Tag: St. Martin
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November 11—Go Duck, Duck, Goose with Saint Martin
While Americans traditionally honor veterans on November 11, Europeans celebrate the warrior St. Martin. Also known as Martinmas, it is the day when your goose is cooked. Martinmas grew out of Celtic harvest festivals associated with fire, blood, geese, swallows, horses, and spiders. Martin—Saint and Warrior Martin of Tours (d. 397 AD) was a nobleman…