my mother gave me and my friends an Easter party.. more than once. We
always decorated hard boiled eggs with vegetable coloring and an easter
egg hunt around our small apartment was part of the party. But she did
more. She made little favors at table of eggs sitting on "collars" with
faces painted on them and a bit of crepe paper for hair. a boy and girl
at each plate. she made tea sandwiches for us, mostly ham . almost
everyone at table was Jewish..
but not, thank goodness, from Orthodox families. This was when I was um
9 or 10 I would say.
ann
On 4/5/2021 9:08 AM, John wrote:
On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote:
On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]>
wrote:
These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
Comments are invited.
Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in
the north of England as well. Competitions for both children and
adults would be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
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We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or
eight years old.
I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to
showing it to my mother when I got home.
But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a
howling gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing
typical school uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and
no rainwear. It was bloody miserable and by the time I got home the
egg was a broken mess of paint, shell, cardboard and yolk all over my
uniform.
I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.
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When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so
they wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken.
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