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Saint Martin's Day or
Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), and
historically called Old
Halloween or All
Hallows Eve, is the
feast day of
Saint Martin of Tours...
- late March) and
summer (late
April to
early July) terms. In the
ancient universities, the
academic terms were
named after Martinmas,
Candlemas and Whitsun...
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together for a year and a day
before they
decided on
permanent marriage).
Martinmas: 11 November, was
known as St.
Martin in
Winter or St.
Martin of Tours...
- forty-day fast
until Christmas,
started at
Martinmas. (11 November). On All
Souls Day, soul
cakes were baked. The
Martinmas fair was important,
being the traditional...
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slaughtering process,
eating black puddings was
historically ****ociated with
Martinmas, when the
annual slaughter of
livestock took place. By the 19th century...
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referring to the
grand goose-feast
annually held at Waes, in Brabant, at
Martinmas.
However that is
pronounced quite differently, as "Waas". It apparently...
- (1912).
Christmas in
Ritual and Tradition.
Chapter 7: All
Hallow Tide to
Martinmas. Frazer,
James George (1922). The
Golden Bough: A
Study in
Magic and Religion...
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throughout the town. The
academic year is
divided into two semesters,
Martinmas and Candlemas. In term time, over one-third of the town's po****tion are...
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Court (Scotland) Act 1779 An Act for
altering the
Times of
holding the
Martinmas and
Candlemas Terms in the
Court of
Exchequer in Scotland. The
whole act...
- "Mormond Braes" 2172. "The
Bonnie Ship the Diamond" 2173. "It Fell
About a
Martinmas Time" 2174. "The
Rocks of Gibraltar" 2175. "Broomhill's
Bonny Dochter"...
