Bloody Thursday
Is better known as
Maundy Thursday
The sixth day of Holy week
Which remembers the Maundy
The day when Jesus
Washed the feet of his disciples
As well as the last supper
On the feast of Passover
And marks the start
Of the Easter Triduum,
That commemorates
The passion, death,
And resurrection of Christ
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
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
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
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
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
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
