† Fast-gong Obs.
[f. fast n. + ME. gong, act of going, see gang. Cf. ON. fǫstugangr.]
Shrove-Tuesday; = Fastingong. Also attrib. in Fastgong-tide (spelt after Norfolk pronunciation fasguntide), Shrove-tide.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 151/1 Fast gonge, or schroffetyde, or gowtyde, carniprivium. 1674–81 Blount Glossogr., Fasguntide or Fastingtide, Shrovetide, so called in Norfolk, being the time when the Fast of Lent begins. |