Published 2014
A reference to ‘an egg’, with no qualification, is assumed almost everywhere to mean a hen’s egg, which is what this essay is about. For other eggs, see duck, ostrich, quail. The hen’s egg is usually the one that carries symbolic significance (the renewal of life, e.g. in spring festivals and easter foods). These and associated topics are admirably dealt with by
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