Pals we have to find the villain, Pancake Man. He has perfected his pancake zapper machine which will vaporise pancakes as soon as they hit the frying pans on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day).
We have to find which pic the machine is and which pic he is hiding in.
We also need to answer the 3 Quiz questions, answers as usual in the intel article posted at the end of this news flash.
And then we need to make up a funny caption for our photo competition.
So get ready pals, this is an important mission!
INTEL
The history of Pancake Day – Shrove TuesdayPart One
Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival celebrated in many countries across the globe. It always falls on a Tuesday before the beginning of ‘Lent’, a period of 6 weeks leading up to Easter.
The actual date changes from year to year but it is always 47 days before Easter Sunday.
The name comes from the old word ‘shriving’, which means to listen to someone’s sins and forgive them. In Anglo-Saxon England, Christians would go to church on Shrove Tuesday to confess their sins and clean their soul. In other words, they would be ‘shriven’.
In the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada it has another name ‘Pancake Day’. Christians would give up rich and tasty foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat for Lent and Shrove Tuesday was the last chance to eat them.
There are usually pancake races on Shrove Tuesday involving people running a race while tossing pancakes in their frying pans.
So were did it originate? Well way back in 1445 in the town of Only in Buckhamshire, England a woman was so busy making her pancakes that she lost track of time. When she heard the church bells ringing for Shrove Tuesday mass, she ran as fast as she could to get there and arrived still carrying her pancake in the pan.
Pancake Day has become so popular there’s an estimated 52 million eggs used in the UK alone on this day!
Pancake Day has different names in other countries. In Germany it’s Fastnacht (meaning eve of the fast). In Iceland it’s Sprengidagur (meaning bursting day), in France and some other countries the festival is called Mardi Gras from the French phrase meaning Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras as we know means party time!
In the countries that celebrate Mardi Gras there are vibrant street parties featuring live bands, colourful parades and elaborate costumes. Some of the most famous Mardi Gras are in New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and Venice.
So when you make your pancakes now you’ll know the history of the humble pancake and how Pancake Day is celebrated all over the world.

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Olney, UK