Their Majesties, The Queen of Carnival and The Queen of Comus, have jointly issued invitations for Shrove Tuesday evening at midnight at which time they will entertain in the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel following the balls of Rex and Comus.

This established the tradition of Pancake Day being celebrated on Shrove Tuesday.

* The beginning of the Carnival period, from Epiphany until Shrove Tuesday.

In 1958, Pope Pius XII declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

The devotion was eventually approved by Pope Pius XII in 1958 and he formally declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

After the Cockermouth school, he was sent to a school in Penrith for the children of upper-class families and taught by Ann Birkett, a woman who insisted on instilling in her students traditions that included pursuing both scholarly and local activities, especially the festivals around Easter, May Day, and Shrove Tuesday.

* March 6 – The University of Paris strike of 1229 begins on Shrove Tuesday and lasts 2 years.

* March 8 – Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras ), end of Carnival season

Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday ; in English the day is sometimes referred to as Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning " confess.

In English, the day is called Shrove Tuesday, associated with the religious requirement for confession before Lent begins.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash Wednesday is called " shrovetide ", ending on Shrove Tuesday.

Protestant areas usually do not have Carnival celebrations or have modified traditions, such as the Danish Carnival or other Shrove Tuesday events.

Parades are held over the three days before Lent ; the most important participants are the Gilles, who go out in traditional costumes on Shrove Tuesday and throw blood oranges to the crowd.

Today, Shrove Tuesday is celebrated as Pancake Day, but little else of the Lent-related Shrovetide survived the 16th-century English Reformation.

" Shrove Tuesday is celebrated in certain cities.

The Polish Carnival Season includes Fat Thursday ( Polish: Tłusty Czwartek ), when pączki ( doughnuts ) are eaten, and Śledzik ( Shrove Tuesday ) or Herring Day.

* February 7 ( Shrove Tuesday ) – Followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of " immoral " objects at the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence.

Eventually Pope Pius XII approved the devotion in 1958 and declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the day before Ash Wednesday ) for all Catholics.

* Between 3 March and 9 March: Shrove Tuesday ( known as Mardi Gras or Carnival on the Continent ).

The day after Shrove Tuesday was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent when all were to abstain from eating and drinking certain things. 24 March: Lady Day or the feast of the Annunciation, the first of the Quarter Days on which rents and salaries were due and payable.

* March 4 – Shrove Tuesday

The tradition is that the mayor steps down for the days and power is transferred to the prince carnival, who then returns the key at the end of Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras.

* Shrove Tuesday ( also called Mardi Gras-fat Tuesday ) precedes the first day of Lent in the Western Christian calendar.

Mardi Gras, ( French for " Fat Tuesday ", also known as Shrove Tuesday ), is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and reflection in preparation for Easter Sunday.

Despite its name, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is not held on Mardi Gras ( Shrove Tuesday ) or indeed, on a Tuesday at all.

New Roads hosts the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana outside New Orleans each Shrove Tuesday.

Shrove Tuesday ( also known as Pancake Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday ) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

( Shrove Tuesday is better known in the United States, France and other countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The women of Olney recreate this race every Shrove Tuesday ( known in some countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday ) by running from the market place to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, a distance of about 380 metres.

In many countries, however, Septuagesima Sunday still marks the traditional start of the carnival season, culminating on Shrove Tuesday, sometimes known as Mardi Gras.

It is a tradition to feast for a week or two up until Mardi gras (" Fat Tuesday ", or Shrove Tuesday ) before the 40-day-long fasting observance of Lent begins.

It starts on a Thursday, followed by the Kisfarsang ( Little Farsang ) carnival on Friday, with the biggest celebration, Farsang vasárnap ( Farsang Sunday ) on the seventh Sunday before Easter Sunday ; the celebration then ends with Farsangtemetés ( Burial of Farsang ) on the following Tuesday ( Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras ).

* Shrove Monday – 48 days before Easter.

* The Schönauer Karneval is a high point at Carnival time in South Westphalia celebrated with, besides the Prinzenproklamation ( about 11 November ), Altweiber (“ Old Women ’ s Day ”), Prunksitzung ( a sitting of the “ Elves ’ Council ” – actually a revue ) and Rosenmontagszug (“ Shrove Monday Parade ”) also with three further events under marquees.

This tradition was taken to Hawaii, where Shrove Tuesday is known as Malasada Day, which dates back to the days of the sugar plantations of the 1800s, the resident Catholic Portuguese ( mostly from Madeira and the Azores ) workers used up butter and sugar prior to Lent by making large batches of malasadas.

It may be held on Shrove Tuesday or in the days immediately preceding it.

* Lent starts four days later than in the Roman Rite, so that there is no Ash Wednesday, and Carnival continues until " sabato grasso " (" Fat Saturday " in Italian ), corresponding to Shrove Tuesday ( called " mardi gras ", i. e. " Fat Tuesday ", in French ) in areas where the Roman Rite is used.

The game is played over two days on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, starting each day at 2. 00 pm and lasting until 10. 00 pm.

It is celebrated during the four days before Lent, from Saturday until Shrove Tuesday.

It is played on Shrove Tuesday and then again on the Saturday eleven days later.

The one is a settled or standing cnapan the date and place being known and yearly haunted and observed: of these cnapan days in Pembrokeshire there were wont to be five in number, the first at Bury sands between the parishes of Nevern and Newport upon Shrove Tuesday yearly ; the second at Portheinon, on Eastcr Monday, between the parishes of Meline and Eglwyswrw ; the third on low Easterday at Pwll-du in Penbedw between the parishes Penrhydd and Penbedw ; the fourth and fifth were wont to be at St. Meigans in Cemais between Cemais men of the one party, and Emlyn men, and the men of Cardiganshire with them of the other party, the first upon Ascension Day, the other upon Corpus Christi day, ' and these two last were the great and main places, far exceeding any of the former in multitude of people for at these places there have oftentimes been esteemed two thousand foot beside horsemen ...

* In the Tridentine Roman Breviary the readings from the Genesis, that contain the formal narrative of Abraham begin on Quinquagesima Sunday with the call of Abraham, continue next day with the account of the separation of Abraham from his nephew Lot, and end with the sacrifice of Melchisedech on Shrove Tuesday, a total of three days.