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History of Easter In medieval times a festival of egg throwing was held in church, during which the priest would throw a hardboiled egg to one of the choirboys. It was then tossed from one choirboy to the next and whoever held the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner and retained the egg. The first Easter baskets were made to look like bird's nests. Easter Bonnets are a throw back to the days when the people denied themselves the pleasure of wearing finery for the duration of Lent. The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka. To Egyptians, the egg was a sacred token of the renovation of mankind after the Flood.
The egg has always been a symbol of the Resurrection to Christians. The date of Passover is variable as it is dependent on the phases of the moon, and thus Easter is also a movable feast. The custom of giving eggs at Easter time has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, to whom the egg was a symbol of life. Every year at Easter Pope sends his " Urbi et Orbi " to the world. Easter is now celebrated (in the words of the Book of Common Prayer) on the first Sunday after the full moon which happens on or after March 21, the Spring Equinox.
the old tradition of using evergreens symbolic of eternal life - embroidered in red on white, or woven in straw, but most now prefer displays of flowers in the spring colours of green, yellow and white. In the United States Easter is celebrated with a large Easter Egg Hunt by children on the White House Lawn. To the Jews, the egg marked the time of their departure from the land of Egypt.
Some Churches still keep up
The Easter Bunny and Easter Egg: Beloved Easter Symbols Of all the symbols associated with Easter the egg, the symbol of fertility and new life, is the most identifiable. The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries However, none is more beloved than the Easter Bunny. And, of all the sym-
bols of this season, none has a more varied, unique and universal background than this floppy-eared chocolate confection deliveryman. With his place— and yes, for some reason, the Easter Bunny is always referred to as "he"—in the traditions of many cultures, Rabbit can most certainly answer the question,
"What's up, doc?" (after all, w h a t would Elmer be witho u t Bugs?).
History of Easter
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Easter Bunny
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Literature– Oliver Twist
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Westminster Abbey
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Easter vocabula- 3 ry Easter recipes
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Entertainment
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Literature-something interesting to read Charles Dickens `Oliver Twist`. The story takes place in London in the 1830s. At this time Great Britain was a very rich country and London was the largest city in Europe. Many rich people lived in London.Dickens uses the characters and situations in the book to make a pointed social commentary, attacking the hypocrisy
and flaws of institutions, including his society's government, its laws and criminal system, and its methods of dealing with poor people. Interestingly, he doesn't suggest any solutions; he merely points out the suffering inflicted by these systems and their deep injustice. Dickens basically believed that most people were good at heart but that their good impulses could be distorted by social ills. A scene from Oliver Twist, from an early 20th Century edition
Westminster Abbey
Opactwo Westminsterskie (ang. Westminster Abbey), nazwa oficjalna - The
Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (Kolegiata św. Piotra w Westminsterze) to najważniejsza, obok katedry w Canterbury i katedry św. Pawła w londyńskim City, świątynia angielska. Opactwo począwszy od Wilhelma Zdobywcy (1066) jest miejscem koronacyjnym królów Anglii. Od XIII wieku opactwo to również miejsce pochówku królów i zasłużonych osób.
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The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (Westminster Abbey), a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. It is located in Westminster, London, just to the west of Westminster Palace. Since the Christmas Day corona-
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tion of William the Conqueror in 1066, all English monarchs (except Lady Jane Grey, Edward V and Edward VIII, who did not have coronations) have been crowned in the Abbey. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the traditional cleric in the coronation ceremony. St. Edward`s Chair, the throne on which Brit-
ish sovereigns are seated at the moment of coronation, is housed within the Abbey.
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Easter vocabulary Easter– Wielkanoc Easter eggs– wielkanocne jajka Dyed eggs– pisanki rabbits– króliczki Chicks– kurczaki
Lent-Post– Wielki Post Ash Wednesday- Popielec Palm Sudany– Niedziela Palmowa Holy Week– Wielki Tydzień Custom– zwyczaj To sprinkle ash- posypywać popiołem Maundy Thursday– Wielki Czwartek Good Friday– Wielki Piątek
Easter recipes:Yummy Easter Patties
You will need: Plain chocolate wafers 1-pound can of ready-to-serve vanilla frosting Easter candy (hard candy works best) 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (or any other flavor you prefer) Bowl Stirring spoon Wooden mallet Zipper plastic bag Cutting knife Plastic knife and plate
This is what you do: 1. Empty the can of frosting into the bowl. Add the peppermint flavoring (or whatever you are using, if any) and stir it up well. 2. Put some of the hard candies in the zippered plastic bag. Be sure you are working on a suitable surface and then smash them with the wooden mallet until they are broken into small bits. Use the knife to carefully cut up the softer candies.
the cut up candies as well. 4. Gently spread the candy frosting on
the chocolate wafers. Place on the plate to serve.
3. Shake the broken candies out of the bag into the bowl of frosting. Stir in
Easter Egg Games Eggs play an important part in Easter sports. The Romans celebrated the Easter season by running races on an oval track and giving eggs as prizes. Two traditional Easter egg games are the Easter Egg Hunt and the Easter Egg Roll. On Easter morning the children of the house join in a search to locate the eggs that the Easter Bunny had
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hidden while they where asleep. The searching might continue though out the house with the older children helping the youngest. Sometimes prizes of candy are awaiting the child finding the most eggs. Easter egg hunts can are also part of a community's celebration of holiday. The eggs are hidden in public places and the children of the community are invited to find the eggs.
The rules of an Easter Egg Roll are to see who can roll an egg the greatest distance or can make the roll without breaking it, usually down a grassy hillside or slope. Str. 3
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