-
Saint Martin's Day or
Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), and
historically called Old
Halloween or Old
Hallowmas Eve, is the
feast day of
Saint Martin of...
- 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...
- late March) and
summer (late
April to
early July) terms. In the
ancient universities, the
academic terms were
named after Martinmas,
Candlemas and Whitsun...
-
slaughtering process,
eating black puddings was
historically ****ociated with
Martinmas, when the
annual slaughter of
livestock took place. By the 19th century...
-
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...
- in
which children are the
objects of
special attention,
others being Martinmas, the
Feast of the Holy Innocents, and New Year's Day.
Masked devils acting...
- October), the
Celtic festival of
Samhain or
Calan Gaeaf (1 November), and
Martinmas (11 November), and have
suggested that Guy
Fawkes Night served as a Protestant...
- "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"...
- (1912).
Christmas in
Ritual and Tradition.
Chapter 7: All
Hallow Tide to
Martinmas Archived 4
November 2013 at the
Wayback Machine. Mary
Mapes Dodge, ed...
-
origin of the name
martin is obscure,
though it may
refer to the
festival Martinmas,
which occurs around the same time
martins begin their migration from...
