Martinmas
Feast of Saint Martin of Tours , 11 November . In Scotland it is still one of the legal term days on which houses are rented and contracts made. Until recently in many parts of England it was the usual time for hiring servants and fairs were often held on this date.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Martinmas
or the Mass of St. Martin, a feast kept on the 11th of November in honor of St. Martin of Tours. The feast was often a merry one. In England and Scotland the winter’s provisions were, in olden days, cured and stored up at that time of the year, and were hence called a mart. Luther derived his first name from being born on the eve of this festival; in Germany called also Martinalia. See Eadlie, Eccles. Cyclop. s.v.; Regensburg Real- Encyklop. 9:312, Colossians 1, (3).