Assertion: hare | /r/CapableOf | lay colored easter eggs
Facets:
value: as a swift messenger of spring
type: MANNER
value: of the goddess
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: For this reason the rabbit or hare is grateful, and in remembrance of its former condition as a bird and as a swift messenger of spring, and of the goddess whom it served, is able to lay colored Easter eggs on her festival in the spring time, the colors illustrating the theory that when it was a bird the rabbit laid colored eggs, and an egg has always been a symbol of the resurrection, and therefore used as an illustration at Easter.