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La Chandeleur – Crêpe Day. What do you do in class to celebrate this feast day?

4/3/2014

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Do you know how this feast day came about? 

Read all about it with your students on the web and if you have not done so yet, make some pancakes in class! It is simple and a lot of fun! Remember to hold a coin in your writing hand whilst flipping the pancake. If you manage to catch it, it is an ohave good luck throughout the year.

Click here for pancake recipes.

Here are some sayings (dictons) which put some light on the feast of La Chandeleur! Remember that in the northern hemisphere winter is coming to an end and people are looking forward to spring. 

"Rosée à la Chandeleur, Hiver à sa dernière heure".
"A la Chandeleur le jour croît de deux heures".
"A la Chandeleur, l'hiver s'apaise ou reprend vigueur".
"À la Chandeleur, au grand jour, les grandes douleurs".
"À la Chandeleur, grande neige et froideur".
"À la Chandeleur, le froid fait douleur".
"Celui qui la rapporte chez lui allumée. Pour sûr ne mourra pas dans l’année".
"Si point ne veut de blé charbonneux,mange des crêpes à la Chandeleur".
"Quand il pleut pour la Chandeleur, il pleut pendant quarante jours".
"Quand la  Chandeleur est claire, l’hiver est par derriere; Chandeleur couverte, quarante jours de perte!"
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