Editing Westminster School (section)

===The Greaze===
[[File:The Greaze.jpg|thumb|right|Pupils fight for the pancake (left), watched by the Dean of Westminster and the Head Master (right). The set of scales determines the winner.]]
The Greaze has been held "up School" (in the School Hall) on [[Shrove Tuesday]] since at least 1753.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.westminster.org.uk/about-westminster/history/westminster-milestones |title=Westminster School, Milestones |access-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134730/https://www.westminster.org.uk/about-westminster/history/westminster-milestones |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} 1753 – "First recorded 'Pancake Greaze".</ref> The head cook ceremoniously tosses a horsehair-reinforced [[pancake]] over a high bar, which was used from the 16th century to curtain off the Under School from the Great School. Members of the school fight for the pancake for one minute, watched over by the Dean of Westminster, the Head Master, and the upper year groups of the school<ref>{{Cite news |title=Health and safety diminishes Westminister School's annual Pancake 'Greaze' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7361452/Health-and-safety-diminishes-Westminister-Schools-annual-Pancake-Greaze.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7361452/Health-and-safety-diminishes-Westminister-Schools-annual-Pancake-Greaze.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=4 March 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and distinguished or even occasionally royal visitors. The pupil who gets the largest weight is awarded a [[Sovereign (British coin)|gold sovereign]] (promptly redeemed for use next year), and the Dean begs for a half-holiday for the whole school. Weighing scales are on hand in the event of a dispute. A cook who failed to get the pancake over the bar after three attempts would formerly have been "booked" or pelted with Latin primers, but that tradition has long lapsed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/03/02/117915167.pdf |title=One Pancake for Fifteen Boys |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 March 1899}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=English Schoolboys: Recollections of Westminster |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/07/11/102012887.pdf |date=11 July 1903}}</ref>