Kindergarten Ms.Vella
The story of Saint Martin
 While Martin was a soldier in
the Roman army and deployed
in Gaul, he experienced a vision.
One day as he was approaching
the gates of the city of Amiens,
he met a beggar. He impulsively
cut his military cloak in half to
share with the man.
 That night, Martin dreamed of
Jesus wearing the half-cloak he
had given away. He heard Jesus
say to the angels: "Here is
Martin, the Roman soldier who
is not babtized;he has clad me."
Maltese tradition (Bag of Saint
Martin)
 A big simple colourful cloth
bag pulled with a string on
top called "il-borża ta' San
Martin", was placed near the
children bedside, full of hard
shelled almonds ("lewż"),
walnuts ("ġewż"), chestnuts
("qastan"), figs ("tin"), apples
("tuffieħ"), oranges ("larinġ"),
tangerines ("mandolina"),
pomegranates ("rummien"),
San Martin bun ("ħbejża ta'
San Martin"), hard glazed on
top and with a liquored sweet
("perlina tas-sugu"), stuck in
the middle of the bun.
Preparing our craft
Il-Ġewż (Walnuts)
Il-Lewż (Almonds)
Il-Qastan (Chestnuts)
It-Tin (Figs usually dried figs)
Ir-Rummiena (a Pomengrate)
Il-Larinġa (an Orange)
Il-Banana (a banana)
It-tuffieħa (an Apple)
Il-Mandolina (a Mandarin)
Il-Ħobża ta’ San Martin (Saint
Martin’s Bread
The finished project- Bag of saint
Martin.
What do we find in it?
A short rhyme we sing
Ġewż, Lewż, Qastan, Tin
Kemm inħobbu lil San Martin.
(Walnuts, Almonds, Chestnuts, Figs
I love Saint Martin so much.)