MAY
By the time May comes around, the spring flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, and life is starting to seem a little more joyful day by day!
If you’re on the other side of the world, in the southern hemisphere, then it’s a time when summer is long gone. The fall winds have swept by, and the nights are getting colder and darker.
It’s a time of change, yet still delightfully warm.
Again, May is a time of change, no matter where in the world you are.
What is it about May that’s so significant though? Let’s take a look at this a-may-zing month!
-The name May is the modern-day English adaption of the Latin word Maius, which has origins going back to the time of the ancient Greeks. They named the month of May (or Maius) after the Greek goddess of growth.
-A Roman poet by the name of Ovid had different ideas surrounding the etymology of the naming of May. He claimed that it was from the word Maiores, the Latin for “elders,” that the month gained its name.
-The word May wasn’t actually used until the middle ages were on their way out, around the 15th Century AD. Up until then, the Roman word Maius was still used.
-May used to have a very different name in Old English. Back then, the month was referred to as the “month of three milkings.” Unsurprisingly, this meant that during this month, you could milk your
cows up to three times per day!
Source: https://www.thefactsite.com/may-facts/
