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Speaking of which, I'd never heard before, though it makes perfect sense, that Catholics traditionally do their spring cleaning on the first three days of Holy Week --again, to be ready for Easter, and following the Jewish custom of preparing for Passover. See here and here for more on that.
The picture at right is of a redbud tree, aka the Judas tree, because tradition has it Judas hanged himself on a redbud and the blossoms blushed in shame. Photo credit.
Finally, I can't forget my own mildly eery encounter with Judas last year (2nd graf)