{
 "id": "fastnacht-day",
 "type": "event",
 "names": {
  "name": "Fastnacht Day",
  "aliases": [
   "Fasnacht Day",
   "Shrove Tuesday"
  ],
  "said": "In Lancaster County, Tuesday has a different name."
 },
 "region": [
  "pennsylvania-dutch"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "when": "Shrove Tuesday",
  "status": "open",
  "state": "PA"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "Shrove Tuesday in Pennsylvania Dutch country, named after the donut rather than the fast.",
  "story": "Fasnachts were made to empty the pantry of lard, sugar, fat and butter before Lent. Lancaster, York, Lebanon and Berks counties keep the day; most chain supermarkets in eastern Pennsylvania carry the donuts for it. Parts of Maryland call them kinklings or kuechles and bakeries there sell them only on that Tuesday.",
  "today": "Churches and fire halls take orders by the dozen and stop when the batch is gone."
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "fastnacht",
   "as": "The donut.",
   "rel": "donut"
  },
  {
   "to": "pennsylvania-fastnacht",
   "as": "The style.",
   "rel": "style"
  },
  {
   "to": "paczki-day",
   "as": "The Polish observance on the same day.",
   "rel": "event"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut"
  },
  "fields": {
   "names.said": {
    "tier": "tradition"
   },
   "text.today": {
    "tier": "tradition"
   },
   "geo": {
    "tier": "harvested",
    "source": "s:osm-nominatim",
    "note": "the town the day is most associated with, not a venue"
   }
  }
 },
 "schema": 1,
 "confidence": "high",
 "updated": "2026-09-16",
 "geo": {
  "lat": 40.0379,
  "lon": -76.3055,
  "precision": "town",
  "source": "s:osm-nominatim"
 },
 "address": {
  "street": "",
  "city": "Lancaster",
  "county": "Lancaster",
  "state": "PA"
 },
 "blurb": "Shrove Tuesday in Pennsylvania Dutch country, named after the donut rather than the fast.",
 "region_terms": [
  {
   "key": "pennsylvania-dutch",
   "name": "Pennsylvania Dutch country",
   "state": "PA",
   "note": "fastnachts the day before Lent; potato dough"
  }
 ],
 "kin_out": [
  {
   "to": "fastnacht",
   "type": "donut",
   "name": "Fastnacht",
   "as": "The donut.",
   "rel": "donut"
  },
  {
   "to": "pennsylvania-fastnacht",
   "type": "style",
   "name": "Fastnacht Day in the Dutch counties",
   "as": "The style.",
   "rel": "style"
  },
  {
   "to": "paczki-day",
   "type": "event",
   "name": "Paczki Day",
   "as": "The Polish observance on the same day.",
   "rel": "event"
  }
 ],
 "source_list": [
  {
   "id": "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut",
   "kind": "web",
   "title": "Fasnacht (doughnut) — Wikipedia",
   "publisher": "Wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasnacht_(doughnut)",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  }
 ],
 "tiers": {
  "text.what": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut"
  },
  "text.story": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut"
  },
  "text.today": {
   "tier": "tradition"
  },
  "geo": {
   "tier": "harvested",
   "source": "s:osm-nominatim",
   "note": "the town the day is most associated with, not a venue"
  },
  "address": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-fasnacht-doughnut"
  }
 },
 "primary_image": null,
 "tag_facts": [],
 "recognition_facts": [],
 "acclaim": 0,
 "kin_in": [
  {
   "from": "pennsylvania-fastnacht",
   "type": "style",
   "name": "Fastnacht Day in the Dutch counties",
   "as": "The day.",
   "rel": "event"
  },
  {
   "from": "fastnacht",
   "type": "donut",
   "name": "Fastnacht",
   "as": "The Tuesday it is for.",
   "rel": "event"
  },
  {
   "from": "malasada-day",
   "type": "event",
   "name": "Malasada Day",
   "as": "The same Tuesday, a different pantry.",
   "rel": "event"
  },
  {
   "from": "paczki-day",
   "type": "event",
   "name": "Paczki Day",
   "as": "The other tradition on the same Tuesday.",
   "rel": "event"
  }
 ]
}