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  2. Festum Ovorum - Wikipedia

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    Egg Saturday, Egg Feast, or Festum Ovorum is the Saturday before Ash Wednesday. [1] At the University of Oxford, pasch eggs have been provided for students on that ...

  3. Pace Egg play - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, eggs were wrapped in onion skins and boiled to make their shells look like mottled gold, or wrapped in flowers and leaves first in order to leave a pattern, a custom also practised in traditional Scandinavian culture. [9] Eggs could also be drawn on with a wax candle before staining, often with a person's name and date on the egg ...

  4. Easter egg - Wikipedia

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    The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out. [2] Painted eggs are used at the Iranian spring holidays, the Nowruz that marks the first day of spring or Equinox, and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar.

  5. Names of Easter - Wikipedia

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    The names differ depending on languages, but most are derived from Greek and Latin "pascha", which is taken from the Hebrew פֶּסַח (Pesach), meaning Passover. [1] The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre ( Old English pronunciation: [ˈæːɑstre, ˈeːostre] ), which itself developed prior to ...

  6. The Yolk's on You - Wikipedia

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    The Yolk's on You is a 1980 non-theatrical Easter special and Looney Tunes animated cartoon short film starring Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, and Foghorn Leghorn. [1] It first aired April 1, 1980 on NBC as part of the special Daffy Duck's Easter Show (later renamed Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement) and is a rare example of Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, and Daffy appearing together.

  7. Egg decorating - Wikipedia

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    Ukrainian pysanka Easter egg sculptures resembling pisanica in front of the Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia. Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs.It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with eggs as a religious and cultural symbol.

  8. Paska (bread) - Wikipedia

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    The term paska comes from the Greek word of Easter (from which it has also entered Russian as па́сха (páskha). [ 4 ] The Ukrainian word па́ска ( páska ) is one of the words used for a traditional egg enriched Easter bread or cake in Ukraine, whilst Вели́кдень ( Velýkden' ) is used to denote the day.

  9. Pasch - Wikipedia

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    Pasch may refer to: Passover; Easter; Pasch (surname), German and Swedish surname; Pasch configuration; Pasch's axiom; Pasch's theorem; Pasch egg, easter eggs; Pasch ...