| Re: Shrove Tuesday = Pancake Day
I have shamefully ripped this off of Wiki. (Rep to Mr Kennedy) We don't have parades, just go home and pig ourselves till we spontaneously combust.
Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia to refer to the day after Shrove Monday and before Ashe Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday).
In these countries, particularly Ireland, and amongst Anglicans, Lutherans and possibly other Protestant denominations in Canada including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, this day is also known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day.
In other parts of the world—for example, in historically Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States and elsewhere—this day is called Mardi Gras. In areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago) it is known as Paczki Day & celebrated on the Thursday before Lent.
And in areas with large German-immigrant populations (for example, Pennsylvania Dutch Country) it is known as Fasnacht Day (also spelled Fausnacht Day and Fauschnaut Day). |