Show tracing honored customs the staining of the easter egg eeg with various colored Is a very nn d nt custom and like many others predated tile the christian era by cen aurles tu rles the skinned kannel druid ud to stain eggs with blossom blos soni of gorse or croom and gave it to his neighbor to bring brine him sun and success fo his crops As aa empry farmer and greener knows enily crops need rain id i nl d sun it Is n furious curious fact that sit savages in almost every part of the world try to obtain the weather they want by imitating it if they want rain they sprinkle water if sun they light fires if wind they blow or whistle as sellers sailors still whistle for a wind so et at these early fertilization festivals our savage forefathers prayed for the necessary sun and rain with charms of fire and water here doubtless originated sprinkling cpr inkling customs still extant in many churches also the burning of the paschal candles |