Tuesday, or colloquially known Pancake Day, is a much-loved British tradition. However, one British town has been renamed “Skip Day.”
Shrove Tuesday is the day of the East Feast held at a build-up where people were rented out to remove sweet treats in their homes before they were rented out to make pancakes.
According to the legacy of Scarborough Maritime, during the Anglo-Saxon period, people were called to confess, “forgive of sins” (forgive of sins), and therefore the development of the word shrove.
The bell rings to appeal to people to confess. Eventually the bell was called the Pancake Bell and rang out at 12 noon. Perhaps it's to let the housewives know when they're going to start cooking pancakes.
Workers and servants were often given half a day off for Lent, and used this to play games and skip.
In Scarborough, this half day was used to play the medieval version of football on the beach, which became a “ball day” and then skipped the day over time.
The BBC reports that the first official record of Skip Day was not until 1903, when it is believed that local fishermen would give their children some of the old fishing ropes to play on the beach.
Today, Skip Day is a much-loved Scarborough tradition. Every year, Foreshore Road is closed, with large ropes laid out, sometimes with as many as eight people to skip with people.
Of course, there are pancakes that can be enjoyed by people cooked by local sea cadets.
If necessary, you can also compete in a pancake race where two teams of pancakes run the obstacle course while turning the pancakes over.
The judges won the team in costumes, earning speed and number of pancakes.
The winning duo will be awarded a golden frying pan and six months of leisure and gym pass for training next year.
