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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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
- (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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action until Martinmas (11 November)
whilst continuing to
blockade Wark to
starve it into submission, and the 'Picts' to (also by
Martinmas)
return their...
