Festum Ovorum

Egg Saturday, Egg Feast, or Festum Ovorum is the Saturday before Ash Wednesday.[1]

At the University of Oxford, pasch eggs have been provided for students on that day.[2]

References

  1. ^ Robert E. Brettle, John Marston, Dramatist at Oxford, 1591 (?)–1594, 1609. The Review of English Studies, Volume 3, Number 12, pages 398–405, October 1927. Oxford University Press. Oxford English Dictionary: Egg-Saturday
  2. ^ http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1982/notes.pdf#page=4