Shrove Tuesday Questions

Using the Internet, find answers to the following questions and write them into your notebook:

1. Why is the day called "Shrove Tuesday"?
2. What other names are there to mark the day? (At least 3)
3. What special food is eaten in English-speaking countries on that day and why?
4. What do the words "Lent" and "fasting" mean (in Estonian)?
5. What takes place in Olney, Buckinghamshire on Shrove Tuesday? How did this tradition begin? What do the contestants have to do during the event?
6. What takes place in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday? How is it different from a regular game?
7. What is the day called in Estonia? In Finland?
8. What do people in Estonia traditionally do on Shrove Tuesday?
9. What is traditionally eaten in Estonia on that day?
10. How did you celebrate (or are still planning to celebrate) the day this year?