The Pace Egg plays are an Easter custom in rural Northern England in the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. The practice was once common throughout...

played where hard boiled pace eggs are distributed and each player hits the other player's egg with their own. This is known as "egg tapping", "egg dumping"...

by local names such as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, wrenboys, and galoshins). Historically, mummers' plays consisted of informal groups of...

hide chocolate eggs across the United Kingdom. Christianity portal Egg and spoon race Egg dance Egg rolling Egg tapping Pace Egg play Easter basket Wikimedia...

Northern England, the tradition of Pace Egging (derived from Latin pascha meaning 'Easter') involved boiling eggs in onion skins to dye their shells a...

Egg tapping, or also known as egg fight, egg knocking, knocky eggs, egg pacqueing (hybrid word < Pâques = French for Easter + English suffix -ing, pronounced...

character in the traditional British Pace Egg play or mummers' play. In the Pace Egging Song which accompanies the play, the verse for "Old Tosspot" is: And...

Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter. Different nations have different versions of the game, usually played...

Egg rolling Egg tapping Egg dance Egg hunt Pace Egg play Jordan, Anne (5 April 2000). Christianity. Nelson Thornes. ISBN 9780748753208. Easter eggs are...

to gather hidden eggs during egg hunts. An Easter basket contains the foods traditionally forbidden to consume during Lent (meat, eggs, and dairy products)...