Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-31
Eastcr Eoos.

Al thv small boys ami Etrls are care,
mlly Say!nS eggs that they may have
Them dyed brilliant red or glossy
h,Wwn Tor BASKERVILLE,
Store windows are fun of heaUth
W}ly ,olored eggs oi all sizes and de-
Sry,ptions and the contectionerS' shops
fairly sparkle with gliStontng, Sugat
coated eulNcCms OF Easter,
Hutchinson, IN hts history ot North
cumberland, speaking ot rasche eggs
says;
"Eggs we're N1ld by the Egyp,taus
rs a sacred emblem ot the renovation
,oI mankind after the deluge The
Jews adopted Il IL suit the circum
iS,auees OF their history as type OF
thcW departure from the land otI
EEypt and II was used IN the feast
|rr the Passover as part of the
Nlrr,ure of the table with the PasChal
lamb.
The Christians have certainly used
I'll on this day as retaining the
clements Of future life for an emblem
,ot the reSuyrCctiou Il seems as il the
vGI was thuS decorated tor religious
trophy. after the DAYS ut modification
anu abstinence we're over and toStiNity
had taken place, and as an emblem
.ot the resurrection OF life, certified TO
us, hy the resurrection from tho
regions Of death ana the grave,
7 lc Rrun, in his Voyages, says that
the rersians. March 20 lT0A, kept the
festival of the Solar New Year which
he says, lasted several days, when
they mutually presented each other
! among other things with colored eggs,
Hyde. III his oriental sports, 1884,
= tolls Of one with oggs among the
Christians ut Mesopotamia on Easter
day, aud 10 DAYS afterwards during
: which time their children buy them.
selves az many eggs ms they can and
! stain them n rcd color IN memory OF
the blood shed At the time OF the
' cuciHNtou Some stain them with
t. green and yellow. Stained eggs are
sold ~ the while in the market
The sport consists in striking the
eggs one against another and the
4 esq ;hat nrst breaks is won by the
4 ownrr OF the egg that struck II, I'm
. mcdiately another cgg Is plttco
against the winning egg and SO they
20 on until the last remaining egg
wins all the others, which their re-,
spcC(iNe owners shall before have
won
In rull OF the Expenses of the
household Of Edward |, IN his 18th
year. Is the following itcm in the ne,
D counts of Easter sunday,
0 For four hundred and half eggs
, eighteen pence"
3 Father CARMEL In his History OF
I Customs, says that during Easter and
. the following days. hard eggs. painted
q of different colors but principally red
! are the ordinary food Of the season
s In Italy, Spain and IN Provence there
. are in the public places certain sports
4 with eggs.
, Coles. in his Latin Dictionary, rem,
! dcrs the pasche or Easter egg by
/ "Ovum paschale, croceum, sou
, lutcum
: An ancient writer mentions this
. custom in Cheshire
, Children go around the village ana
: beg eggs for their Easter dinner. they
, accompany II by short song. which
am sorry ! am unable To present 10
, you. but the burthon of II Is al.
dressed to tho farmers dame. and
asking an egg, bacon, cheese or an
, apple, or any good thing that win
make us merry ends with And pray
You, good dame, an Easter egg"
Brand says that In Cumberland and
Westmorland and other parts OF
northern England II was formerly the
custom for boys to beg for eggs TO
, play with Easter eve, and beggars
asked for them To eat.
These eggs were hardened by boil
ing and were tinged with the Juice Of
herbs. broom flowers, etc The eggs
being thus prepared the boys went out
to play with them In thc fields, rolling
them up and down, like bowls upon
the ground or throwing them up, Ike
balls into the air
A writer In the Every Day book
says: For some weeks preceding
Good Friday the price OF eggs ad
demand occasioncd BY the custom re.
terrcd to-
The methods adopted to prepare
the eggs are the following: The eggs
being immersed in hot water for few
moments, the end Of a common tallow
camille IS made pse of to nscribe the
names of individuals dates OF par
ticular events etc The warmth Of
the egg renders this very easy
process Thus inscribed the egg IA
placed in pan OF hot water, saturated
with cochIneal or other dye woods.
the part over which the tallow has
passed Is imperyious 10 The operation |
Of the dye; and consequently when I
the egg Is removed from the pan
there appears no discoloratlon Of the I
egg. where the inscription has been ,
races, but the egg presents a white !
inscription IN colorcd ground The /