From Pinatas to Eating Muskrat: Here Are the Surprising Origins of 5 Lenten Traditions
On Ash Wednesday—Feb. 22 this year— it is traditional for Roman Catholics to go to church, where a priest will put ashes made from burnt palms on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. The ritual marks the start of Lent. For 40 days, Roman Catholics are supposed to give up something that means…