In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

Since Scouting America Troop 707 was founded in 1966, it has held a pancake dinner the last day before Lent to fundraise.

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London ...

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

COMMENT - The Archbishop joined Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast this morning to deliver a Pause for Thought. This ...

Every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne becomes the grounds of one of the oldest and most chaotic sports in the world. Its streets and fields are filled with ...

In some countries Shrove Tuesday (the day of merrymaking before the rigours of Lent) developed into a ‘carnival’ that lasted several days, but in England it was only ever a half-day holiday, since it ...

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1007 First Ave. S., is holding a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at the church from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The menu is pancakes, sausage, syrup, milk, orange juice ...

QUINCY — Luther Memorial Church will hold its Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on on Tuesday, March 4, in the fellowship hall in the basement of Luther Memorial Church, 1210 Jersey.

Of course, on March 4 it will be centre stage for Shrove Tuesday, also called Pancake Tuesday, when all fat and eggs need to be used before Lent starts on the next day, Ash Wednesday. I love pancakes!

It is March 4 this year. Fat Tuesday is also called Shrove Tuesday, meaning a day of confession to purify yourself before Lent and to be given penance and absolution, Almanac said. A tradition ...