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(pron. SH-ROW-v TOO-z-DAY) The day before Lent in the British Isles is called Shrove Tuesday meaning Confession Tuesday. Sins are forgiven. A flat bread made of wheat flour, eggs, spice, and water called a pancake is eaten. In Brittany, France this is called a crêpe, containing hazelnut butter. Pancake races are held where women must run across a course with a frying pan, throwing pancakes into the air and catching them in the pan a specified number of times. A pancake bell is rung to kick off the event. The custom is over 400 years old. A satire describing pancake parties of 1622 featured: Protector of the PanCakes, First Founder of the Fritters, Baron of Bacon-flitch and the Earl of Egg-baskets. (2, 5)