SC - Period Breakfasts...

[Crystal A. Isaac]

Am I reading this optomistically or could medieval peoples eat meat on
Sundays during Lent?

needing clarification,
Crystal

david friedman (Elizabeth/Betty Cook)wrote:
> Fridays every week were fast days (and still were in my childhood for Roman
> Catholics); at some periods, Wednesdays and/or Saturdays were fast days, as
> was all of Lent (the 40 days before Easter not counting the Sundays) and (I
> think) all of Advent (the four weeks before Christmas) except for the
> Sundays.  Ordinary fast days did not allow eating meat (although fish was
> allowed), fast days in Lent also banned dairy and eggs.
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