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Eggs, Symbol of The Season, For Easter And Passover
During the festive ritual of the Seder, which Jews ob-
serve at Passover, a hard-cooked egg is one of the tradition-
al symbols. The egg stands for life, and the perpetuation of
life.
This universal symbolism of the egg has figured in the
springtime holiday rites of countless cultures for thousands
of years. Eggs — sign of the
renewal of life — team han- The Easter egg tradition
dily with spring — time of has been common to many so-
life’s renewal on earth. cieties. Supposedly the orig-
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o days of the Christian church,
H ing the blood of Christ. Medi-
pt created elaborate works of art
£4 other eggs during their spring
i festivals, The Greeks, too, had
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inal purpose in coloring eggs WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29,
was to imitate the brilliant -——
| hues that came with the first -
flush of spring. In northern |
Europe the eggs were dyed
red for Thor; yellow for Eos-
tre, the goddess who lent her
name to Easter. In the early
eggs were colored red denot-
eval English folk = used red,
blue, and violet dyes, The
Persians, like the Russians,
upon the egg shell.
Pagan peoples gave each
the custom of giving colored
eggs as gifts. Ancient Romans
celebrated the new year with
egg games,
The legend of the Easter
bunny reportedly stems from
Teutonic orig'n. It was be-
lieved that through some su- |
pernatural power a rabbit
could lay eggs on the night
before the Spring Festival,
and at sunrise leave the col:
lection of eggs at the feet of
Although tradition calls for
there’s an even better reason
for using them often this
spring. Egg production is at a
high level. Abundant supplies
at
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