I enjoy listening to Petrushka more than ever, especially during Shrovetide. From Wordnik.com. [Petrushka] Reference
What! meddle with Shrovetide? cried Panurge, in the name of Beelzebub, I am not yet so weary of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Swiss Shrovetide celebration with its magical orches - tration of rattles, whipcracking, bells, and pigs 'blad - ders. From Wordnik.com. [MUSIC AS A DEMONIC ART] Reference
Shrovetide, the annual Catholic excuse for overindulgence; men and women dressed in immodest costumes; lascivious dancing. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Shrovetide, of whom Pantagruel had heard much talk formerly; for that reason he would gladly have seen him in person, had not. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Soon it will be Shrovetide, when most parishes used to have Forty Hours devotions in order to atone for the excesses of Carnival. From Wordnik.com. [Carnival] Reference
And the match was made up, an 'when Shrovetide came on. From Wordnik.com. [The Purcell Papers — Volume 2] Reference
How Shrovetide is anatomized and described by Xenomanes. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
After Shrovetide, King Robert and his brother crossed the. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
What! meddle with Shrovetide? cried Panurge, in the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
= Shrovetide =: the days just before the beginning of Lent. From Wordnik.com. [The Literary World Seventh Reader] Reference
Shrovetide plays display a genial humour that even today is effective. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
How Pantagruel sailed by the Sneaking Island, where Shrovetide reigned. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
"I came to confession at Shrovetide; I am not required to come now, am I?". From Wordnik.com. [Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune] Reference
Fat Tuesday, the day known in English as Shrovetide, Pancake Tuesday and, er. From Wordnik.com. [The Local - Sweden's news in English] Reference
A very similar Shrovetide custom is still observed near Schluckenau in Bohemia. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference
The children had practiced this penance before; for during the Shrovetide festival. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 1604-1605 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Lichfield also has a Shrovetide Fair and Pancake Toss, dating back over 400 years. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Shrovetide, and mummery and feasting, and amusements of all sorts were going forward. From Wordnik.com. [Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany] Reference
The prattle of voices-an intoxicated, merry Shrovetide prattle of voices arose everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Who Were Hanged] Reference
Shrovetide (fastelavn) is coming up here in Denmark, and Ronja wants to go as a ballerina. From Wordnik.com. [Blogbot - forsiden] Reference
In four days he had written as many articles, entitled respectively Shrovetide Customs, The Pancake. From Wordnik.com. [The Holiday Round] Reference
Shrovetide, and the servant is simply beside herself; I must look out that something doesn't happen. From Wordnik.com. [Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series] Reference
Hunger and thoughts of old Shrovetide merriment and feasting in the far-off home made work impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)] Reference
These worshipful Chitterlings may chance to mistake you for Shrovetide, though you are not a bit like him. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
About the same time Douglas came upon Roxburgh, when the garrison were enjoying the careless mirth of Shrovetide. From Wordnik.com. [Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II] Reference
Suppose we should find ourselves pent up between the Chitterlings and Shrovetide? between the anvil and the hammers?. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
The friars tell how a brother resolved, at Shrovetide, to make pancakes, and not only to make, but also to toss them. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
"A rule of Shrovetide: -- The Tuesday after the second change of the moon after New Year's-day is always Shrove Tuesday.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
Shimmering trumpet fanfares punctuate the layers of thematic melodies, strings raising the din of the crowd at the Shrovetide Fair. From Wordnik.com. [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference
Shrovetide would not include in the treaty of peace the wild puddings nor the highland sausages, their ancient gossips and confederates. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
There were feast days, of course: Christmas to Epiphany was one long feast; then Plow Monday, Shrovetide, Sheep-shearing, Wake-Day, Harvest. From Wordnik.com. [In a Green Shade A Country Commentary] Reference
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