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We had to use what was available for dying the eggs, so it was mostly onion skins which made different shades of brown.
We never had plastic eggs. They have replaced a lot of boiled eggs. I enjoy seeing and using the plastic ones for decorating. Our church has a tree outside decorated with plastic eggs, but these are “special” because on Easter morning everyone was given an egg with a bible verse and a candy kiss from our Sunday school youth. This is another tradition enjoyed by many.
When my husband was growing up in the Rock Mills area, he remembers Mrs. Jim Cannon, mother of Alphus and Ray Cannon of Castleton entertaining the neighborhood children with a big Easter egg hunt. There would be between 25 to 30 children.
She saved her egg shells all year and just before the Easter
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