Answer to Correspondent.
“Engineer.”—Easter eggs, easier fires, and many other customs ami superstitions have their origin in the ancient 'heathen feast celebrated by the Saxons in the spring to mark the ‘ ‘ resurrection of nature. ’ ’ This feast has been succeeded, by the Easter festival which commemorates the resurrection of Christ.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 April 1928, Page 4
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49Answer to Correspondent. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 April 1928, Page 4
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