May 1st, May Day ushers in a traditional celebration of flowers and spring. A popular ritual was harvesting flowers & giving them to neighbors & strangers in cone shaped baskets. These May Baskets became known as May Day Baskets. The tradition is observed by hanging a cone shaped basket full of flowers or other gifts on the outside doorknob, then knocking or ringing the doorbell & running away. English tradition celebrated by crowning a May Queen & dancing around a maypole.