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The man behind the legend Martin was born in the year 316, was the son of a Roman officer in Pannonia (now Hungary). On November 8, in Candes and was buried three days later in Tours.

According to legend … It was the year 338, one day in winter cold and rainy, Martin walked the lands of Amiens, in France where a poor, almost naked, asking for a handout to Martin. As I can not bring anything to give, Martin ripping his cloak in half, giving half to the beggar. According to the legend immediately opens the sky, the rain and the sun shines.

In Portugal... S. Martin is the saint of winter that signals the end of the cultures and the beginning of the feast of wine and chestnuts. It is the patron of, among others, tailors, knights, beggars and wine producers. There are 60 cities with the name of St. Martin. Much of them in homage to the saint of Tours.

Chestnut The nut is a fruit that comes from a tree, the chestnut. A group called chestnut chestnut. The chestnut tree is protected by a ball full of peaks called "hedgehog". When autumn arrives, the hedgehog opens and drops the nut on the ground. Before the potato arrived in Europe and spread everywhere (XVII), the nut was a staple food, especially in the field.

Riddles... I have shirt and jacket No patch or hole Breaking out like a rocket If someone puts me in the fire Solution: Brown

If I laugh... me out a maiden Ling more than I She goes with who takes I am one who gave me Solution: Hedgehog