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The Fabergé Alexandra III Equestrian Easter Egg, 1910
This year it falls on April 12th. Easter Sunday, that is.
So how come it never seems to fall on the same date each year? Why
is it a moveable feast?
How long have you got? In brief...
Easter is so called, after the pagan Goddess Eostre. A pagan feast
occurred in celebration around the Spring Equinox. When Christianity
spread from Rome, pagan celebrations were pretty much usurped, and
absorbed into Christian celebrations. In otherwords... you can't
worship Eostre anymore but, hey, believe in the one God and you
can still have a party each year.
Trouble is, the Christian Easter celebration is closely linked
to the Jewish Passover. This has always been a moveable feast and
the computation of this holy day has always been open to controversy.
This is further complicated by your choice of calendar when computing
dates. The Gregorian calendar, rather than the Julian calendar or,
perhaps, the Jewish Lunisolar calendar etc. etc.
Anyway, Easter can fall on 35 possible dates - between March 22
and April 25 inclusive. This is because the calculation is based
upon Easter being observed on the Sunday after the first full moon
on or after the day of the vernal equinox. Er, nearly... because
that full moon (called the Paschal full moon) is not an astronomical
full moon, but the 14th day of a calendar lunar month.
Another difference is that the astronomical vernal equinox is a
natural astronomical phenomenon, which can fall on March 20 or 21,
while the ecclesiastical date is fixed by convention on March 21.
Confused? You need not be...
Nowadays, the actual date of Easter for the next 5 million or so
years has been calculated by the Catholic church and we now follow
those dates.
Curiously, in the United Kingdom, the Easter Act 1928 set out legislation
to allow the date of Easter to be fixed as the first Sunday after
the second Saturday in April (or, in other words, the Sunday in
the period from April 9 to April 15). However, the legislation has
not been implemented, although it remains on the Statute book and
could be implemented subject to approval by the various Christian
churches.
Don't hold your breath!
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If you were in any doubt at all that Spring has finally reached
St. Céré, look no further than the magnificent blossom
displays from the plum trees and hawthorn hedges, forsythia and,
of course, the several Magnolia trees dotted about town and around.
Brought to Europe from Virginia by John Bannister in 1688 and named
after the famous French botanist Pierre Magnol, by Frenchman Charles
Plumier in 1703, the Magnolia is always among the first to blossom.
What a very welcome sight.
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It started when Danny
the PC Doctor read about how we missed the Hurricane because
we do not watch French TV and therefore didn't get the warning.
He e-mailed the address for Zattoo TV and, hey presto, we can now
watch/listen to French TV (all the usual Channels) whilst we work
at the computer. Free. It took less than 2-minutes to click through
to the site and download the TV player. All we had to do was open
an "account" with our e-mail address and create a password.
Try it. Click the image above to open a new window to the Zattoo
TV website and you need never miss another storm warning!
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"Made in Corrèze" is an English language
broadcast by expat, Julia Branch-Evans, every Friday morning at
09h.03. With interviews and information of interest to all expats
in France, not just residents of next-door Corrèze.
Rather than fiddle with the old tuner dial to find 101.9 FM, if
you have got broadband, you can listen whilst you enjoy this website.
Friday morning, just log on to st-cere.com in time for the broadcast
at 09h.03 and click the button below. Go on, have a practice...
try it now!
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8th - 30th April 2009
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There are some 1,500 of them up for grabs - free, but there is just
one snag...the Great Chocolate Egg Hunt sponsored by the shops of
St. Céré, is restricted to those under 10 years old!
Starts at 15h.30 on Saturday 11th April - public gardens behind
the war memorial.
The St. Céré Rugby Club Juniors are putting on a 15
euro moules frites on Sunday 12th April.
Further details: 06.30.76.53.29. Ask for Fred.
A St. Céré Music Festival presentation, part of their
Winter Season programme.
Date for your diary: Thursday 30th April. Starts at 20h.30
Billed as "Burleque", the 1 hour show features a harp
and dancers in a "fantasie clownesque". Venue: Théâtre
de l'Usine. For ticket prices, reservations and further Information,
phone direct to the organisers on 05 65 38 28 08
Place de la République. April 12th. 09h.00 to 13h.00
click this link
for details of other forthcoming events in St. Céré
area and around
Place du Mercardial, St. Céré
St Céré, is in the beautiful Dordogne river valley
region of the Lot (département 46), Midi-Pyrénées,
South West France.
Lot is deep in the heart of France, with the départements
of Dordogne to the West, Corrèze to the North, Aveyron and Cantal
to the South and East respectively.
To
view maps of where in France to find St. Céré - please
click this link
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Paul and Jason have been in touch to say that they are back from
their travels and their chambre d'hotes and restaurant in Carennac
is now open for the season. In addition to their usual summer menu
(sandwiches, salads, steaks, lasagne etc) they are introducing a
weekday lunchtime menu of €11.50 for 3 courses, and a Sunday
midday menu of €18 for 4 courses.
Further information, opening times and reservations:
05.65.50.25.84
www.lapetitevigne-carennac.com
We will be meeting on Friday 1st May at the Café Voyageurs,
as usual, to put the world to rights and for a drink or three.
If you are out and about...
join us.
Café Voyageurs, Place de la République, St. Céré
- venue for anyone who wants to speak English to other English speakers
- at least once a month!
Don't forget, if you can capture a French friend who is trying
to learn English, there can be no better way for them to practise,
than to join us.
See you there?
In this section we provide links to current local
and national news items, which may well affect you if you either
live near St. Céré or, as expats anywhere in
France.
The scroller above will halt as your mouse hovers
over it. Then just click on a brief news item link that is of interest,
and a fuller version will open in a new window.
If you have a local news item you would like to see
aired, please let us know. Use the e-mail form accessed by clicking
the link below to send us your new item.
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Carennac, a Plus Beaux Village de France, near St Céré
- click the image of the Carennac house above for further information.
St Céré is surrounded by countryside of great beauty,
liberally sprinkled with historic sites and villages.
There are no less than five of the officially designated Plus Beaux
Villages de France (the most beautiful villages in France) within
20 minutes drive of St. Céré
Click this link to view photos and
information of some of the great places to visit near St. Céré
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To find out what the weather is like today in St. Céré
and for a 3 day forecast - click the image above.
Thinking of getting on the road now that Spring is here? Do it in
style... check out this motorhome for sale locally. Click the image
above, or here
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WiFi connections in St Céré are available at the
music bar, Au Passé Simple in Rue de la République
and at the Café 5Cere, Hotel Touring, Place de la République.
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If you have a local news item (or even one of national interest),
you feel deserves an airing; have been Out and About and know a
snippet of local information - somebody new in town/some local info;
or if you have a local event to publicise free, let us know by clicking
the appropriate link below.
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