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

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 ...

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 ...

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

From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as ...

Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried ...

This week kicks off the period leading up to the Christian Easter celebrations. But while Easter is typically associated with ...

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

What exactly do the treats have to do with Easter? Here's everything you need to know about the history and customs behind the annual celebration. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, will be ...

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 ...

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 ...