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
Monday, 28 February 2022
MERRY MONDAY
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
Sunday, 20 February 2022
URANIA
The last mythological muse
Urania, muse of
astrology
Foreteller of the
future
By the stars array
Dressed in a cloak
Embroidered with stars
Holding a globe in her
left hand
Always looking to the
heavens
a goddess of universal
love
And possessed with the
holy spirit
The Renaissance Urania
Was muse to the
Christian poets
And still gazed to the
heavens
But saw God amongst
the stars
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
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
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