Pace eggs......................
an old cumbria tradition .....
the eggs are boiled with onion skins to dye them ......
the more skins used the richer the colour...
then you polish them with a little dripping from the traditional
easter sunday roast......
the reason for this is you hide the pace eggs and let the kids hunt
them out....... afterwards then they are kept to play egg dumps down
the pub.......
egg dumps i hear you say....
you pit your egg against everyone elses ....
in turn you hold your egg in your clenched hand with the tip out and
others hit the top of your egg with the pointed end......
whoevers egg is left uncracked wins.......
you normally win a free amount of beer at the pub depending on how
good or mean the landlord is.........................
then the last bit is just mingin.......
they peel the eggs and chuck them into a pack of crisps and swill them
in vinegar......
then the dirty sods eat them........
yum...
cant beat good old traditions lol..xxxx
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Just Nora, Dr Tao, vfm4, illona, and 45 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Just Nora (75 months ago | reply)
Sounds like a fun tradition!
ANDI2.. (75 months ago | reply)
lol.....
your so right alexander.........
Brenda-Starr (75 months ago | reply)
Sounds like a fun time to be had by all! ;-)
Dr Tao (75 months ago | reply)
Love this picturesque set!
HAPPY EASTER to You and Yours, dear Andrew!
Lumpen Heap (75 months ago | reply)
Please join easter eggs group
This is just the thing!
people have been discussing onion skin colour!
mphoenix (75 months ago | reply)
What a fun tradition! (although I think that I would take a pass on eating them at the end).
Happy Easter!
Skyburst (75 months ago | reply)
Lol Andi sounds great ;-( ermmm I think I will stay here and put off visiting for a while ;-)
Steve.
Happy Hols ;-)
Andrew thanks for the invitation your kindness and generosity are only exceeded by your good looks, so I am told ;-)
vfm4 (75 months ago | reply)
that's eggzactly what we used to do, and still do in some places...
oh, and eat as many eggs as you can... :)
illona (75 months ago | reply)
i LOVE these!!! awesome colors! i have to fave this just so i've got the colors....would make nice colors for the house!
slamback (75 months ago | reply)
Brilliant - long live traditional. Its also traditional in other places to use a pin to scratch patterns on the dyed eggs but the Cumbrian traditions sound more like an excuse for a good night out in the pub and a very clever way of keeping the kids occupied while the grown ups down a few pints:)
Lewesrat (75 months ago | reply)
Wonderful colors! Wouldn't dream of eating them, though.
trykemom (75 months ago | reply)
We always thought they tasted better when we were children. My father did these for us, minus the pub.
***Karen (75 months ago | reply)
Thanks for sharing this fun tradition. Nice shot!
Zzzzt!Zzzzt! (75 months ago | reply)
love the image, andi, and great to hear about the tradition, thanks!!
SparkyLeigh (75 months ago | reply)
Three-cheers for Traditions!!
( & thanks ;)
PJP_ (75 months ago | reply)
That is so Cool..
I will try that :)
fouramjava (75 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the beautiful eggs, AND the story. The colors are beautiful, and it's a great pic!! I think they are the prettiest ones I've seen....
Edie Mcredie (75 months ago | reply)
hahaha what cool traditions!
Ewa's Oceans (75 months ago | reply)
Andi, this is old Polish tradition too !
I mean dying eggs with onion skin ...
But the kind of competition that you mentioned is known in some regions in Poland as well :-D
Barca_Branca (75 months ago | reply)
Gorgeously colored...as if these eggs were tanned on the sunny beach!!
The Cay (75 months ago | reply)
love this...
jege (75 months ago | reply)
The colours are incredible!!! I'm going to have to try this!
vfm4 (75 months ago | reply)
@Jege:
you can use onion skins, or water in which beetroots have been cooked, or spinach water.... to get some more colours... try to start with white, not brown eggs... :-)
Pikaluk (74 months ago | reply)
Please post to www.flickr.com/groups/worldofeggs/
carn91 (63 months ago | reply)
Happy Easter! These brought back old home memories! Mom made the colored eggs this way but she added an extra touch. She would turn them with a wooden spoon as they were being colored in the onion skins to make 'bunny scratches' on the shells. These were the *real* bunny eggs!
amma_maw (63 months ago | reply)
hmmmm...I think the beer is very strong in Cumbria. :)))
teilflo (63 months ago | reply)
I like the picture, it's simple and suggestive (and, it made me think of my grandma and my childhood)... Though, I thought it was taken in Romania, as there is a similar tradition here! The other photos are olso very beautiful.
Happy Easter!
x_viciousdoll_x [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)
Well,actually it`S a hungarian tradition you know...And i should know cause i`M hungarian.And believe me,eggs boiled with onion skin are healthier than the ones dyed with paint that contains a lot of chemicals.And the taste doens`T change :P so feel free too eat htem :P
teilflo (63 months ago | reply)
:) Or, should we say, it's an international tradition... I'm a Romanian, but from Chisinau (Republic of Moldova).
ANDI2.. (63 months ago | reply)
thanks guys for your comments...........
Beki-ness (52 months ago | reply)
Ahhh, I see what u mean! lol x
Claudete Dorocinski (49 months ago | reply)
Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Cultura Polonesa - Polish Culture e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Paul McRandle (27 months ago | reply)
Nice image, Andrew. I've used it for an article on natural food dyes published on NRDC's SImple Steps.
This photo was invited and added to the Easter Eggs - Culture and Art group.