The word Easter comes from the Saxon Ēastre and the pagan goddess Eostre, both of which connect to the growing sun and new birth. Many cultures around the world use the egg as a symbol of new life and rebirth.
Easter egg traditions;
* The oldest tradition is to offer gifts of dyed and painted chicken eggs, but the modern custom is to substitute them with chocolate eggs.
* Schoolchildren in North Wales would go from house to house, clapping their hands or wooden clappers, chanting the following words as they went: "Clap, clap, gofyn wy, i hogia' bach ar y plwy" (beg an egg on the parish, children).
* The tradition of egg-rolling, taken to America by European settlers, symbolises the rolling away of the stone from Christ's tomb.
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