OLDEN EASTER.
Four hundred eggs were bought for 1/0 in the time of Edward the l'irst. This appears on a Koval roll which goes oil to r-tate that they were purchased for the purpose of being boiled <>r stained or covered with ii«>l<l leaf, and afterwords distributed to the Vulval Household at Easter. As an emperor. Charles V., was one Easter Sunday passing through a biuall village in Aragon he was met by a peasant who had been chosen as the "paschal," or Easter king of his neighbourhood, according to the custom of liis country. Approaching the emperor he said very gravely, "Sir, it is I that am king." "Much good may it do you. my friend," replied the emperor. "You have chosen an exceedingly troublesome employment." In olden times the first dish that was brought to the table on Easter day was "a. red herring riding away on horseback."' i.e., a herring set in a corn salad. No one srenus. to know the origin i.r meaning o£ this strange custom.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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171OLDEN EASTER. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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