Today is Shrove Tuesday and in Olney in Buckinghamshire it is the day of the annual Pancake Race run by the housewives of the town. The tradition is said to date from 1445.
I was reminded of the custom by an article on the BBC News website about it and which can be read at Olney: The town where a pancake race is a global event
The official website for the race has more details about the custom in its History section.
There are other online articles about the race with additional details at Olney Pancake Race, at A Pancake Race History and at Why Olney leads the way in the history of the pancake day race
Long may it flourish.
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