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Opinion: This mythical figure has taken a long journey from European prehistory to today.

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(The Conversation) — And why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps returning each spring.

A scholar traces the folk figure's history from the Neolithic era to today

The Easter Bunny is a much-celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter Bunny might have left behind.

A folklorist explains the prehistoric origins of the mythical Easter Bunny and why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps returning each spring.

NEXT Monday, you are invited to visit the market town of Tetbury as the many businesses reopen. To mark this occasion, mayor Ann Pearce will be in town with the town crier to announce and open the town. It’s interesting to note that one of Ann’s first job as mayor was to do this after the first lockdown and it is now coming up to a year of Ann being the first virtual mayor of Tetbury. Ann is looking forward to once again visiting and promoting the many diverse shops and businesses t...

NORRISTOWN — Dozens of families are being reminded Easter goes beyond the baskets of chocolate bunnies they received. The spirit of the springtime holiday was surely blooming with every donation of a colorful basket or an Easter ham that found its way to places like the Daily Bread Community Food Pantry in Lower Providence, the Lower Providence Optimist Club, Laurel House and the Patrician Society in Norristown. “Judge Rebar delivered 50 baskets to us and we’re getting a whole fl...

NORRISTOWN — Dozens of families are being reminded Easter goes beyond the baskets of chocolate bunnies they received. The spirit of the springtime holiday was surely blooming with every donation of a colorful basket or an Easter ham that found its way to places like the Daily Bread Community Food Pantry in Lower Providence, the Lower Providence Optimist Club, Laurel House and the Patrician Society in Norristown. “Judge Rebar delivered 50 baskets to us and we’re getting a whole fl...