Michelle Darmody: Baking eggs for Easter

Eggs have been symbols of fertility and rebirth since pagan times and have also been used as an emblem of Easter.

Michelle Darmody: Baking eggs for Easter
Sat, 20 Apr, 2019 - 12:00
Michelle Darmody

Eggs have been symbols of fertility and rebirth since pagan times and have also been used as an emblem of Easter.

Many Christians abstained from eggs, as well as meat during Lent, so the sight of eggs on Easter Sunday must have been very welcome.

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