Spring Beatings

Larger wooden branches or staves are given to older children (6-11 age in humans) who are to beat the bushes and collect a bunch of nice branches to bring home and scatter the rest around the bushes. Kids go in groups, with teens and young adults if they are venturing far from home to do this. The branches collected are usually the smaller ones and good for making a bug repellant.
  Women and older teens clear houses and beat rugs. They may also work on foraging for scapes, early radishes, or similar early growing vegetables in their region. Scape knives, and beating sticks are used commonly. Poles for stringing up carpets and rugs are brought out and tied to provide tension for the beatings.

While not usually not an official holiday, the concept is common among many temperate climate nations and ethnicities. Dwarves especially will use this holiday to air out their underground cities and places when they can. It acts as a good time to restore and air out tapestries, carpets and blankets. The Dwarven Republic of central bellflower centuries ago would have a week of what appeared to be tent cities above their underground city, popular with spring markets and foot races.
  Elves by contrast would use this time for dancing and contortionist displays, with spring cakes being made. Warm days are marked by drinking and watching plants begin to flower.
  Some religions have a renewal ceremony during this same timeframe, with foods and blessings associated with this general time.