When is Shrove Tuesday in 2009?
Remember that it is Easter that fixes the date of Shrove Tuesday. Then working backwards, before Easter we have Lent with its 40 days of fasting. Now just before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, comes a day of eating up all the ‘naughty foods’ – Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day. In the olden days two ‘naughty foods’, which are not allowed in Lent, would be butter and eggs – ideal for making pancakes. Curiously, when calculating Lent, Sundays don’t count, hence Shrove Tuesday is actually 47 days before Easter Sunday. Dates for Shrove Tuesday 2009 The earliest possible date for Shrove Tuesday is the 3rd of February, while the latest possible date is the 9th of March.
