Festum Ovorum Explained

Holiday Name:	Festum Ovorum
Nickname:	Egg Saturday, Egg Feast,
Date:	Saturday before Ash Wednesday
Duration:	1 day
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]

Notes and 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. Bennett . J. A. W. . The Festum Ovorum . Oxoniensia . 47 . 1982 . 136–139 .