[Sca-cooks] The Feast of St. Martin

[Barbara Benson]

So, you are saying the his goose was cooked?

-Sorry
Serena
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From: "Rosine" <rosine at sybercom.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] The Feast of St. Martin


>    You know why Goose was served? The legend is that Martin was hiding
from
> some non-Catholics who he'd angered by trying to convert them and was safe
> until a bunch of geese (they really were used as watch animals) caught on
to
> the stranger hiding near them, so started honking. He had to beat feet for
> another hidey-hole.
>    So as an ironic twist, goose started being served on his feast day so
> he'd "get the last laugh".
>
> Rosine
>
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