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    1. Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Holiday Traditions
    2. [email protected] writes: > Speaking of eggs -- we always had a tradition where on Easter we would have > egg wars -- hardboiled -- where 2 people would knock the fat ends together > and then the more pointy ends. If your egg didn't crack you would go on to > the next opponent? Anyone know about this -- I don;t know the origin?? > Claire > My wife, who is Polish, introduced me to this tradition (Egg Fights - the winner gets the opponents egg) when I met her family over 45 years ago. Her grandparents had done the same thing in Poland and we've carried on in our family. Mike Mattes El Paso, Texas [email protected] Searching for: MATTES, DINAN, DONOUGHUE, TUFFY, KEANLE/KIENLE Germany, Ireland, Wayne Co., PA, Brooklyn and Queens, NY I think my ancestors were born under a bridge and buried in the backyard.

    12/19/2000 05:32:24