Editing Easter egg (section)

=== Egg tapping ===
[[File:Eierkippen.jpg|thumb|left|Eggs after an egg tapping competition (red wins)]]
In the [[North of England]], during Eastertide, a traditional game is played where hard boiled ''pace eggs'' are distributed and each player hits the other player's egg with their own. This is known as "[[egg tapping]]", "egg dumping", or "egg jarping". The winner is the holder of the last intact egg. The annual egg jarping world championship is held every year over Easter in [[Peterlee]], [[County Durham|Durham]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Pamela |title=Egg jarping: when hard-boiled eggs come to blows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/apr/08/egg-jarping-hardboiled-eggs-blows |access-date=14 June 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028185901/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/apr/08/egg-jarping-hardboiled-eggs-blows |url-status=live }}</ref>

It is also practiced in Italy (where it is called ''scuccetta''), Poland, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia (where it is called ''turčanje'' or ''trkanje''), Ukraine, Russia, and other countries. In parts of Austria, Bavaria and German-speaking Switzerland it is called ''Ostereiertitschen'' or ''Eierpecken''. In parts of Europe it is also called ''epper'', presumably from the German name {{Lang|de|Opfer}}, meaning "offering" and in Greece it is known as ''tsougrisma''. In South [[Louisiana]], this practice is called pocking eggs<ref>{{cite web|title=Pocking eggs or la toquette|date=17 March 2008|url=http://creolecajun.blogspot.com/2008/03/pocking-eggs-or-la-toquette.html|publisher=Creolecajun.blogspot.com|access-date=2008-03-20|archive-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180103/http://creolecajun.blogspot.com/2008/03/pocking-eggs-or-la-toquette.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=If Your Eggs Are Cracked, Please Step Down: Easter Egg Knocking in Marksville |url=http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/creole_art_egg_knocking.html |access-date=2008-03-20 |archive-date=2017-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316053553/http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/creole_art_egg_knocking.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and is slightly different. The [[Louisiana Creole people|Louisiana Creoles]] hold that the winner eats the eggs of the losers in each round.

In the Greek Orthodox tradition, red eggs are also cracked together when people exchange Easter greetings.