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On 1.5.2026 20.19, *skriptis wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1szqajn/when_international_workers_day_or_labour_day_is/
This requires elaborating.
Although the colours might say something else, the Finnish 1st of May is exactly the same as it is in Sweden. Where it's copied from. The lineage
of Valborg is: medieval celebration of spring (booze and sex) -> when Christianity spread like wildfire, celebration of that was attached to
the pagan rites (more cause for booze and sex). St Valborg was a British
nun spreading the word in continental Europe (=Germany), I hear.
In medieval times Finnskies joined Sweden to gain security against the Novgorods. Not one drop of blood was shed for that loss of independence.
As a reward, Swedes started whipping some manners into the hapless
Finnskies. That way Christianity, and Valborg, was rooted into the
hinterland.
Later, when order was established, Valborg became a student thing (booze
and sex). First in Sweden, then in the one (=1) university the Swedes established in the hinterland.
Only in the late nineteenth century and onwards was the worker movement
a thing. In the 20th century workers joined forces with students to
celebrate booze and sex. And some Valborg and the Socialist
International too.
The Finnish 1st of May has the exact same roots and traditions 1st of
May has in the rest of Protestant Europe. Only perhaps more booze.
Can't say why Britain is coloured yellow. Since they were Norwegians
before becoming French, I would assume they would have had much of the
same spring rites (booze and sex) in them as well. Observing British
tourists (on any given day) in Spain would seem to confirm that.
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"And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
-- Traditional
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