Residents of an English town gathered on Tuesday (March 4) to play a traditional soccer game with a twist – there are ...

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

Watching fastanchts get made from start to finish at Emingee's, I was fairly certain the potato doughnuts wouldn't disappoint ...

A historic football game played since the 1100s has returned to the north of England this Shrove Tuesday. The Royal ...

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

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Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...

The day earned its name from the Christian tradition of seeking absolution before the start of Lent. Pancakes became ...

Lent is a period of 40 days which many Christians observe as a time of fasting, abstinence and penitence - here is everything ...

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 ...

Bakeries in Estonia were already at work the night before Shrove Tuesday, getting ready the thousands of cream buns ...

Care home residents and staff have been flipping pancakes and sharing stories for Shrove Tuesday. Woodland View care home in ...