Some interesting things to look forward to this month!

It is with regret that due to lack of ticket sales we have had to cancel the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. If you have bought a ticket and would like a refund then please contact us and we will arrange it as soon as possible.

I apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

Regards 

Jenny Luck

Don’t be Late!!!

For

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party!

Saturday 05th May

Salle Des Fetes Homméel,

Gratot 50200

15.30hrs

€7

To book tickets contact 02.33.69.01.05 or email csftickets@gmail.com

Jubilee Street Lunch

Come and celebrate on Saturday 02^nd June 2012

at

La Bas Chenay, Domfront 61700 from 12.30hrs

Lunch

Pimms

Pâté

Coronation Chicken

Couscous, salad and baby Tomatoes

Cheese

Trifle

Coffee and mints

(Vegetarian option available on request)

€12 Adults

€6 Children

Price includes lunch, an afternoon of entertainment and a donation to CSF Basse Normandie

To book your seat at our table or to ask a question contact Cecilia on 02.33.14.15.67 or 02.33.69.01.05 or e mail csftickets@gmail.com

Vide Greniers & Fetes

So the Vide Grenier season is starting to get into gear! Maybe you have a loft full of unwanted items to get rid of and make a few Euors for the summer holidays, or perhaps an afternoon's wonder looking at other people's unwanted items is appealing! 

The full list of Vide Greniers and Fetes is now available.

Here are some forthcoming dates....

April
15th - Courbeveille, St Georges Buttavent      

22nd - Sainte Suzanne

             La Rouaudiere

             Olivet 

28th - Laval 

29th - Boussey

           Chateau Gontier

           La Haie Traversaine

           Saint Quentin les Anges 

           Meral

           Montjean 

May 

1st - Evron, Sainte Suzanne, Beaulieu Sur Ouden

6th - Cosse en Champagne, St Hilaire du Maine, Montsurs, Saint Cyr en Pail

8th - Grez en Bouere, Montigne le Brilliant

13th - Chailland, Chateau Gontier, Chatelain, Fougerolles du Plessis, L'Huisserie, Laval, Louverne

           Saint Jean sur Mayenne 

17th - Laubrieres, Le Bignon du Maine, St Berthevin

20th - Pommerieux 

28th - Saint Pierre des Nid

June

3rd - Evron, Madre, Marigne Peuton, Saint Baudelle, St Berthevin

10th - Ahuille, Alexain, Laval 

16th - Craon ( books and old papers) 

APRIL - some interesting facts!!!

Gemstone : Diamond 
Flower : Sweet Pea

Where does the word April orginate from?

No one knows for certain how April got its name, but it may have come from the Latin word 'aperire' which means 'to open'. April is, after all, the month when in the northern hemisphere buds begin to open and things start to grow again after the winter.

The 23rd April is St. George’s Day . St. George is the Patron Saint of England

April begins with a day of fun and jokes - April Fool's Day. No one really knows when this custom began but it has been kept for hundreds of years.

The arrival of the cuckoo is the signal that spring has come. It arrives some time in mid April.

The cuckoo sings from St. Tiburtius' Day (14th April) to St John's Day (24th June). However in Worcestershire there is a saying that the cuckoo is never heard before Tenbury fair (April 21st), or after Pershore fair (June 26th). The difference in dates is because traditionally the bird arrives in different parts of the country during April.

Various April dates are called 'Cuckoo Day ' and some places hold 'Cuckoo Fairs'.

Marsden Cuckoo Day in West Yorkshire is an annual traditional festival that celebrates the arrival of spring. According to a local legend, Marsdeners used to try to prolong the cuckoo's stay by building a wall around its nest.

Heathfield Cuckoo Fair in East Sussex is an annual tradition of releasing a cuckoo to mark the beginning of summer. A tale of Heathfield Fair depicts an Old Woman releasing the Cuckoo from her basket, whereupon he "flies up England carrying warmer days with him".

Downton Cuckoo Fair is an annual traditional event held on the greens of the picturesque village of Downton, south of Salisbury, Wiltshire. The fair marks the "opening the gate" to let the cuckoo through.

The Swallow

The swallow makes its reappearance during April. Earlier people were mystified by the disappearance of many birds during the winter and at one time thought that the swallow spent the cold months hidden in the mud at the bottom of ponds. Traditionally April 15th is 'Swallow Day' in England , the date on which returning swallows were seen again.

April showers bring May flowers.

If early April is foggy

Rain in June

Will make lanes boggy.

When April blows its horn

'Tis good for hay and corn.

April wet - good wheat.

Till April's dead, change not a thread.

The 1st Sunday in April is called Daffodil Sunday. In Victorian times families picked daffodils from their gardens and took them to local hospitals to give to the sick.

On 6 April there used to be Candle Auctions. A candle was lit and a pin stuck in it about two and a half centimetres from the top. Then people would start bidding for a piece of church land to let to the poor for a year. The person bidding when the candle burned down enough to let the pin fall became the owner of the land.