 The villagers, obliviously, observed the apparition where there had once been a sacred lake.Popular customs associated with Easter, observed by both Copts and Muslims, were considered by her to probably originate in ancient Egypt.On "Job Wednesday," during the week preceding Easter Sunday, a bath is taken and the body scrubbed with a plant, "Egyptian Amaranath", called ghabira by the Muslims, and damissa by the Copts.