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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Fridays are 1/7 of the year. 40 days of Lent. 40 days of Advent. Vigils of the major feasts such as Annunciation, Ascension, and All Saints.

A little math on the back of an envelope gives me over 1/3 of the year as meatless days.


9 posted on 08/02/2014 7:29:42 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

Yes you are closer. I count around 110 fast days but they would not have had meat every day nor fish every fast day so it still would come out more or less to 20%. Remember every Sunday was feast day, likely on that day they would have had meat.


13 posted on 08/03/2014 11:35:23 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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