Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Shrovetide
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Confession-time, especially the days immediately before Lent, when, in Catholic times, the people confessed their sins to the parish priest and afterwards gave themselves up to sports, and dined on pancakes, Shrove Tuesday being Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, or the first day of Lent.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shrovetide'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shrovetide.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shrovetide'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shrovetide.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
