SORROWFUL WEDNESDAY

 

Ashes are placed on the heads

Of worshipers on Ash Wednesday,

Either by being sprinkled or

More often the traditional way

By being marked as a visible cross

On their foreheads on the day

SORROWFUL WEDNESDAY

Ashes are placed on the heads

Of worshipers on Ash Wednesday,

Either by being sprinkled or

More often the traditional way

By being marked as a visible cross

On their foreheads on the day 

IT’S LENT ONCE AGAIN

 

It’s Lent once again

That time of year

To de-clutter, A time

To tidy and clear

But it’s not the time

To tidy the garden shed

The garage or the loft

Or even under the bed

Lent is the time when

Spring cleaning begins

When we cleanse our souls

And wash away our sins

LENT ABSTINENCE

This time of year is significant

For what Lent represents

But I didn’t know what to forsake

So I’ve given up abstinence 

ASH WEDNESDAY

 

ASH WEDNESDAY

 

Ashes are placed on the heads

Of worshipers on Ash Wednesday,

Either by being sprinkled or

More often the traditional way

By being marked as a visible cross

On their foreheads on the day

BLOODY TUESDAY

 

Since before the Christian era

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day

Was celebrated far and wide

And was originally a pagan holiday

 

Changing seasons was a struggle

Between Jarilo the God of brightness

Vegetation, fertility and springtime

And the evil spirits of cold and darkness

 

So, they had to help the God Jarilo

And victory meant spring had begun

So, they cooked and ate pancakes

Hot and round symbolizing the sun

SHROVE TUESDAY

 

Since before the Christian era

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day

Was celebrated far and wide

And was originally a pagan holiday

 

Changing seasons was a struggle

Between Jarilo the God of brightness

Vegetation, fertility and springtime

And the evil spirits of cold and darkness

 

So, they had to help the God Jarilo

And victory meant spring had begun

So, they cooked and ate pancakes

Hot and round symbolizing the sun

SAINT DAVID

 

Saint David was born in the 5th century

A scion of the royal house of Ceredigion,

And founded a Celtic Monastic order,

At Glyn Rhosyn, the Vale of Roses,

Which became an important Christian shrine

Where St David's Cathedral stands today

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT DAVID

 

The feast day of Saint David

Is Wales’s National Day

When the Welsh people

Celebrate Saint David's Day

MERRY MONDAY

 

Part of the traditional English Shrovetide

Falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday

Merry Monday, is a Christian observance

Which more importantly precedes Pancake Day

BLACK MONDAY

Black Monday or Shrove Monday evening

Was a time for boys to commit petty crime

Now we don’t have it on one special night

Instead now it appears to happen all the time

COLLOPY MONDAY

 

The third day of Shrovetide,

Once known as Collopy Monday,

Was named after Collops of bacon

A traditional dish of the day

Which was served with eggs.

It’s the forgotten Shrove Monday

SHROVE MONDAY

 

Part of the traditional English Shrovetide

Falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday

Shrove Monday, is a Christian observance

Which more importantly precedes Pancake Day

ROSE MONDAY

 

Part of the traditional English Shrovetide

Falling on the Monday before Ash Wednesday

Rose Monday, is a Christian observance

Which more importantly precedes Pancake Day

HALL MONDAY

 

Hall Monday or Shrove Monday evening

Was a time for boys to commit petty crime

Now we don’t have it on one special night

Instead now it appears to happen all the time

KISSING FRIDAY

 

The tradition of kissing Friday

Was called Nippy Hug Day

When Leicestershire men

Could demand on that day

A kiss from any woman

Of his choice by custom

And if she was to refuse

He could then pinch her bum

But since world war two

Kissing Friday doesn’t apply

It has fallen from favour

I can’t understand why