Mardi Gras

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  • 2.  “Shrove Tuesday.” The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.  
  • 3.  Carnival. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. “Carnival, the merrymaking and festivity that takes place in many Roman Catholic countries in the last days and hours before the Lenten season. The derivation of the word is uncertain, though it possibly can be traced to the medieval Latin carnem levare or carnelevarium, which means to take away or remove meat.”  
  • 4.  “Carnival.” Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions. “The festivity that takes place in many Roman Catholic countries in the last days and hours of the pre-Lenten season.... The historical origin of carnival is obscure... however, the carnival played a significant role in the development of the popular theater, vernacular song, and folk dances.... In most cases, the modern celebration of carnival has taken on a strongly secular quality distinct from its roots in Christian and pre-Christian religion.”  
  • 5.  Pancake Day. learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org. British Council. Simply-worded essay on Pancake Day, with pancake recipe, for teens learning English.  
  • 6.  Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) in the UK. BritainUSA. 2006.  
  • 7.  Haggerty, Bridget. Shrove Tuesday Pancakes!. Irish Culture and Customs. A woman raised by Irish parents in London describes her family's traditions, and those throughout Ireland, for Pancake Tuesday.  
  • 8.  Laborde, Errol. Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival. Pelican, 2013.  
  • 9.  O'Neill, Rosary. New Orleans Carnival Krewes: The History, Spirit & Secrets of Mardi Gras. The History Press, 2014.  
  • 10.  Thurston, Herbert. Shrovetide. The Catholic Encyclopedia. 1912.