The tradition involves children decorating raw eggs, which are then tested for durability by being shaken in a sieve (Image: Supplied)
A Somerset school recently continued a centuries-old Shrove Tuesday tradition.
Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School held an 'egg shackling' event last week, a custom that dates back hundreds of years in Somerset.
The tradition involves children decorating raw eggs, which are then tested for durability by being shaken in a sieve.
The egg that survives the longest without cracking wins a prize.
A spokesperson for the school said: "It was lovely to see so many of our families join us, and our children and staff had such a blast, all finished off with lots of lovely prizes given out courtesy of our Friends of Hatch Beauchamp School.
"An egg-cellent start to the morning, some may say."
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