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== Customs ==

*[[Czech Republic]]: the day is traditionally called ''Ugly Wednesday'', ''Soot-Sweeping Wednesday'' or ''Black Wednesday'', because chimneys used to be swept on this day, to be clean for Easter.<ref>[http://dawnathome.typepad.com/by_sun_and_candlelight/2007/04/spy_wednesday_s.html By Sun and Candlelight: Spy Wednesday Supper]</ref>

*[[Malta]]*: this day is known as ''L-Erbgħa tat-Tniebri" (Wednesday of Shadows), referring to the liturgical darkness (*tenebrae*). In the past children went to the parish church and drummed on the chairs to make the sound of thunderstorms, as their version of the "strepitus" sound at Tenebrae Wednesday.

*[[Scandinavia]]: this day is known as ''Dymmelonsdagen''. A ''dymbil'' is a piece of wood. Historically, the metal clapper of the church bells were replaced by these ''dymbils'' on Holy Wednesday, to make a duller sound. The day is sometimes confused with [[Ash Wednesday]], and to the public, the days have started to apply to one another.