Fritter Thursday

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Fritter Thursday

Between February 5 and March 11; day after Ash Wednesday

At one time in England, each day of the week during which Lent began had a special name: Collop Monday, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Fritter Thursday, and Kissing Friday. Fritter Thursday took its name from the custom of eating apple fritters—fruit-filled cakes deep-fried in fat—on this day.

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DictDays-1988, p. 45

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