Zdeňka Nová

„Pozor, ale matka byla v KSČ. Ale hned po válce. V pětačtyřicátém šli do strany, táta taky – oba dva. Jenomže otec po popravě Milady Horákové položil komunistickou knížku. Vrátil ji s tím, že nebude podporovat stranu, která popravuje ženské.“ "But my mother was in the Communist Party. She joined it just after the war. In 1945, both joined the Party, her and my, father, both of them. But after the execution of Milada Horáková, my father left. He returned the Party ID booklet saying that he is not going to support a party that executes women."

"In the times of my youth, the celebration was a major event for the whole village. We dressed in folk costumes of young countrywomen, later on as adult country women. Usually, the May Celebration happened in the mornings or all day long. In the morning, playing music to the neighbours, in the afternoon, the brides were brought to a promenade. There was a maypole at every house and young men would carry maypoles to those houses and tie them to fences or ... to the ground. And at the time when I had my maypole, between 1966 and 1970, there were up to hundred and five brides in Zeleneč! Nowadays, there's not even one. And in the evening, there was a may dance in the U Lva [At Lion's] pub. It ended at midnight because the May Celebration was on Sundays - on Monday, one had to go to work."