Lei (garland) the time, Blanding was employed by the "Honolulu Star Bulletin", and he shared his idea with columnist Grace Tower Warren, who came up with the phrase, "May Day is Lei Day". The Hawaiian song, "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii" was composed in 1927 by Ruth and Leonard "Red" Hawk. At the 81st Annual Mayor's Lei Day Celebration at Kapiolani Park in 2008, Honolulu set the record for the World's Longest Lei. Unofficially, the lei measured 5,336 feet in length, more than a mile. All of the major islands celebrate Lei Day, and each island is symbolized in pageantry
Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 it has been added as attributed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy by Bruce and Stokoe, 1882 Geordie dialect words Joseph Ritson Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810 Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809 Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs [As originally edited by the late John Ritson, Esq.] ----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle