The word Tuesday originates from the Middle English word Tewesday. It means Tiw's Day and is named after the Norse god Tiw, also called Tyr, who was the god single combat and glory.
Shrove Tuesday is called Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday.
It was. Now it's on Sundays though and its called Cyber Sunday.
Election Day's the Tuesday after the first Monday of November.
October 29th, 1929. Also called Black Tuesday, the beginning of the Great Depression.
It is called various names ...Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday, or Mardi Gras.
Tuesday (Tui's day) Named after Tui, the Germanic god of war. Also called Twia or Tyr.
Tuesday (Tui's day) Named after Tui, the Germanic god of war. Also called Twia or Tyr.
Mardi is the French for Tuesday.
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shrove Tuesday in France is a day where everyone parades the street with cheese on their heads, this is called a cheese parade.
The special religious observance that occurs on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is called Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday.
Although it is not the last day, but the first day of Mardi Gras is called fat Tuesday because it is exactly that. Mardi gras is french for fat Tuesday, and the first day of mardi gras is called that righly so. The origin is not exactly true, but i believe that it is called so because of the christian holiday before. Party up!