The Spurious Nib continues to investigate Easter. Our long time keeper of Spurious History, Dusty Japes, has uncovered more inconceivable notions of Easter history.
In 1893 Gwendolyn Blodwyn introduced her Easter themed purses.
Easter Goverts
In 1697 the town of Falesti, Moldova faced an environmental crises of epic proportions. All of the regions goats descended on the town after one of the residents dumped old casks of plumb wine on a pile of old rope. When the goats recovered from their meal they consumed all of the vegetation in and around the town. When the goats left the residents discovered all the Easter bunnies had moved to Romania. Gripped with fear the Falestians begged Mayor Malvern Govert to “bring back the bunny!” Govert traveled to Transylvania and bought seven long haired hares. Those hares became known as Goverts. Today if you are in Moldova Easter bunnies are still called Easter Goverts!
Paolo Fabrizio was so taken by the great silent film, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), he re-enacted the chariot scene in his living room every Easter.
Incidentally, every corresponding Easter Paolo’s wife, Irta, reenacted scenes from Mack Sennett’s, The Fatal Mallet.
Daniel Boone’s older sister June refused to hunt rabbits during the season of Easter!
