Although Easter Sunday is the culmination of Holy Week and the end of Lent, the following Monday (also known as Pasch Monday) is observed as a public holiday in many nations, perhaps to round off the long weekend that begins on Good Friday. In London, there is a big Easter parade in Hyde Park on this day. A curious English tradition associated at one time with Easter Monday involved “lifting” or “heaving.” By crossing hands and grasping another person’s wrists, the men would lift the women on Easter Monday, and, on Easter Tuesday, the women would lift the men. Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary