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St Martin's Day Kermis by Peeter Baltens (16th century), shows peasants celebrating by drinking the first wine of the season, and a horseman representing the saint. Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), [1] [2] and historically called Old Halloween [A] or All Hallows Eve, [B] [3] [4] is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.
Laternelaufen pronounced [laˈtɛʁnəˌlaʊ̯fn̩] ('Walking with Lanterns') is a German tradition for the time around St. Martin's Day. On 11 November (or later/earlier for reasons of appointment) children (usually in kindergarten and elementary school age) walk along the streets holding colourful, often self-made lanterns while singing ...
On St. Martin's Day, children in Flanders, the southern and northern parts of the Netherlands, and the Catholic areas of Germany and Austria participate in paper lantern processions. Often, a man dressed as St. Martin rides on a horse in front of the procession. The children sing songs about St. Martin and about their lanterns.
On one hand they are a reminder of the ethnic and cultural differences between Normans and Anglo-Saxons, given the children's claim to have come from St Martin's Land, named after Martin of Tours; the only other time William mentions that saint is in reference to St Martin's Abbey in Hastings, which commemorates the Norman victory in 1066. [46]
Children make lanterns for Saint Martin's Day. The children walk with their lanterns in a parade through the streets in Koog aan de Zaan, after which a jury judges the lanterns. In the evening the children go from door to door.
For example, St. Martin's Day for Martin of Tours on the 11th was brought forward and combined with Martinisingen on the 10th, the birthday of the Reformer. [2] So, increasingly, the custom of Martinisingen became a celebration of Martin Luther and the motive of begging for food was explained as a tradition of the monastic orders. The ...
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St. Martin's may be St Martin Orgar in the City, or St Martin-in-the-Fields near Trafalgar Square. St Sepulchre-without-Newgate (opposite the Old Bailey) is near the Fleet Prison where debtors were held. St Leonard's, Shoreditch is just outside the old City walls. St Dunstan's, Stepney is also outside the City walls. Bow is St Mary-le-Bow in ...