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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...
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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...
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Whitsunday (legislatively
fixed for this
purpose as 15 May)
Lammas (1 August)
Martinmas (11 November).
These were also the
dates of the
Quarter Days observed...
- 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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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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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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establishing a
festive time frame, such as May,
Martinmas, or Lammas. The
versions which begin by
mentioning "
Martinmas Time" and
others which begin with "Early...
- ministers'
stipends would become due. The Term Days are
Whitsunday and
Martinmas, and
together with
Candlemas and
Lammas they
constitute the
Quarter Days...
- (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...
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Candlemas Childermas Christmas Hallowmas Johnmas Lammas Martinmas Michelmas...
