Easter in the very olden days of yore.
Plus, there were eggs.
In medieval times, life revolved around the church, and the year was marked out by a series of religious festivals, customs and holidays of which Christmas and Easter were the main events. But contrary to many a modern perception, people in the Middle Ages had more time off than we do today. And although there was a good deal of attending church and religious rituals and processions, these did bring the community together, and they also knew how to kick back and have fun.
The Easter period would start with Shrove Tuesday, a secular holiday involving boisterous games and sports. After this, the fun gave way to the fasting period of Lent, when churches were hung with veils and crosses shrouded. Little observed today, if anything we brace ourselves to give up chocolate or booze for the requisite 40 days, but they took it much more seriously in the Middle…
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I’m all for kicking back and having fun. Spent all day cooking in the kitchen and doing laundry.
Leslie
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My son came over and set up my new phone — which actually WORKS! It does everything I need it to do and a lot of things I’m not interested in doing. And it looks like a normal phone.
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That’s neat Marilyn, and it works too…
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Those rascals……
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Medieval rascals 😀
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