Shrove Monday (also known as Collopy Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday) is part of the Shrovetide or Carnival observances and celebrations of the week before Lent, following Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday and preceding Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. == Shrovetide == The word shrove is the past tense of the English verb shrive, which means to give absolution for someone's sins by way of confession and forgiveness.
Shrove Monday (also known as Collopy Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday) is part of the Shrovetide or Carnival observances and celebrations of the week before Lent, following Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday and preceding Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. == Shrovetide == The word shrove is the past tense of the English verb shrive, which means to give absolution for someone's sins by way of confession and forgiveness.
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