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    Looking good! Too bad your son didn't wear his. But what did St. Martin do? Can you tell us the story?

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    Cool pics.

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    Nice pictures! The piper was a Mcleod?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panache
    Nice pictures! The piper was a Mcleod?

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    About St. Martin:

    While Martin was still a soldier at Amiens he experienced the vision that became the most-repeated story about his life. He was at the gates of the city of Amiens with his soldiers when he met a scantily dressed beggar. He impulsively cut his own military cloak in half and shared it with the beggar. That night he dreamed of Jesus wearing the half-cloak Martin had given away. He heard Jesus say to the angels: "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is not baptised; he has clad me." (Sulpicius, ch 2). In a later embellishment, when Martin woke his cloak was restored, and the miraculous cloak was preserved among the relic collection of the Merovingian kings of the Franks.
    On November 11, St. Martin's Day, children in Flanders, the southern and north-western parts of the Netherlands, 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 lantern. The food traditionally eaten on the day is goose. According to legend, Martin was reluctant to become bishop, which is why he hid in a stable filled with geese. The noise made by the geese betrayed his location to the people who were looking for him.
    In recent years the lantern processions have become widespread even in Protestant areas of Germany and the Netherlands.

    Though no mention of St. Martin's connection with viticulture is made by by Gregory of Tours or other early hagiographers, he is now credited with a prominent role in spreading wine making throughout the Touraine region and facilitated the planting of many vines.
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    Good pictures; the one with the piper in front of the bonfire is quite surreal.
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    Cool shots!
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    Interesting history and cool pix.

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