd set words about "this sweet and merry month of May."
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