Wesley ,'Chosen'
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Collop: [link]
Collop Monday is the two days before Ash Wednesday. Slices of meat are used up, usually along with eggs for breakfast, before Lent begins.
Also known as Rose Monday, Shrove Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday. Hall is shortened version of "hallow", meaning "holy".
In Cornwall, England, it is called "Peasen Monday". Pea Soup is served instead.
A collop is a small piece of meat. In general, any small piece can be called a collop.
Lundi is actually Monday.
I expect if the story I posted up there is true. Mardi Gras would've come first. Dunno.
re: feast days
being a Pagan means you get to celebrate everybody's festivals in a spirit of ecumenicalism without having to go through with the sacrificial parts.
you get to celebrate everybody's festivals in a spirit of ecumenicalism without having to go through with the sacrificial parts
But! The pyres! The ritual! The knives!
I do love a good sacrifice.
I do love a good sacrifice.
With pie.
According to my Canadian Friend and her Catholic mother, it's Shrove Tuesday, and they will celebrate by eating pancakes and bacon.
Growing up we referred to it as either Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday.
I love you, Tep.
Damn, we jumped the gun. We had pancakes and bacon for dinner Sunday night.
Dude, I'm so out of the religion loop that it wasn't until high school that I figured out why we had fish Fridays in the cafeteria.