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    Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a holiday celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday where people eat pancakes with their families and friends. It is a tradition that started in England and is now celebrated in other parts of the world as well. On this day, pancakes containing foods like butter, eggs, and fat are eaten to use up foods forbidden during the upcoming Lenten season of fasting and abstinence before Easter. A famous pancake race held since 1445 takes place on Pancake Day in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England where women must run through town flipping a pancake in their frying pan three times.

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    Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a holiday celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday where people eat pancakes with their families and friends. It is a tradition that started in England and is now celebrated in other parts of the world as well. On this day, pancakes containing foods like butter, eggs, and fat are eaten to use up foods forbidden during the upcoming Lenten season of fasting and abstinence before Easter. A famous pancake race held since 1445 takes place on Pancake Day in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England where women must run through town flipping a pancake in their frying pan three times.

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    Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a holiday celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday where people eat pancakes with their families and friends. It is a tradition that started in England and is now celebrated in other parts of the world as well. On this day, pancakes containing foods like butter, eggs, and fat are eaten to use up foods forbidden during the upcoming Lenten season of fasting and abstinence before Easter. A famous pancake race held since 1445 takes place on Pancake Day in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England where women must run through town flipping a pancake in their frying pan three times.

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    Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a holiday celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday where people eat pancakes with their families and friends. It is a tradition that started in England and is now celebrated in other parts of the world as well. On this day, pancakes containing foods like butter, eggs, and fat are eaten to use up foods forbidden during the upcoming Lenten season of fasting and abstinence before Easter. A famous pancake race held since 1445 takes place on Pancake Day in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England where women must run through town flipping a pancake in their frying pan three times.

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    PANCAKE DAY

    Many people love to eat warm pancakes covered with butter and syrup in the morning. But did you know that there is actually a holiday where people celebrate and eat pancakes with their families and friends? It is a tradition that started many years ago in England. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and several other countries around the world, Pancake Day is celebrated with fun, games, and of course a lot of eating. However, the most well known activity on this day is the Pancake Day race at Olney in Buckinghamshire, England which has been held since 1445. What is Pancake Day? Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes. It is a day of celebrations as well as penitence, because its the last day before Lent. Throughout the United Kingdom, and in other countries too, people indulge themselves on foods that traditionally aren't allowed during Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

    Why are Pancakes eaten on Shrove Tuesday? Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

    When is Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)? Shrove Tuesday is celebrated the day before the commencement of Lent. Pancake Day always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between 3 February and 9 March.

    Why do Christians call the day 'Shrove Tuesday'? The name Shrove comes from the old word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began.

    What is an English Pancake? A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a pan. Caster sugar (superfine sugar) is sprinkled over the top and a dash of fresh lemon juice added. The pancake is then rolled. Some people add golden syrup or jam.

    What is the Pancake race? This race still occurs in England and in several other cities. Only women are allowed to participate in this race. They must run a designated path with a frying pan and end up at the church. They must have a hot pancake in the frying pan which they must flip at least three times before they complete the race. The first woman to complete the race and arrive at church with the pancake is declared the winner. She then serves the pancake to the bellringer and is rewarded with a kiss from the bellringer called the Kiss of peace.

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