Do You Only Eat Fish on Good Friday?

lakes_8 on 09/04/2023 - 15:02
Last edited 09/04/2023 - 18:42 by 1 other user

Why are we all still eating fish and chips on good friday? Tradition? Religious beliefs?

I thought in primary school that it was just a thing everyone did, so continued doing so until I realised I wasn't religious at all and stopped..

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  Fish/Seafood only
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  Meat and everything else

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  Cluster on 11/04/2023 - 09:41

  When I was a kid in a Catholic family my mum made us give up anything enjoyable on Good Friday. No computer games, no TV. Quite an annoying day for a nerd like me. Of course there was fish only that Friday.

  It honestly surprised me that none of my classmates I talked to did anything similar. For them it was just a public holiday, and Fridays were just like any other day.

  Now that I'm atheist I find the whole 'fish on Friday' thing to be peculiar and a bit bizarre, but if other people want to do it, good for them.

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  jee on 11/04/2023 - 09:45

  off topic:

  if it's a mourning day, why is it named "good" Friday?

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  antonthenet on 11/04/2023 - 10:19

  +1

  Not religious but don't eat meat on Good Friday just due to family tradition.

  Will get fish and chips for dinner or have vegetarian food which is fine for one day.

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  Davo1111 on 11/04/2023 - 10:34

  If i get to the pearly gates, i dont think eating fish on a friday will be the deciding factor if i get in or not

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  sir-screwball on 11/04/2023 - 13:04

  +2

  I only eat fish/abstain from meat on Good Friday because my late grandmother always enjoyed the tradition and made sure we followed it. I do it to honour her memory.

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  whatgift on 11/04/2023 - 16:56

  +1

  I used to, which is funny because I don't like fish - I used to find alternative seafoods that I liked instead. I now realise following stupid rules has nothing to do with beliefs, it's how you live your life that counts.

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  kosh52 on 11/04/2023 - 22:26

  I eat hot cross bums

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  witheredcouch on 12/04/2023 - 11:23

  As someone that used to work in a fish and chip shop throughout uni, and knows the hell of a Good Friday shift, I refuse to eat fish on good friday. Any other time, sure, Good Friday, nope.

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  Oofy Doofy on 12/04/2023 - 13:00

  Being Eastern Orthodox, I follow a lot of fasts' throughout the year, so it's easy enough.

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  AS2035 on 19/04/2023 - 20:35

  Fish is good for you,

  Get it from fish markets and eat it a few times a week.

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