The sun came out in Wiltshire this week and the county has welcomed rare wildlife and also pancakes and spring re-openings.

This week kicks off the period leading up to the Christian Easter celebrations. But while Easter is typically associated with ...

Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried ...

Watching fastanchts get made from start to finish at Emingee's, I was fairly certain the potato doughnuts wouldn't disappoint ...

Residents of an English town gathered on Tuesday (March 4) to play a traditional soccer game with a twist – there are ...

The day earned its name from the Christian tradition of seeking absolution before the start of Lent. Pancakes became ...

The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been ...

The season of Lent begins Wednesday, which makes Tuesday “Fat Tuesday” or “Shrove Tuesday.” For more than 100 years, and ...

Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice ...

Lent is a period of 40 days which many Christians observe as a time of fasting, abstinence and penitence - here is everything ...

Bakeries in Estonia were already at work the night before Shrove Tuesday, getting ready the thousands of cream buns ...

Retailers' experience shows that the tradition of eating pea soup on Shrove Tuesday remains strong among Estonians, with ...