Festum Ovorum
Also calledEgg Saturday, Egg Feast,
DateSaturday before Ash Wednesday
Frequencyannual

Egg Saturday, Egg Feast, or Festum Ovorum is the Saturday before Ash Wednesday.[1]

At the University of Oxford, pasch eggs have been provided for students on that day.[2]

References

  1. Robert E. Brettle, John Marston, Dramatist at Oxford, 1591 (?)–1594, 1609. The Review of English Studies, Volume 3, Number 12, pages 398–405, October 1927. Oxford University Press. Oxford English Dictionary: Egg-Saturday
  2. Bennett, J. A. W. (1982). "The Festum Ovorum" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 47: 136–139. Open access icon


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