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St. Martin's goose

MartinsgansAustria

Anser Sancti Martini ad epulum diei Sancti Martini, videlicet Martini Turonensis, in Germania, Austria, Cechia parari solet.

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Anser Sancti Martini ad epulum diei Sancti Martini, videlicet Martini Turonensis, in Germania, Austria, Cechia parari solet.

01 · What it is
Living Tradition

Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.

02 · Where & name
Austria

Written in its own script on record as Martinsgans.

03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.

04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
BibliographiaFontes antiquiores 1595: Melchior de Fabris, Von der Martins Gans: ein schöne nutzliche Predig.
Nexus externi"Martinigansl | Gänsebraten mit Maroni-Zwetschken-Füllung" apud Vienna Sunday Kitchen "Martinstag", "Gänsegedicht" apud Vicipaediam Theodiscam "Klassische Martinsgans" apud Fränkische Rezepte "Martinsgans mit Füllung"…
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What is St. Martin's goose in plain words?

Anser Sancti Martini ad epulum diei Sancti Martini, videlicet Martini Turonensis, in Germania, Austria, Cechia parari solet. In local script on record, it is written Martinsgans.

Where is St. Martin's goose practised or documented?

Sources on this page place St. Martin's goose in Austria.

What is the current condition of St. Martin's goose today?

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The tradition & historical record

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Anser Sancti Martini ad epulum diei Sancti Martini, videlicet Martini Turonensis, in Germania, Austria, Cechia parari solet. Cechice Svatomartinská husa, Theodisce in Austria Martinigansl, in Germania Martinsgans appellatur. Origo huius consuetudinis est fabula mediaevalis de ansere S. Martini: Martinum nuper episcopum Turonum electum, officium propter modestiam recusantem, in anserario refugium petentem, statim anseribus strepentibus revelatum esse. Cantilena Theodisca de hac re ad Iohannem Ackerman(de) attribuitur, qui anno circiter 1540 floruit; carmina plura de eadem re aevo insequenti composita sunt. Anser fartus furno lente assatur; cum brassica rubra(de), malo assato, glomo(en) involuto(de) infertur. Variis regionibus praecepta varia adhibentur. 1

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores 1595: Melchior de Fabris, Von der Martins Gans: ein schöne nutzliche Predig. Thierhaupten (Textus apud Google Books) 1607: Lycosthenes Psellionoros Andropediacus [Wolfhart Spangenberg], Ganß König: ein kurtzweylig Gedicht von der Martins Ganß. Argentorati (Textus apud Google Books) 1618: Ein Präsent unn Verehrung einer elsassischen Martinsganß für Pater Peter Roesten. Argentorati: Marx von der Heyden (Textus apud Google Books) 1756: Johann Christoph Ludwig, Die Martins-Gans, historisch und physikalisch betrachtet. Nordhausen: Johann August Cöhler (Textus apud Google Books) 1857: Karl Gödeke, "Spruchgedichte. 2: Tugend der Martinsgans" in Weimarisches Jahrbuch für deutsche Sprache, Litteratur und Kunst (vol. 6 (1857) pp. 35-42 apud Google Books) 1864: H. Dippel, "Martinslied" in Münchener Jugendfreund vol. 24 (pp. 155-156 apud Google Books) 1865: Jocosus, Das Lied von der Martinsgans. Nordhausen: Förstemann'sche Buchhandlung (Textus apud Google Books) 1868: "Die Martinsgans" in Die Gartenlaube no. 44 (1868) pp. 693-696 Recentiora Kate Connolly, "Soaring goose prices threaten German St Martin’s Day celebrations" in The Guardian (6 Novembris 2022) "Gänsegedicht" in Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm et al., Deutsches Wörterbuch vol. 4 fasc. 1 (Lipsiae: Hirzel, 1878) col. 1270 Urs Herzog, "Ein Barocker Geistlicher Ganspfeffer. Die Martini-Predigten des Johann Laurenz Helbig (1662-1721)" in MLN vol. 106 (1991) pp. 675-684 JSTOR 1

Nexus externi

"Martinigansl | Gänsebraten mit Maroni-Zwetschken-Füllung" apud Vienna Sunday Kitchen "Martinstag", "Gänsegedicht" apud Vicipaediam Theodiscam "Klassische Martinsgans" apud Fränkische Rezepte "Martinsgans mit Füllung" apud Brigitte "Gebratene Gans – Martinigansl knusprig aus dem Ofen" apud Steirische Spezialitäten "Svatomartinská husa s chlupatými knedlíky a zelím" apud iDNES.cz 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Anser Sancti Martini”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

St. Martin's goose is roasted goose - traditional meal in Europe on St. Martin's day, November 11, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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