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TSC. The Sunday Challenge. April 16th 2017

TSC.  The Sunday Challenge.  April 16th 2017
TSC. THE SYMBOLS OF EASTER.
We're looking for eggs, rabbits/hares, Easter bonnets, hot cross buns, fish, palms etc..

Painting a small brown egg using water colours proved to be quite difficult. It started of as daffodils and a chick, which was unsuccessful. After various colour changes it ended up as dribbles of blue and white paint. The finished egg was put back into a saucepan of water where it floated, then the paint started to float away. Eat your heart out Fabergé. ;-)

Eggs were a traditional symbol of fertility and rebirth. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs wrapped in colourful foil, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as chocolate.

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 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
It's watching you, Herbert. ;-)
7 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
Many thanks. It may look as nice as a chocolate egg, but I won't eat it. ;-)
7 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
Thank you, Ulrich. I had an interesting Sunday, ;-)
7 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
I don't think it was just a Scottish thing, Paul; but when we moved to England in 1953, I was 12 then, and we never painted and rolled eater eggs there. It was simple fun, and of course sweeties were rationed!
Yesterday the kids in our village had a fine time painting eggs and rolling them down the church bank. Maybe it'll become an Easter tradition again. ;-)
7 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
Did you have to eat the eggs after the painted shells had cracked, Jean? I never did - I don't really like eggs at all, but other folks did. They were at a premium in those days, and too good to waste. ;-)
7 years ago.

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