Brewer's: Carle

or Carling Sunday [Pea Sunday ]. The octave preceding Palm Sunday; so called because the special food of the day was carling- i.e. peas fried in butter. The custom is a continuation of thee pagan bean-feast. The fifth Sunday in Lent.

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