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as a reward. The origin of the name of the day may not be entirely clear, but buns, of one sort or another, are definitely involved.
If code is not your cup of tea, then perhaps you will consider staying for the adolescent fantasies, sadomasochism, and food fetishes. Read on.
Table 6.1 Common days of observance based on Easter.
E - 49Fasching Sunday (Germany, Austria).
E - 48Collop Monday (England) / Rose Montag (Germany).
E - 47Shrove Tuesday (England), also Mardi Gras, Carneval.
E - 46Ash Wednesday, beginning of Lent.
E - 42Chalk Sunday (Ireland), first Sunday of Lent.
E - 35Mid (England), second Sunday of Lent.
E - 28Tid (English), third Sunday of Lent.
E - 21Misers (England), also Mothering or Mid-Lent.
E - 14Carling (England), also Passion Sunday.
E - 7Palm Sunday (now officially Second Passion Sunday).
E - 3Maundy Thursday.
E - 2Good Friday.
E - 1Holy Saturday.
E Easter.
E +1Easter Monday.
E + 7Low Sunday, also Quasimodo Sunday.
E + 8Hock Monday (England).
E + 9Hock Tuesday (England).
E + 24Rousa (Greece), also Mid-Pentecost.
E + 27Repotine (Rumania).
E + 39Ascension Day.
E + 40Blood Friday (Germany).
E + 49Pentecost.
E + 50Whitmundy (England).
E + 56Trinity Sunday.
E + 60Corpus Christi.

 
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