Collop Monday
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Collop Monday — The day before Shrove Tuesday, when collops and eggs were eaten • • • Main Entry: ↑collop … Useful english dictionary
collop — This is a puzzling word which by the sixteenth century had come to mean a slice of meat, especially bacon. It has that sense in Collop Monday, which precedes Shrove Tuesday. Sixteenth and seventeenth century writers also referred to parents… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Shrove Monday — Shrove Monday, sometimes known as Collop Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, is the Monday before Ash Wednesday; March 7 in 2011. Part of the English traditional Shrovetide celebrations of the week before Lent, the Monday precedes… … Wikipedia
Collops — are slices of meat. The derivation of the term is uncertain. It appears to be related to the Swedish word kalops, rather than to the French word escalope.[1] In Elizabethan times, collops came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove… … Wikipedia
Shrovetide — In the Christian calendar, the three days before Lent were known as Shrovetide, taking their name from shrive or confess. Lent being the longest and strictest fast, however, has given to Shrovetide the character of being the last chance for… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Shrove Tuesday — Observed by Followers of many Christian denominations Type Christian Date Tuesday in seventh week before Easter 2011 date March 8 2012 date February 21 … Wikipedia
Rosenmontag — (which means running Monday from the Kölsch word roose (run) and not Roses Monday) is the highlight of the German Karneval (carnival), and is on the Collop Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The Mardi Gras, though celebrated on… … Wikipedia
