Northern Easter Traditions Answers 2024

by Northern Life

1 EGG ROLLING

  1. Crush the eggshells.
  2. 1600s. Although the well-known egg-rolling event in Preston’s Avenham Park only dates back to 1867.
  3. Not breaking the egg.
  4. Avenham Park

2 Pace Egging

  1. Onion skins
  2. Heptonstall
  3. Easter
  4. Saint George

3 Buckle Stealing

  1. Easter Monday
  2. The Wednesday after Easter
  3. Hats
  4. They’d make people pay for the return of their buckles.

4 Digging Deep

  1. Gawthorpe
  2. £750
  3. 1963
  4. The local pub

5 Nutters

  1. Britannia Coco-nut Dancers
  2. Due to the wooden nuts worn at their knees.
  3. Clogs
  4. Drink a pint

6 Rivington Pike

  1. Good Friday
  2. Jesus
  3. Jesus walking with the cross on Good Friday
  4. Health and safety

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