Pancake Race

Pancake Race  

One of the main events of Shrove Tuesday at Olney in Buckinghamshire is the pancake race. This race is said to have been first run there in 1445, and to have continued intermittently ever since, with occasional lapses and revivals. One such lapse occurred, for obvious reason, during the Second World War, but in 1948 the custom was restarted and has not since suffered interruption.

The competitors are housewives who must be inhabitants of Olney, or the nearby Warrington. The rules also require them to wear aprons and to cover their heads with a hat or scarf. The course to be run is from the village square to the parish church, about four hundred and fifteen yards. A bell rings twice before the race, once to warn the women to make their pancakes, and again to bid them assemble in the square, each one carrying a frying-pan with the cooked cake in it. Finally, the Pancake Bell is rung to start them running. The pancakes have to be tossed three times during the race, and some, inevitably, land in the road, but this does not disqualify the runner, who is allowed to pick it up and toss it again. At the church door, the Vicar waits to greet the breathless woman, and to award the winner and the runner-up a prayer-book as prize. With him stands the verger who has the right to claim a kiss from the winner, and is usually given her pancake as well. Then all the pans are laid round the font in the church, and a short service of blessing is held.

 End the sentences.

1. Pancake Race  started first in the place…………………… in the year……………..

2. The custom was restarted in the year ………

3. In the competition took place ………

4.They must wear……                 and carry…….

5. . A bell rings ………               before the race.

6. The pancakes have to be tossed ……….               during the race.

7. At the church door, …………                   waits to greet the winner

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Pancake Race  

One of the main events of Shrove Tuesday at Olney in Buckinghamshire is the pancake race. This race is said to have been first run there in 1445, and to have continued intermittently ever since, with occasional lapses and revivals. One such lapse occurred, for obvious reason, during the Second World War, but in 1948 the custom was restarted and has not since suffered interruption.

The competitors are housewives who must be inhabitants of Olney, or the nearby Warrington. The rules also require them to wear aprons and to cover their heads with a hat or scarf. The course to be run is from the village square to the parish church, about four hundred and fifteen yards. A bell rings twice before the race, once to warn the women to make their pancakes, and again to bid them assemble in the square, each one carrying a frying-pan with the cooked cake in it. Finally, the Pancake Bell is rung to start them running. The pancakes have to be tossed three times during the race, and some, inevitably, land in the road, but this does not disqualify the runner, who is allowed to pick it up and toss it again. At the church door, the Vicar waits to greet the breathless woman, and to award the winner and the runner-up a prayer-book as prize. With him stands the verger who has the right to claim a kiss from the winner, and is usually given her pancake as well. Then all the pans are laid round the font in the church, and a short service of blessing is held.

 End the sentences.

1. Pancake Race  started first in the place…………………… in the year……………..

2. The custom was restarted in the year ………

3. In the competition took place ………

4.They must wear……      and carry ….

5. . A bell rings ………        before the race.

6. The pancakes have to be tossed ……….               during the race.

7. At the church door, …………             waits to greet the winner