Thanks for the reminder. Tonight I'll gourge. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:05 PM, <emac...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Today is Shrove Tuesday. Also known in France as Fat Tuesady. Today we eat > - tomorow we fast. ..In England Shrove Tuesday is called Pancake Day. In > the news that I saw today, Prince Wiliam and Catherine were celebrating > Shrove Tuesday in North Ireland tossing pankcakes with children. And it's a > big day in Rio and in New Orleans it is a Mardi Gras celebration. > > In Hawaii it is Malasada Day.... A tradition in Hawaii brought by the > Portuguese Catholics from Madeira and the Azores > > So my genealogist friends - eat and be merry today, for tomorrow we fast. > > Eloise > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
