It's St. Martin's day ("Martinstag") and to honor the saint there will be bonfires, children parading in the dark with lanterns, singing and reciting poems. And there will be goose ("Martinsgans"), stemming from the legend of St. Martin and the geese, where, depending on traditional belief in your region, the geese either betrayed St. Martin while hiding or sustained him during his time hiding. In both versions, he and the flock are remembered by eating contemporary members of the latter ...
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It's St. Martin's day ("Martinstag") and to honor the saint there will be bonfires, children parading in the dark with lanterns, singing and reciting poems. And there will be goose ("Martinsgans"), stemming from the legend of St. Martin and the geese, where, depending on traditional belief in your region, the geese either betrayed St. Martin while hiding or sustained him during his time hiding. In both versions, he and the flock are re breed by eating contemporary members of the latter ...
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