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 Easter.Easter Eggs, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Easter-day Sun.
 
It was formerly a common belief that the sun danced on Easter Day. Sir Thomas Browne combats the notion in his Vulgar Errors.
       
“But oh, she dances such a way,
No sun upon an Easter day
       
Is half so fine a sight.”
       
Sir John Suckling.
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 Easter.Easter Eggs, 

 
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