Mikoros To Shavous Minhagim -Part 2

part 2           מקורות למנהגים  1) Eating seven-layer *cake. 2) Getting high by eating *cake laced with saffron 3) Throwing down apples from the Shul roof 4) Wearing face masks 5) Eating milk & honey 6) Eating a four-cornered Challah 7a) Young children are brought to Shul early       in the morning wrapped in a coat. 7b) They are fed honey - honey*cake - an egg. 3) The תרגום שני writes that Haman told King Achashveirosh  ישנו עם אחד מפזר ומפורד  He pointed out all the weird Minhagim the Yidden have.  One of them is, that on Shavuos they throw  down apples from the roof of  the Bais  Hakneses   4) The D’var Shmuel (R. S. Abuhab) #247 has a  Teshuva re the face masks which were worn on  Shavuos for Simcha. SEE BELOW 7) Today's  Minhag of bringing a child for the first  time to Cheder originates back to the times of the  Rishonim. The רוקח writes in detail how it was done  on Shavuos. They wrapped a coat over the child's head and  brought him early in the morning to Shul.  The  child was placed on the lap of the Rav who taught  him the Aleph-Bais & some Pesukim. The child  licked off the honey from the א ב board. They also  fed him a specially inscribed Honey Cake and an  inscribed egg. The רוקח ends, "One should not change this Minhag."