May

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Across
  1. 2. May will have two full moons during the month. The second moon is called a ___.
  2. 4. May the ___ be with you.
  3. 6. This day celebrates the victory of the Mexican army over the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
  4. 8. The Latin word for equal day and night, an event that happens every Spring.
  5. 9. The Roman and Greek goddess that May is named after. She is the mother of Hermes.
  6. 11. This holiday celebrates all the mothers!
  7. 12. This flower is known as a wartime flower. It's seeds are germinated in disturbed soil, like the trodden ground of a battlefield.
  8. 14. The zodiac sign that covers the end of May into June.
  9. 15. This flower is the secondary birth flower for May and is a longstanding symbol of hope.
  10. 17. The Latin word for “season," meaning “seed time.
  11. 18. The quintessential plant symbol of Japan.
  12. 19. Birth flower for the month of May.
Down
  1. 1. A common spring plant, and a hardy, perennial vegetable grown for its tart, edible stalks, while the leaves are poisonous and must be discarded.
  2. 3. This day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
  3. 4. This moon is the first full moon of May.
  4. 5. The first day of May, marking the return of spring and also Lei Day in Hawaii.
  5. 7. The number of weeks that Spring lasts.
  6. 10. The zodiac sign that covers the majority of May.
  7. 13. The Greek goddess of spring who was abducted by Hades to the underworld.
  8. 16. Birthstone for the month of May.