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Why the French Give Strangers Flowers on the First of May
On the first of May, something unusual happens across France. Strangers offer each other small bunches of white flowers. Florists set up on street corners without a licence. Neighbours who barely speak reach over garden walls with a sprig. Nobody finds this strange. They have been doing it for centuries. Photo: Ivar Leidus via Wikimedia…
