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Written by Charles Harper on 2024-11-12 at 18:37

Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated on 11 November. In the Middle Ages and early modern period, it was an important festival in many parts of Europe.

Martinmas in old Scots was often known as ‘Martinmas in winter’ to distinguish it from the feast of the translation of St Martin on the fourth of July. In Scotland it was one of the half yearly quarter days when landlords’ rents were paid, and new hands were hired.

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Written by Priscilla Haring-Kuipers on 2024-11-12 at 18:43

@ChaHarper here in the North of Holland we celebrate Sint Maarten with little children going door to door with home-made lanterns and singing songs in exchange for candies - or in our case also a choice of happy little mandarins

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