MOVEABLE FEASTS._The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

SHROVE TUESDAY regulates most of the moveable feasts. _Shrove Tuesday_

itself is the next after the first new moon in the month of February. If

such new moon should happen on a Tuesday, the next Tuesday following is

Shrove Tuesday. A recently published volume furnishes a list, the

introduction of which on the next page puts the reader in possession of

serviceable knowledge on this point, and affords an opportunity for

affirming, that Mr. Nicolas’s book contains a variety of correct and

valuable information not elsewhere in a collected form:--

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