3rd International Pancake Day Race
date: label: date made
content: 1952
label: Associated Date
content: Shrove Tuesday
notes: label: Description
content: Pancake races, in which women race down the streets carrying frying pans, are held on Shrove Tuesday, the traditional day of feasting prior to the observance of Lent. The races commemorate one Shrove Tuesday in the 15th century, when, purportedly, a woman in Olney, UK, realized she was late to church while making pancakes and sped to service still wearing her apron and carrying her pan. In 1950, the town of Liberal, Kanas in the United States decided to stage a similar event, continuing to do so annually, with this button commemorating the third race held. Both Olney and Liberal continue the practice of pancake races today.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Kansas, Liberal
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: England, Olney
topic: label: web subjectgame
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Recreation
label: Subject
content: Women's History
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Community
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Legislative Branch, Library of Congress, Exchange and Gift Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0374.69
label: accession number
content: 1984.0374
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0374.69
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm