Shrove Tuesday is a minor holiday at best these days. But turn the clock back, and there was a lot more than pancakes to ...

One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the fire to make the pancakes. As eating meat was to be banned for Lent, animals were slaughtered for a ...

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, will be celebrated on Tuesday, 4 March this year. The exact date moves every year ...

If you weren’t aware, today isn’t formally known as Pancake Day. I know, I know, it’s a day all about pancakes. However, it’s ...

This made Shrove Tuesday the ideal occasion to indulge before fasting began. Pancakes were an effective and delicious way to use up surplus eggs, butter and milk. The history of Shrove Tuesday in ...

Pancake Day has been celebrated across the globe for centuries, but Scotland once practiced rather different traditions ...

Shrovetide football is an ancient, rough and chaotic ball game played on Shrove Tuesday, involving two rival teams of local ...

It takes place every year in the run up to Easter and has a long running religious history. When Shrove Tuesday occurs depends on the Lunar Calendar, which can make things a bit confusing. This ...

Fasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

On their website, Historic UK explains: “Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. “Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was ...