26 EASTER. 
In certain parts of England eggs rose in 
price at this time. 
It was once customary in Scotland to search 
for wild fowl’s eggs on Easter morning for good 
luck. 
“Here are two or three jolly boys all of one 
mind ; 
We’ve come a pace-egging and hope you'll be 
kind ; 
We hope you'll be kind with your eggs and 
your beer, 
And we'll come no more near you until the 
New Year.” 
Easter is to the Russians what Christmas is to 
the Germans. It is the day of all the year for 
family gatherings, and is if possible celebrated 
in new garments. 
The people offer each other eggs, saying 
Christ is risen. 
At St. Petersburg hundreds come to kiss the 
hand of the empress, who rewards each one with 
a decorated ege of porcelain. 
