First Day of Spring!

Auntie Val says that you can balance eggs on the equinox.
Mom is skeptical.
Mom tried it this morning.
12 for 12 not working.

So THEN, after mom almost had one egg roll on the floor--(No problem--I'd like to see what's in that little white package anyway!) Mom Googled the Egg Balancing thingy . . .

here's the scoop: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/errata/a/equinox_eggs.htm

Eggs in the balance
The egg being the most literal and obvious of all fertility symbols, ancient eggish customs survive not only in the form of egg rolling and Easter eggs, but also in the quaint superstitious belief, most often attributed to the Chinese, that you can stand a raw egg on end during the equinox. Apparently this derives from the notion that, due to the sun's equidistant position between the poles of the earth on the first day of spring, special gravitational forces apply.
For skeptics, the first objection that comes to mind is that there's another equinox on the first day of autumn — why does no one speak of balancing eggs on end in September? Secondly, while it's true that on both equinoxes the earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun so day and night are of equal length, there's no scientific reason to suppose that such an alignment has any effect on gravitational forces here on earth. Thirdly, if the equinox can cause this curious anomaly, why aren't there others? Why don't we hear talk of being able to stand broomsticks, pencils, lollipops, or toothpicks on end?
A few grains of salt
It can be done, by the way — balancing eggs, I mean — but the trick takes lots of patience, eggs of just the right shape, a pinch of salt if all else fails... and, frankly, it doesn't matter what day of the year you attempt it.

Tra-la-la . . .one more magic myth debunked. Darn.