Only yesterday did I hear for the first time that many years ago, there was a stipulation as to how much to eat during Lent. Though no one really counted, it was said that a person was to eat not more than 8 ounces for the full meal and two lighter meals not more than 6 ounces each.
Just to get an idea of how much would 8 ounces weigh, we weighed an apple and it came to 7 ounces. Two plantains together weighed 10 ounces!!
Though this was not strictly measured, nonetheless it was a standard set out by the Church officials for meal quantities during Lent. Then there were farmers and others who engaged in hard manual labour, who would approach the Parish priest for an exception to this limit rule!
That certainly was some fasting!
Just to get an idea of how much would 8 ounces weigh, we weighed an apple and it came to 7 ounces. Two plantains together weighed 10 ounces!!
Though this was not strictly measured, nonetheless it was a standard set out by the Church officials for meal quantities during Lent. Then there were farmers and others who engaged in hard manual labour, who would approach the Parish priest for an exception to this limit rule!
That certainly was some fasting!
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