from the Celtic Chronicles book. CELTIC. This was a day of enjoyment. There were many fairs, and families and villages played games and sports, such as egg rolling and those mentioned under Shrove Tuesday. Sometimes hard-boiled, sometimes raw, eggs were rolled down slopes the object to to see which egg rolled the furthest without breaking. Any broken shell was gathered up so that witches could not use it to work malicious spells against the former owner. The same precautions were taken with any human debris such as nail clippings, hair trimmings and bits of discarded clothing. CORNWALL. Today in Penzance householders used to set up stalls to raffle home made gingerbread cakes and also crockery. They did so with a game called lilly-bangers which used cups and dice for the raffle. St Day Fair was held today. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002