 Brun states that on the 2oth of March, 1704, the Persians celebrated, during several days, the festival of their solar new year ; and that, inter alia, the people made presents to one another of coloured eggs — eggs, it may be assumed, which presented...  Easter Eggs: A Sketch of a Good Old Customby William Henry Cremer - 1870 - 16 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - Archaeology - 1885 - 316 pages
...interchanging eggs was popular in Persia more than a century and a half ago. Le Brun states that on the 2oth of March, 1704, the Persians celebrated, during several...brilliancy of colour and variety of ornamentation which is conspicuous in the decorative works of Eastern nations. Travellers who stop at Smyrna at Easter... | |
 | Archaeology - 1885 - 418 pages
...interchanging eggs was popular in Persia more than a century and a half ago. Le Brun states that on the zoth of March, 1704, the Persians celebrated, during several...brilliancy of colour and variety of ornamentation which is conspicuous in the decorative works of Eastern nations. Travellers who stop at Smyrna at Easter... | |
 | Archaeology - 1885 - 506 pages
...solar new year; and that, inter alia, the people made presents to one another of coloured eggs—eggs, it may be assumed, which presented that rich brilliancy of colour and variety of ornamentation which is conspicuous in the decorative works of Eastern nations. . Travellers who stop at Smyrna at... | |
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