A CURIOUS CUSTOM.
The district known as the Eden Valley, in Westmorland, still observes a most peculiar custom. Sometimes rows of hen's eggs are placed in windows, j and strangers wonder why. Two ordinary eggs in the window denotes a married couple are in residence, whilst a bantam's egg represents each child. If a parent dies, his or her egg is painted black, and, after a year, is removed altogether. Should any of the family leave or die a small egg is taken away. Should a widow or widower marpy again, she or he is represented by a couple, which means there would be three large eggs. Bachelor or spinster occupants for some reason or oilier are exempt. ■ . On one occasion thsro was a window ■bed'ecked in one village with sixteen eggs, registering th-3 parents as each twice married, a'n:l twelve children, including three sets qf twim.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 741, 30 January 1915, Page 7
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147A CURIOUS CUSTOM. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 741, 30 January 1915, Page 7
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