We have eggs at Easter because they tell us of the new life that returns to nature about this time. People have been exchanging eggs since ancient times. The Egyptians and Persians dyed eggs and gave to there friends.
After all this we make are way down to the playing field. Here we have
races like the sack race, flat race, potato race and loads loads more. There
are races for the little children as well including welly throwing and the
dressing up races. There are all kinds of presents to win but you only win
something if you come first, second or third.You can win book tokens as
well. Different people enter different races, even grown ups enter races
such as the Mums and Dads race. At the end of the day people enter the fell
race. The fell race is a race where you have to run up Loughrigg. At the end
of this every one gets a box of sweets and a wet sponge is
squeezed over them. Then every one makes their way home.
Rushes from the muddy waters
The Persians also believed that the earth had hatched from a giant egg.
Rushbearing is an old tradition that every year the villagers would help
to change the rushes that were covering the church floor so they could walk
on it without shoes on, they bought big bunches of rushes to do this. The
reason for this was that the churches didn't have floors so the local people
would collect large rushes and lay them on the floor.
Nowadays we don't do this because most of our churches have proper floors. We now
collect rushes and add colourful flowers, we also just add these for
decoration. People carry larger shaped rushes of the world and a crosses,
people also carry baskets of moss and flowers. We parade the rushes round
the village and then we sing a song to remember what it would be like for
the villagers in the past. We then make our way back to the church.When we
arrive at church we go in and lay are rushes around the church. The vicar
talks and gives a speech he then talks for praise and prayers.
We then leave the church and collect a our ginger cake and our bag with an
apple, chocolate biscuit, sausage roll, packet of crisps and a drink.
A POEM ON RUSHBEARING.
Remembering the past
People come from far away
Collect the rushes fast
Decorate them brightly
Colour them neat
Come and join in our very special treat.
By
Thea Walton
The created this page during her IT lessons. She researched the material in the school library and with help from the Rev. Robert Fisher. The theme for the page arose from the Lakes School link with schools in Sweden and Finland, a project which has received support from the Comenius project.
Thea learned to use a word processor and a painting program (to produce the background herself) in the course of creating this page.
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