To-day is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is so called because of the ceremonial use of ashes, as a symbol of penitence, in the service prescribed for the day.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20556, 6 March 1935, Page 5
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