People are getting set to reach for the frying pan and make some pancakes ahead of Pancake Day - which is on Tuesday, February 17.The date of Shrove Tuesday varies each year because it depends on when Easter falls.The long build-up to Easter is called Lent and Shrove Tuesday marks the day before Lent begins.Shrove means being forgiven for wrong-doings and historically Shrove Tuesday was a day for feasting and having a good time. People went to church to confess the bad things they had done and...
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