No. No, they're not.
In the days before Henry VIII stamped out Christianity in England, eggs were listed along with meat in the Church's disciplinary regulations as foods to be avoided during the whole of Lent. On Easter Sunday, after Mass, the parishes of England would celebrate with a big breakfast (break-fast) of eggs and preserved meats: bacon and eggs, ham and eggs, sausage and eggs.
When Henry VIII and Elizabeth I slaughtered tens of thousands of Englishmen and destroyed their churches, their religion was extirpated, but the springtime egg custom remained--even though everybody had forgotten its meaning.
That's all that there is to it.
In the days before Henry VIII stamped out Christianity in England, eggs were listed along with meat in the Church's disciplinary regulations as foods to be avoided during the whole of Lent. On Easter Sunday, after Mass, the parishes of England would celebrate with a big breakfast (break-fast) of eggs and preserved meats: bacon and eggs, ham and eggs, sausage and eggs.
When Henry VIII and Elizabeth I slaughtered tens of thousands of Englishmen and destroyed their churches, their religion was extirpated, but the springtime egg custom remained--even though everybody had forgotten its meaning.
That's all that there is to it.
2 comments:
just so you know, that is not a real book. That is a parody website.
I know -- I thought it was a brilliant "attention-getter" though!
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