Eggs-traordinary Facts

The egg is a pagan symbol of the rebirth of the Earth in celebrations of spring.

The ancient Zoroastrians painted eggs for their New Year celebration, in a traditional that has existed for at least 2,500 years.

At the Jewish Passover Seder, hard-boiled eggs dipped in salt water symbolize the festival peace-offerings sacrificed at the Temple in Jerusalem.

Egg Island is a small uninhabited island in the Bahamas. It's so named because it is home to chickens owned by residents of other nearby islands.

The Egg is a performing arts venue in Albany, New York. Named for the shape it resembles, it was designed by Wallace Harrison as part of the Empire State Plaza project, and built between 1966 and 1978.

Egg - an English progressive rock band; Eggs -an American indie-pop band;  The Egg - a British electronic funk band and not forgetting Mr Egg, acid house musician! Eggs, a novel by Jerry Spinelli
Eggs, a film by Norwegian director Bent Hamer The Egg is a chair designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for Radisson SAS hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Republic of Fritz Hansen.
At the Jewish Passover Seder, hard-boiled eggs dipped in salt water symbolize the festival peace-offerings sacrificed at the Temple in Jerusalem.

In the U.S. the Easter Egg Roll has become a much-loved annual event on the White House lawn.

Egg tapping / egg dumping / egg jarping is a traditional game where hard boiled 'pace' eggs given out and each player hits the other player's egg with their own. The winner is the holder of the last intact egg.

The annual 'egg jarping world championship' is held every year over Easter in Peterlee Cricket Club.

The central European Slavic nations traditionally gather eggs from the females in return for whipping them with a pony-tail shaped whip made out of fresh willow branches and splashing them with water, which is supposed to give them health and beauty.

The Egg dance is a traditional German Easter game, where eggs are laid on the ground and players dance among them without damaging any eggs.

The Easter Bunny brings baskets filled with colored egg and candy, the traditions has its origins in Alsace and the Upper Rhineland, where the practice was first recorded in a German publication in the early 17th century.

The first edible Easter Eggs were made in Germany during the early 19th century and were made of pastry and sugar.