|
Egg tapping, or also known as egg fight, egg knocking, egg pacqueing, egg boxing, egg picking, or egg jarping is a traditional Easter game. In English folk traditions, the game has variously been known as "shackling", "jarping" or "dumping".〔 The rule of the game is simple. One holds a hard-boiled egg and taps the egg of another participant with one's own egg intending to break the other's, without breaking one's own. As with any other game, it has been a subject of cheating; eggs with cement core, alabaster, and even marble eggs have been reported.〔 ==History== The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in Pagan celebrations of spring and was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus at Easter. During medieval times, egg tapping was practiced in Europe. For instance, the practice was mentioned to have played an important part in the 14th century in Zagreb in relation to the Easter festival.〔(Hrvatski informativni centar: Uskrs u Hrvata ) ''"U starom Zagrebu i njegovoj okolici tucanje jajima upozoravalo je na Uskrs kao prijelomnicu u vremenu pa su tim događajem označavali i vrijeme, bilježeći u dokumentima u 14. stoljeću da se nešto dogodilo "poslije tucanja jaja", tj. poslije Uskrsa."''〕〔(Hrvatski uskrsni obicaji: Tucanje jaja, ukrasavanje pisanica i paljenje vuzmice ): ''U nekim tekstovima se navodi da se "tucanje jajima" spominje još u 14. stoljeću u starom Zagrebu i okolici, no prakticira se gotovo u svim dijelovima Hrvatske.''〕 A study of folklore quotes an early 15th-century reference Poland.〔Venetia Newall (1971) ''An Egg at Easter: A Folklore Study'', (p. 344 )〕 In North America, egg picking was observed by a British prisoner of war, Thomas Anbury, in Frederick Town in Maryland in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The local custom at that time was to dye the eggs with Logwood or (Bloodwood ) to give them a crimson color which as Anbury observed gave them "great strength". 〔 Thomas Anbury was young British officer who traveld extensively as a prisoner-of-war during the American Revolution. Anbury was near Frederick Town in Maryland, July 11, 1781, when he noted the egg picking custom which was prevalent at that time. (Anbury,''"Travels through the Interior Parts of America"''(London, 1789) Vol. II, at pp. 500-1) as quoted in the Maryland Historical Magazine article. Anbury's book was also published in France, see Ceinture fléchée〕 By the mid-20th century, a Baltimore Maryland newspaper, the Evening Sun would devote an editorial column to discussing street cries, ritual, techniques for the game.〔 Clarkson cites the Baltimore Evening Sun for 29 March 1933 (editorial page),and in the Sunday Sun for 17 April 1949 (brown section). 〕 For days before Easter, boys would call "Hold up!" which was the call to "pick" eggs, crying: :Who got a egg? :Who got a egg? :Who gotter Guineakee? :Who wanter pickawee? :Who pick? :Who pick? :Who gotter egg? 〔Cited by Clarkson in their article, see above.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Egg tapping」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|