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The world’sworlds most expensive hot cross bun was baked in 1829 and sold at auction in 2000 for £155 Facts to make you g go““WOW!” W

Clowns traditionally have their make-up registered by having their faces painted onto eggs

Roast lamb is the traditional meat dish at Easter

The white lily is the official flower of Easter and known as the Easter lily

◆ The word Easter also comes from the pagan goddess Eostre. The original Christian name for Easter was Pascha.

WOW! THE LARGEST-EVER EASTER EGG HUNT FOUND 9,753 CHILDREN SEARCHING FOR 501,000 EGGS AT THE CYPRESS GARDENS ADVENTURE PARK IN FLORIDA.

◆ The Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking is a traditional Easter Monday rugby match between the Leicestershire villages of Hallaton and Medbourne in which a small barrel of beer is used as a a ball.

◆ A TRADITION OF SENDING EASTER POSTCARDS BEGAN IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND WAS POPULAR UNTIL

THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

◆ MAUNDY THURSDAY IS THE DAY BEFORE GOOD FRIDAY AND THE DAY OF THE LAST SUPPER.

The world’s WOW! longest rabbit measured 1.29m (4ft 3in) from nose to tail.

◆ THE WORLD RECORD FOR STACKING FOUR EGGS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IS FOUR, SET BY YEMEN’S MOHAMMED

MUQBEL.

◆ ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE, A CHILD BORN ON GOOD FRIDAY AND BAPTISED ON EASTER SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE GIFT

OF HEALING.

◆ The largest gathering of people dressed as rabbits was 1,119 at China Fashion Week in 2018.

◆ Th he Bunny Museum in Califo ornia is home to 28,423 rabb bit-themed items.

◆ HARDENED HOT CROSS BU UNS ARE SAID TO PROTEC CT A HO OUSE FROM FIRE.

◆ THE LARGEST DECORATED EASTER EGG IS 15M (49FT 3IN) TALL AND 8.5M (28FT 7IN) IN DIAMETER, AND WAS CREATED BY ASSOCIAÇÃO VISITE POMERODE IN BRAZIL, IN 2019.

◆ The World Coal Carrying Championship is an Easter Monday tradition in Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, in which contestants race for a mile carrying a 50kg sack of coal.