Traditionally during Lent, Christians would give up rich, tasty foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat - Shrove Tuesday was the last chance to eat them – and what better way to do so than with a delicious pancake!
Here we look back at some photos from our archive of people marking that day.
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Mayor of Limavady, Councillor Brenda Chivers, and council staff, Rose Leason and Edwina McCaul, presenting a cheque for £370 to Gordon Stephens and Mary Hall of the British Heart Foundation, the proceeds of a Pancake Tuesday sale at the Council Offices in 2009. Photo: NI WORLD
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Pictured are P1's from Ballytober PS who were enjoying tossing some pancakes to mark 'Pancake Tuesday' back in 2009. Photo: NI WORLD
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Staff from Culcrow PS get cheered on by pupils as they take part in the pancake races on Shrove Tuesday back in 2007. Photo: NI WORLD
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The Mayor of Limavady Councillor Brenda Chivers tossing a pancake to get the British Heart Foundation pancake day underway at the council offices in 2009 with, from left, Rose Gleeson, Sandra Sufferin and Harry Boyle, British Heart Foundation Limavady branch chairperson. Photo: NI WORLD