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       Oh, When the Saints...
       By: Nikola Date: November 10, 2019, 10:01 am
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       Do you have any saints/patron saints in your country? Ones with
       an interesting story, message or a particularly gruesome death?
       It's Saint Martin's Day here tomorrow. He is usually depicted on
       a white horse, which, according to weather lore, represents
       snow. So when we say that saint Martin arrived on a white horse,
       it means it might start snowing anytime. It might, actually,
       it's been really cold here. Other things associated with St
       Martin are "svatomartinské víno" (St Martin's wine), the first
       wine of the year, and "svatomartinská husa" (roast goose). The
       reason people eat goose is that Martin, apparently, was so
       reluctant to become bishop that he hid in a barn full of geese
       but they made so much noise they gave him away.
       Our number one saint is St Wenceslas, though. I had no idea
       until recently that there was an English song about him. His own
       brother had him killed. According to a legend he is sleeping in
       the depths of the Blaník mountain along with an army of knights,
       waiting to be called when the Czech nation is going through the
       worst.
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