Happy Martinmas
11th November 2018
Martinmas was what the Pilgrims were celebrating when they did what we now celebrate as Thanksgiving.
They didn’t call it Martinmas, of course, being Protestants and not having any truck with that Papist flummery. Nevertheless, it’s the traditional English kill-the-stock-we-can’t-feed-over-the-winter-and-hey-here’s-lot’s-o’-meat-so-let’s-pig-out time. So enjoy.