EASTER DUES

or OFFERINGS, in the Church of England, certain dues paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Haster as a compensation for the tithe for personal Jabour. EASTER EGGS. The egg was anciently a symbol of the mother godde and of birth: the sun emerged from the cosmic egg. The Saxon godde Easter was a life-giver. On Raster Day, the day of Christ’s resurrection, eges (Pasche eggs) were dyed in symbolic colours, and boiled hard to be rolled or used in egg-breaking contests. The Jews have eggs at the Pa over Feast.