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A Hare to the Parson and Misc. Easter trivia
In Coleshill, Warwick, if on Easter Monday a young man catches a hare and gives it to the parson before 10 a.m. the parson must give him a calf's head, 100 eggs and a groat.
In some places in the British Isles, no flesh was eaten on Easter Sunday as it was believed to abstain would ward off fevers for the year.
In some places in the British Isles, it was common to eat a gammon of bacon to "show abhorrence to Judaism" at Easter.
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