Clipping:Traditional Easter Ballplaying . . . Where Fast Day Play was Born?
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Date | Thursday, April 3, 1890 |
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EASTER LEGENDS: The Spring-Tide Festival of All Ages Most of the customs and traditions connected with this festival are an inheritance from our heather ancestors. [Comments on ancient Egyptian and Persian spring rituals, and on 19C egg-based European Easter rites] In some sections (of England) the town corporation joined with great dignity with others in a game of ball on Easter Monday. This has survived the the Fast Day games, but in some villages twelve old women wee always chosen for the yearly game. ]
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Source | Boston Transcript, April 5, 1890 (unsigned) |
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Query | Can we discover more details on the tradition of mature women being central to early Easter festivities? Do we know what a "town corporation" was in English history? Edit with form to add a query |
Submitted by | Joanne Hulbert |
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