The Easter Bunny
#16
Re: The Easter Bunny
That’s really interesting.
So I googled the origin of the word Paques ( the French word for Easter). It would appear that in this case it comes from Pessa'h which was the celebration of the Jews escaping Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea.
Strange isn’t it out these things come to be!
So I googled the origin of the word Paques ( the French word for Easter). It would appear that in this case it comes from Pessa'h which was the celebration of the Jews escaping Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea.
Strange isn’t it out these things come to be!
#17
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Re: The Easter Bunny
The second day of Easter is called “vízbevető hétfő” (thrown-to-water Monday) in some areas of Hungary, because this is the day of sprinkling. In former times young girls were dragged out by force to the well or the water trough and poured with a bucket of water, or taken by the creek and bathed. Men used to went from house to house to sprinkle girls while singing and rhyming, for which they got red eggs in return. Sprinkling originates from the ancient rite of fertility and purgation. The cleansing power of water in Christianity is linked to the christening ceremony. Sprinkling is a widespread custom even nowadays in a gentler form, boys and men sprinkle the girls with cologne generally; but mainly in the countryside, sprinkling with cold well-water is still common. Boys tell sprinkler poems this time. One of the oldest and most traditional sprinkler poems is the following:
Szépen kérem az anyját,
Adja elő a lányát,
Hadd locsolom a haját,
Hadd nőjjön nagyra,
Mint a csikó farka,
Még annál is nagyobbra,
Mint a Duna hossza!
Szabad-e locsolni?
(I’m asking the mother nicely Give her daughter out to me Let me sprinkle her hair To make it grow longer As long as the tail of the foal As long as the length of the Danube! May I sprinkle her?
Szépen kérem az anyját,
Adja elő a lányát,
Hadd locsolom a haját,
Hadd nőjjön nagyra,
Mint a csikó farka,
Még annál is nagyobbra,
Mint a Duna hossza!
Szabad-e locsolni?
(I’m asking the mother nicely Give her daughter out to me Let me sprinkle her hair To make it grow longer As long as the tail of the foal As long as the length of the Danube! May I sprinkle her?
#18
Re: The Easter Bunny
I got all excited yesterday when the Superstore flyer had a picture of hot cross buns with proper crosses (although I could easily do without those bits) instead of that bloody icing cross they like to do here.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
#19
Re: The Easter Bunny
I got all excited yesterday when the Superstore flyer had a picture of hot cross buns with proper crosses (although I could easily do without those bits) instead of that bloody icing cross they like to do here.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/8c1...0&odnBg=FFFFFF a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/8c1...0&odnBg=FFFFFF a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
#21
Re: The Easter Bunny
I got all excited yesterday when the Superstore flyer had a picture of hot cross buns with proper crosses (although I could easily do without those bits) instead of that bloody icing cross they like to do here.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/8c1...0&odnBg=FFFFFF a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
When I got to the store today - bloody iced buns.
At least we had some of Walmart's marvellous Tuxedo cake
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/8c1...0&odnBg=FFFFFF a slice of which is particularly glorious with enough cream poured over to soak in.
#23
Re: The Easter Bunny
I am a man of many talents. Baking's not one of them.
I'd be happy with ordinary buns but you can't get them here. On the plus side there are very nice hot cross buns which the store sells at various times throughout the year...just not at Easter when they have the in store baked variety with the damn icing.
I'd be happy with ordinary buns but you can't get them here. On the plus side there are very nice hot cross buns which the store sells at various times throughout the year...just not at Easter when they have the in store baked variety with the damn icing.
#24
I still dont believe it..
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Re: The Easter Bunny
Just order ther 2kg chocolate easter bunny from m&s, you only have 11 months to eat it though.