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Shrove Tuesday

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Shrove Tuesday day before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent ). In the Latin countries it is the last day of the carnival, called by the French Mardi Gras .

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