Comments on: Six (or More) Names for the Day Before Lent Begins http://senselist.com/2007/02/20/six-or-more-names-for-the-day-before-lent-begins/ Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Trevor http://senselist.com/2007/02/20/six-or-more-names-for-the-day-before-lent-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-23106 Trevor Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:13:35 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/02/20/six-or-more-names-for-the-day-before-lent-begins/#comment-23106 <p>In Munich (and other German-speaking places?), it's called "Fasching" or "Faschingdienstag" ("Carnival Tuesday") - see http://good-times.webshots.com/album/557878482puCMEA and http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/RS/year7/lentshrove.html.</p> In Munich (and other German-speaking places?), it’s called “Fasching” or “Faschingdienstag” (“Carnival Tuesday”) – see http://good-times.webshots.com/album/557878482puCMEA and http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/RS/year7/lentshrove.html.

]]> By: Michelle http://senselist.com/2007/02/20/six-or-more-names-for-the-day-before-lent-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-9707 Michelle Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:07:46 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/02/20/six-or-more-names-for-the-day-before-lent-begins/#comment-9707 <p>Hi Joe...Just wanted to add one more to the list. I'm from metro Detroit(Michigan)and here, thanks to the Polish influence, the day before Ash Wednesday is known as Paczki Day. Paczki(pronounced poonch-kee) is a deep fried donut, traditionally filled with jelly. They're very heavy and sweet and after a day of gorging them a person gets sick thinking of sweets for weeks after, and by default is safe from the temptation of sweets through lent.</p> Hi Joe…Just wanted to add one more to the list. I’m from metro Detroit(Michigan)and here, thanks to the Polish influence, the day before Ash Wednesday is known as Paczki Day. Paczki(pronounced poonch-kee) is a deep fried donut, traditionally filled with jelly. They’re very heavy and sweet and after a day of gorging them a person gets sick thinking of sweets for weeks after, and by default is safe from the temptation of sweets through lent.

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