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Goose at Michaelmas One legend says that St. Martin was tormented by a goose which he killed and
ate. As he died from the repast, good Christians have ever since sacrificed the goose on the day of the
saint. "At Christmas a capon, at Michaelmas a goose,At Michaelmas time stubble-geese are in perfection, and tenants formerly presented their landlords with one to keep in their good graces. Although geese were served at table in Michaelmas time, before the destruction of the Armada, still they commemorate that event. So there were doubtless rainbows before the Flood, yet God made the rainbow the token of His promise not to send another Flood upon the world. |
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