Festum Ovorum

Festum Ovorum
Date	Saturday before Ash Wednesday
Frequency	annual

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

↑ 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
↑ http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1982/notes.pdf#page=4

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Eggs

List of egg topics

Types	Bird Fish and amphibian Monotreme

Fossil record	Cephalopod Fish Reptile (dinosaur) Pathology

Biology	Embryo Ichthyoplankton Ootheca Oviparity Spawn Zygote

Components	Yolk White Shell

As food	List of egg dishes Trophic egg Boiled Coddled Custard desserts Eggs Benedict Fried Omelette Poached Pickled Roe Scotch Scrambled Smoked Soufflé

In culture	Easter egg Egging Fabergé egg Humpty Dumpty Oomancy Ovo vegetarianism

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