The Easter Lamb bearing a cross-emblazoned
flag represents Christ
Resurrected and is thus the typical Polish Easter symbol. At the centre
of Catholic Mass is the sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the Eucharist.
The lamb adorns greeting cards. Sugar lambs are blessed in Easter baskets
and plaster lambs form the centrepiece of the Easter table.
The sugar lambs are most often blessed in children's baskets as a sweet
treat.
Typically the table also includes a butter
lamb shaped by hand, in a mould, or purchased from Polish markets.
This lamb is always included in the basket to be blessed.
The lamb also appears in the dessert form
of the Lamb Cake, a pound cake shaped and decorated, often sitting on the
Easter grass, and always carrying the Resurrection
Banner.
Aleksandra Bednarkiewicz
A sweet lamb!
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