[Sca-cooks] weird question - honey fast???

[Johnna Holloway]

More from
  Google Books this evening

The Festal Year; Or, The Origin, History, Ceremonies and Meaning of the 
Sundays, Seasons, Feasts and Festivals of the Church During the Year, 
Explained for the People: Or, The Origin, History, Ceremonies and 
Meaning of the Sundays, Seasons, Feasts and Festivals of the Church 
During the Year ...
By James Luke Meagher
Published by Russell Brothers, 1883

Among the Greeks and the nations of the west of Asia,
on Septuagesima Sunday they published the rules and
regulations of Lent. From the following Monday they
use no meat, but eat what they call " White Meats," as
eggs, cheese, butter and things of that kind, while on the
Monday before Ash Wednesday, their Lent begins with
all its rigors. From that time they eat neither meat,
eggs, cheese or even fish. The only things allowed are
bread, fruits, honey, and for those who live near the sea,
shell-fish. Wine, for a long time forbidden, is drank no
more among them.

Johnnae