tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22090588.post5232910154584209998..comments2023-09-09T03:49:25.169-05:00Comments on Boonacky: Forty Days of BitchingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22090588.post-22166589891086257902010-04-05T14:53:06.485-05:002010-04-05T14:53:06.485-05:00The eating fish thing was an economic move from th...The eating fish thing was an economic move from the days when the church was as much a government as anything else to save the fishing industry.<br /><br />As for the giving things up for lent, I thought it had its origins in the Jewish Passover tradition (giving up unleavened bread), which happens each year around the same time as Easter.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover<br /><br />That World Religions class we took sure comes in handy sometimes!Meandering Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464355148386507875noreply@blogger.com