28
Feb
What’s the Story? Shrove Tuesday
Today is Shrove Tuesday, possibly better known as, Pancake Day!
On this feast day Christians traditionally use up all the luxuries in their home ready for forty days of self-denial and purification leading up to Easter. It is difficult to pin down why pancakes became such a tra ...
9
Feb
What’s the Story? It’s Pancake Day
WHAT’S THE STORY? Everyone likes the idea of tossing a pancake today but do you know why we do it?
Pancake Day is more formally known as Shrove Tuesday, and is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent is what the 40 days leading up to Easter a ...
