 It seems that the Scots did not begin Lent on Ash Wednesday but on the Monday following, as is still the Ambrosian practice.They refused to communicate on Easter Day and arguments on the subject make it seem as if the laity never communicated at all.In some places they celebrated Mass ""contra totius Ecclesiae consuetudinem, nescio quo ritu barbaro"" ("contrary to the customs of the whole Church, with I know not what barbaric rite").