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The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a festival commemorating their Goddess of Offspring, Eastre, who was celebrated through her earthly symbol of the rabbit. from the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of birth and was often wrapped in gold leaf or coloured with flower petals and exchanged.