The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-12
Caster Customs
Of Manp lambs
Quaint Practices Found Wfserever
the Day Is Observed

Gfif ANY quain' and curious Gus
1HH toms are in vogue at the Eas.
~%V ter season In many lands
Many Of these customs date back tt
centuries ago, and the legsnds of thsil
Tigfnation are almost obscured in an
tiquity. Such, for example, is thu
practice OF Hitting irons which our
present nursery game OF making a
ohasF' by two children clasping hands
Cor % third to SIT upon was derived.
This was an odd Easter custom In
which, two persoBi lifted a. third three
| times
II anyone refused to- BIZ liftet he or
she mast pay a. slight fGrfeit,. forfeits
being applied to buy refreshments
after the village sameH A NndEs6
custom was that which, prevailed in
the Yo'si<shire. Villages. OF taking t1bs
buckles from each others shoes and
demanding u forfeit for their rstaIrn,
the earnings being applied To the sans
end as those obtainsd.ih the lifting.
In Hungary, wheu2 Easter Sunday
comes everything is, gladaesB
Wreaths of green leaves arc hung in
the windows, and the young girls OF
the towns and villages. all dressed in
white, walk In a procession to the
church, carrying branches of the bud
ding spring leaves. II is a very pretty
sight. After the young girls the Older
people walk in procession. Ehe cIsE
.gy, in their robes, and acolytes, car
Arying a large gided crpss, walk al
the head of the procession, TO e1if
church. There the people lay offerings
-of money at the feet of the holy image
Easter Monday Is the favorfte wad-
ding day among the HhngariRns, as
1t is thought thst marriages, made an
that day are sure TO bee Fortunate, Sc
the priests, are kept vesy busy.
The, custom called watering Oh
Easter Monday is extremely odd, ann
people who have Travelled and stud1ss
much say that it is mt to be founo
In any other country save Hungary
Ine men. take water in bottles anr
pitchers and throw ie' over the girls
they meet in the street, whom they
know, or call at their houses and
throw 1T. ON the person who opens ths
door. IL it is woman. The funny
part is that the more drenched the. vic
tins are the better THEY like Il; as they
think it brings them good fortuna for
the year Everybody used 10 do this,
but now the fashionable young men
take, spraying bottles of perfume On
Tuesday the young women. re1aliate.
and the men often find themselves
drenehed, most unexpectedly, from o
window or door or as they pass q
drinking place in. the street.
Instilled by nursery n1re and very
ancient is the hsIief of German chil
dren that on Easter eve zaow-white
hare visits every household where thu
the little folks have been good, ODE
dent, truthful, and kind TO each 9th
er" since the previous Easter. Timie
after the nature of it's kind, it wait:
until everybody is asleep and ther
soft-footed 1t brings and secretes il
odd out-ot-the-way places any mum
Der of lovsly, wonderful colored egg,
that the children may find and enjo,
on Easter morning
Many familiar pictures Of scenes il
the Tyrol are the representation of the
Easter custom. The men go about in
their picturesque costumes, their broad
hrimmed hats trimmed with fresh
4 divers. and sing the Easter hymns
/ to the accompaniment of their guitars
4 The people come out to the doors o.
their houses and join in the choruses.
4 and treat the singers with hospitality
4 giving them eggs and wine. All day
they continue their ceremony. anG
when the night comes on children
accompany them, bearing lighted
torches.
In ancient days 1t was practice
among the preachers to introduce
facetious stories into their sermons OIL
easter, TO set the example of the dis
harding of the plOOm of the I,antan