SC - Determining Duck Doneness

[allilyn@juno.com]

A very interesting post from our Kingdom list in response to the
question, "How was Easter Celebrated in period?".  I though I would share
this with the list.  
	Happy Holy Days,
	Christianna

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From: Mark Mettler <mettler at bulloch.net>
To: meridian-ty at egroups.com
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:49:36 -0400
Subject: Re: [TY] Easter Celebrations
Message-ID: <390264C0.64EE5869 at bulloch.net>
References: <20000423022224.18171.qmail at web1305.mail.yahoo.com>

Early Christians observed Easter on the same day as Passover (14-15
Nisan, a date governed by a lunar calendar). In the 2d century, the
Christian celebration was
transferred to the Sunday following the 14-15 Nisan, if that day fell on
a weekday. Originally, the Christian Easter was a unitive celebration,
but in the 4th century
Good Friday became a separate commemoration of the death of Christ, and
Easter was thereafter devoted exclusively to the resurrection. According
to the
Venerable Bede, the name Easter is derived from the pagan spring
festival of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre, and many folk customs
associated with Easter (for
example, Easter eggs) are of pagan origin. The common name then for
Easter was Paschal Feast.  Easter always falls the First Sunday after a
full moon which happens on or after March 21 (The vernal equinox).

Let us look at one single Hanseatic town, Attendorn.  Attendorn
flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries mainly thanks to the nine
guilds, especially the wool and linen weavers. But the political and
ecclesiastical position of the town in its function as border fortress
against the neighboring Mark County and as seat of one of the largest
deaneries in the old archbishopric of Cologne led to the formation of
wealth. In 1255, Attendorn was the only Sauerland town to join the
Rhenish confederation of 60 important towns of the empire.

Here is how it celebrated Easter:  The tunes of a centuries old horn
played from the church tower, the blessing of bread on Easter Saturday,
the putting up and burning of the Easter Fires at the four town gates,
the processions from there to St. John's Church, the display of unusual
Easter lanterns.

The Easter Egg, or Pace ege, is one of the oldest traditions recorded
for Easter in Europe.  Another of the customs, "lifting' or 'heaving'
contests.


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