Show EASTER RABBITS AND EGGS HAD PAGAN ORIGIN ISTER commemorating to christian believers the res ur of the savior of mankind Is almost universally r observed as a time for loy joy and feasting on easter sunday morning thousands of boys and girls will return home from sunday school and church to hunt for easter rabbits and eggs the origin of egg rolling which most youngsters enjoy so much says pathfinder magazine Is supposed to have begun centuries ago from the practice of farmers rolling eggs over their land to be sure of abundant yields at harvest time this was because the egg was the pagan emblem of the germinating of life of early spring the children are told that the rabbits lay the eggs and for that reason the latter are nearly always hidden bidden away in nests nesta or in flower beds in the yard and garden the rabbit Is another pagan symbol and has always been nn an emblem of 1 1 A duet duct with bunny orchestra fertility modern people have lost knowledge of what these symbols mean yet they have continued these old pagan customs As to the coloring of easter eggs a religious encyclopedia says because the use of eggs was forbidden during lent they were brought to the table on easter day colored red to symbolize the easter joy this custom Is found not only in the latin but also in the oriental churches christians are supposed to have adopted the egg rolling custom to symbolize the resurrection and the eggs were colored red in allusion to the blood of redemption easter monday Is always a gala day for the biddles kidd les it if they h have ave any unbroken eggs left especially Is tills this no go tor for those youngsters in washington on that day thousands of them go to the white house and capitol lawns to roll their varl colored eggs |