All Discussions Tagged 'Easter' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T04:44:59Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Easter&feed=yes&xn_auth=noView of 1916 Rising from Stage in Wartime Belfasttag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-02:6442157:Topic:154292013-04-02T14:05:41.540ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>Derry Journal has an interesting article about <span>Derry republican Hugh McAteer, who led an IRA commemoration of the 1916 Rising by hijacking a screening in a Belfast cinema. McAteer and his comrades' feat generated coverage for the incident, and the nationalist cause, in headlines around the world. He even drew a mention from Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw (typically the voice of Brooklyn-born and Galway-raised William Joyce). Journal reporter Michael McMonagle took a look at McAteer's…</span></p>
<p>Derry Journal has an interesting article about <span>Derry republican Hugh McAteer, who led an IRA commemoration of the 1916 Rising by hijacking a screening in a Belfast cinema. McAteer and his comrades' feat generated coverage for the incident, and the nationalist cause, in headlines around the world. He even drew a mention from Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw (typically the voice of Brooklyn-born and Galway-raised William Joyce). Journal reporter Michael McMonagle took a look at McAteer's extraordinary life.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/remembering-easter-1943-1-4946108?goback=%2Egde_134004_member_227895517">http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/remembering-easter-1943-1-4946108?goback=%2Egde_134004_member_227895517</a></p> Easter Traditions in Irelandtag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-03-18:6442157:Topic:127222013-03-18T02:05:45.231ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes…</span></p>
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes in the hen house, before the children woke up on Easter Sunday. In more recent times, parents also hid chocolate Easter eggs among the flowers, shrubs and hedges in the back yard.</span></p>
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