A guide to celebrating Easter the Irish way -- from IRISHPOST dot-com

 

• Rise with the sun and dance in celebration.
• Butchers carry out a mock funeral in honour of a dead herring. A “herring procession” then marches to the local church. This symbolizes the end of Lenten abstinence. Some people believe you should whip the herring too.
• Take down the “spolin meith na hinide,” a small piece of meat pinned up on the wall during Lent, and burn it to give a pleasant smell to the inside of the house.
• Conduct a “cludog”, where children gather eggs and roast them on a special device on a farm. Shells are saved and placed around the bottom of a Maybush.
• Easter feast – dig into a typical Sunday roast with your loved ones. The options are wide open, but people usually have lamb with this meal.
• Easter eggs are traditionally only given to children after they've eaten their dinner, but over the years that has become much less the case. If you don't fancy a chocolate egg, why not dig into a hot and buttery hot cross bun?
• Celebrate with a “cake dance”, a contest where the best dancer wins a cake.
• Build a bonfire to close out Easter.