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Here’s a selection of photos entered for the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 competition by our editor of FLS News, Dr Ceri Houlbrook

Easter, the holiest feast-day in the Christian calendar, presents two puzzling features which need explanation, though they are only marginal to its importance. The first is its date. It is unique among Christian festivals in having no fixed date but moving through early spring (within certain limits); Lent, Ascension Day and Whitsun (Pentecost) move correspondingly,...