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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.
In 1958, Kemps created "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land". Because of the message the lyrics conveyed and the melody that carried the tune, it served the purpose of an island-wide song. [4] In 1984, on the occasion of the Dutch Queen's Birthday, Kemps was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau. [4]
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 ...
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 ...
"Molly Malone" is the essential St. Patrick's Day pub song and no self-respecting Irish songs' playlist is complete without this time-honored folk tune. Period. Period. 'Danny Boy' by the Irish Tenors
St. Clement's may be St Clement Danes or St Clement Eastcheap, both of which are near the wharves where merchantmen landed citrus fruits. 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.
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Na Martinovo (On St. Martin's Day) Na Menini planini (On the Menina Pasture) Na mostu (On the Bridge) Na oknu slonim (I Lean on the Window) Na planinski magistrali (On the Mountain Main Road) Na podeželju (In the Country) Na podstrešju (In the Attic) Na Poljški planini (At Poljška Pasture) Na promenadi (At the Promenade) Na Robleku (On Roblek)