in this way: Select three large white eggs, make a minute hole in the small end of each, and another hole the size of a silver dime in the large end. Place the hole at the small end of each shell to your lips and blow steadily until all the egg has run out. Then set the shells in a warm place to dry while you make ready "something bitter and something sweet" with which to fill them. Soft, creamy candies of a small size are the best for this. Select several pieces for each egg, and pour on each of these one drop of a weak solution of wormwood or quinine. Mix the bitter candy with the sweet, and fill the egg-shells.
Fig. [400].—Cut three scalloped disks like this.
Cut from gilt or colored paper three scalloped disks four inches in diameter ([Fig. 400]). Through the centre of each disk pass a needle threaded with doubled black linen thread, cover the under side of the disk with paste, separate the two ends of the thread and hold them down on each side of the large end of a shell, as shown in [Fig. 401]; then draw the disk down and paste it upon the shell over the threads. If the ends of the thread extend below the disk, clip them off with sharp scissors. Wait until the paste is quite dry and the paper firmly attached to the shells, then hang the eggs by their threads in a door-way so that they will be just one foot higher than you can reach.
The Game
There must be at least two girls and two boys to play the game. Fold a shawl or wide scarf until it forms a narrow band. Wrap it around the waist of one of the girls, fasten it securely, and blindfold her with a handkerchief. Let a boy stand on either side of her, grasp the band firmly, and then march her up to the door-way where the eggs are suspended, chanting these words:
"Tid, Mid and Mi-se-ra,
Carling, Palm, and Pasch-egg day.
Lift you now off your feet,
Take your bitter with your sweet."
Fig. [401].—Paste the disk on the shell.