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Originally Posted by GA Russell
The Latin word for meat, "carnis," includes the concepts of meat and fowl, but not fish.
The word "carnival" comes from the original Mardi Gras celebrations: Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, and "carnis vale" means "farewell to meat!"
(New Orleans is my hometown, so we all know those things.)
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So, a person (a Catholic, I suppose) can eat fish, but not meat/other meat, from Ash Wednesday forward?