Shrove tuesday
Encyclopedia Britannica
SHROVE TUESDAY, the day preceding Ash Wednesday, or the first day of Lent, was so called as the day on which “shrift” or confession was made. Compare Carnival.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 848
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