Kissing Friday

Letting off steam in violence and sex is a very good therape for being able to face the next couple of months. Or indeed, eating pancakes and eating a lot of them, potentially. This is a new one to me, i must admit. It's a winter tradition which is a bit less familiar. I think people know what that is, but when did it first take place? Well, it's much more regional and much more recent than the other customs we've discussed. The custom among school children was boys would be able to kiss the girls as they wished upon the friday after shrove t Tuesday and ash Wednesday. Some areas, in some schools, had strict restrictions on