Pancake Day

Tuesday 17 was Pancake day, here are a few interesting facts:

The Worlds largest pancake was cooked in Rochdale in 1994, it was 15 metres in diameter,and weighed three tonnes and was estimated to contain 2 million calories.!

Pancake day is on a different date every Year depending on when Easter Sunday falls, it can be as early as 4 February and as late as 10 March
Pancake day is always the day before Ash Wednesday, Ash Wednesday is also the start of "Lent", Lent means to give up something and lasts 46 days (40 excluding Sundays)
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the placing of ashes on your forehead ,as a sign of repentance.
One Indulgence Christians wanted to give up for lent was rich foods, eggs, sugar and butter, so they would use all the ingredients up, hense where pancakes come from.
Shrove Tueasday, the word shrove (Shrive) means to confess it was believed they would be forgiven.
The last day of lent is Eater Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday.

Here are a few ideas for could give up for lent:

1 Alcohol
2 Swearing
3 Meat
4 Impulse shopping
5 Junk Food
6 Facebook
7 Smoking
8 Gambling
9 Television
10 Over use of the Credit card

If you succeed and wish to treat your self to a holiday, never give up
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