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The Origins of Easter
There are no data from before the 19th century that connect hairs and eggs with any pagan origins. The hair and the egg is associated with Easter through the internal organic machinations of medieval European Christianity. While there are oral traditions within neo-pagan traditions about these having gone back to medieval and earlier pagan roots, there are no data that support those oral traditions.