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FUN FACTS
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Due to its aquatic habitat
and behavior, the Catholic Church officially categorized
the Beaver as a type of fish, making it acceptable to eat on Good Friday and throughout Lent. This ruling was later extended to the Capybara and muskrat as well.
Many parts of Germany ban dancing on Good Friday.
“The strictest bans start at 4 a.m. on Thursday and run through Saturday.”
The Good Friday Earthquake,
a magnitude 9.2 quake centered in Alaska, caused the water in the Edwards Aquifer located in
San Antonio to 'slosh' at least
5 feet.
Interesting Facts about
Good Friday
On Good Friday 1930 the BBC reported that there was no news so instead, they played piano music
Radio and TV stations in New Zealand aren't allowed to play any commercial content at all on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day or they get fined.
·During the Great Fire of New Orleans in 1788, priests refused to allow church bells to be rung as fire alarms because it was Good Friday. As a result, 856 buildings burned during the conflagration.
In the Philippines, they re-enact the Crucifixion on Good Friday by actually nailing people
(people who volunteer) to a cross.
SAT
The Saturday after Good Friday and before Easter Sunday is called Holy Saturday.
Ireland bans alcohol sales on Good Friday.
In 1592 “the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced bread, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor.”
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