Feast of St. Margaret Traditions

**CollinMacD** · 16th November 17, 08:37 AM

As a Roman Catholic Scot, who attended twelve years of parochial school, yes I am very aware of St. Margaret's Feast day, and it was noted as a prominent day while I attended Catholic School. St. Margaret, St. Thomas, St. Bridget, St. Maura (younger sister of St. Bridget) St. Fergus, St. Ebba, St. Blane, St. Andrew, St. David, (St. Margaret's younger bother), St. Patrick, and of course the entire month of May (Mary's Month which has the May Day Procession honor Mary), all considered to be the prominent days to honor Saints at the school I attended in the Boston area, St. Mary's. The school and church was Irish/Scottish, in the Boston area, so no doubt, these were considered important feast days of these Saints.

There were many more who moved Scotland from pagan to Catholic, but too many to post, I posted the most famous of all of them, many were monks, or missionaries, mainly from Ireland, France, and eastern Europe.

Hope this helps... Cheers.

**Laird O'the Cowcaddens** · 16th November 17, 11:51 AM

Any soldier past or present who has performed Guard Duty at "The Castle", will definitely know who and why Margaret is significant.

**Macdonde** · 16th November 17, 02:23 PM

Thanks for the replies, all!

I visited St. Margaret's chapel when we were in Edinburgh back in '02, and was struck both by its simplicity and the quiet it afforded in an otherwise busy setting.

The reading I've been doing over the past few days notes that she had a significant impact on her husband (Malcolm III), particularly with regard to the poor. It was said that he would have emptied the treasury for her to feed the poor if she had asked. Religious or historical, she seems like a great person to admire and emulate.

--Macdonde

**MacRobert's Reply** · 17th November 17, 02:14 AM

Queen and Saint Margaret tends to be remembered here in South and North Queensferry because our towns owe their names to her endowment of a ferry to take pilgrims (and we assume traders) across the River Forth. She is often depicted standing in a ferry. In South Queensferry the Ferry Fair in August each year includes the crowning of a girl as queen.