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Show Symbol in Egg Giving The custom of giving egsts at Easter may be traced to the philosophy and theology of Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks, Romans, etc. among all of whom an egg was an emblem of the universe; the work of the supreme su-preme divinity. The first colored eggs, authorities agree, were stained crimson crim-son In commemoration of the blood of the Savior, and from this custom spread the employment of soft blues and yellows, 'and these colorings later developed Into the modern colorings and designs of the egg of today's Easter. |