CHESHIRE CUSTOMS.
lu Cheshire, during the Easter season, children would go round the village begging eggs for their Easter dinner. This old custom wn« generally accompanied l>y a *hort ;-on;> addressed to the farmer's wife, and asking for "an egg. bacon, cheese, or an apple, or any good thing that may make us merry','' and ended with '"And 1 pray you good dame, an Easter egg."' On Easter Eve in Cumberland. Westmorland. and other parts of the North of England. l>oys begged for eggs to play with, and beggars asked for them to eat. These ejigs were hardened bv boiling, and tinted with the juice of herlv! broom flowers, etc. After being prepared in this manner, they were given to small boys, who played "with tliem in the licldfi.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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129CHESHIRE CUSTOMS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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