SC - Re: Lenten restrictions
Bonne of Traquair
oftraquair at hotmail.com
Sat Mar 3 13:00:16 PST 2001
>As a non-Catholic, this comment is based solely on a vague memory from a
>history book once read--
>
> The Lenten laws were held to discriminate against northern countries.
>Butter (produced and used predominantly in the north) is limited/forbidden
>in
>Lent, unless you pay for an indulgence to use it. Olive oil (produced and
>used in the south) is permitted. Hence, people in the south were less
>inconvenienced than people in the north,
I've read this also. I think you must also consider that the south is more
likely to have more food in stock due to a later end to their past fall
season, as well as fresh food sooner due to an earlier spring.
Just to add insult to injury.
Bonne
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